Kilimani

The area around Yaya Centre envisaged as Yaya City, will have buildings of upto about 30 floors. Since 2000 the area has become increasingly high-density mixed use with trendy residential and commercial buildings. Its very popular with young well to do Kenyans of African origin. Established as a whites-only residential area by the british colonialist in the mid 20th century, many well to do kenyans in the 1960’s and 1970’s bought homes in the area.