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Changing Mombasa skyline reshapes coastal city

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The changing Mombasa skyline. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Mombasa Island has seen an increase of high-rise apartments sprouting up at an exponential rate with most being residential spaces.

With limited horizontal space, investors in real estate are now utilising the vertical space.

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