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Exclusive no more: Developers want to build towering houses in Karen

Developers want to optimise land use by putting up more units in areas that were previously low-destiny.

It is one of the most sought-after locations in Kenya. Karen, comprising 56 square kilometres of lush property south west of Nairobi’s city centre, is one of the city’s oldest urban residential areas.

It is named after Karen Blixen-Finecke, the Danish writer behind the book Out of Africa and movie by the same name. Following Blixen’s lead, Karen became the preferred address for old white settlers and their progeny who came to bear the tag KC (Kenyan Cowboys).

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