Category B · Project experience

Royal Mirema West

345-unit residential development · Mirema, Nairobi

A residential tower of studios and one-bedroom apartments off Thika Road, within walking distance of TRM Mall. Owned, developed and constructed by GNA Real Estate. Beacon Nest provided project design input and sales and marketing support.

Architectural render of Royal Mirema West, a residential tower with continuous wave-form balcony bands, seen from street level.

Render supplied by GNA Real Estate.

Beacon Nest's role

Beacon Nest provided project design input and sales and marketing support.

Royal Mirema West is owned, developed and constructed by GNA Real Estate. Beacon Nest Tradings Limited did not own, develop, fund or build this project and is not its developer. This page is a record of the work Beacon Nest contributed to it.

The project

Royal Mirema West sits in Mirema, Kasarani, an established residential pocket off Thika Road with strong rental demand from young professionals and a growing owner-occupier market. The site is within walking distance of TRM Mall and is well served by matatu routes and by expressway access into the city.

The development is a single 15-floor tower of roughly 15,000 square metres containing 345 units, a deliberately compact mix of studios and one-bedroom apartments aimed at first-time buyers, investors buying for rental yield, and diaspora buyers. The design uses continuous wave-form balcony bands to give a small-footprint tower a distinct street presence.

Unit mix and pricing

Studio31 m² · from KSh 2.5M
1 bedroom40 m² · from KSh 3.3M
1 bedroom (larger)70 m² · from KSh 5.2M

Unit sizes and pricing as marketed by GNA Real Estate. Payment plan: 20% deposit, balance spread across the remaining construction period. Figures are indicative and subject to change by the developer.

Where it stands

Concept
Design
Approvals
Construction
Sales
Handover

Under construction, with sales ongoing. Anticipated occupation Q4 2027, per GNA Real Estate.

Key facts

LocationMirema, Kasarani, off Thika Road, Nairobi
DeveloperGNA Real Estate
Scale345 units · 15 floors · ~15,000 m²
Unit typesStudios and one-bedroom apartments
Payment20% deposit, balance over construction
OccupationAnticipated Q4 2027
Beacon Nest roleProject design input and sales / marketing support

Amenities

  • Swimming pool and gym
  • Rooftop garden
  • Clubhouse and coffee lounge
  • Children's play area
  • Laundry facilities
  • Backup generator and borehole
  • 24-hour CCTV and management office
  • Parking and lifts

As specified by the developer.

Renders

Night render of Royal Mirema West, its balcony bands lit from below.
Show-unit render of an open living and dining space with a balcony beyond.
Show-unit render of a dining area with city views through full-height glazing.
Show-unit render of a fitted galley kitchen in a one-bedroom apartment.
Render of the residents' games lounge.

Renders supplied by GNA Real Estate from the project's marketing material. Artists' impressions, not photographs of completed work.

What we took from it

Real numbers, not assumptions.

Working on design input and sales for a live scheme puts you in front of actual buyers rather than market averages. Which unit sizes moved fastest and which sat. What price points cleared. How the deposit and the payment plan changed a buyer's decision. How differently diaspora buyers behave from local ones. How quickly a building of that type genuinely absorbs.

That evidence is now built into how Beacon Nest evaluates, prices and structures its own developments. It is the difference between modelling a project on what competing schemes are asking and modelling it on what buyers have actually paid.