--- title: "Upper Hill, Nairobi — Class A submarket" description: "Established financial trophy core." canonical: https://classa.info/cities/nairobi/upper-hill pageType: neighborhood lastUpdated: 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z license: "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info)." --- > Upper Hill is a trophy-tier Class A submarket of Nairobi with average asking rent around KSh1,400/sqm/mo · ≈ $12.2 PSF/yr USD. ## TL;DR - Established financial trophy core. - Trophy tier — ~KSh1,400/sqm/mo. - Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. # Upper Hill, Nairobi — Class A submarket *Established financial trophy core.* · Tier: trophy · Avg rent: KSh1,400/sqm/mo · ≈ $12.2 PSF/yr USD ## TL;DR - Established financial trophy core. - [Trophy tier](/topics/trophy-asset-selection) — ~KSh1,400/sqm/mo. - Active [Class A](/glossary/class-a) leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks. ## Overview Upper Hill anchors Nairobi's established financial trophy core — UAP Old Mutual Tower, Britam Tower, and deep banking and insurance tenancy. ## Tenant profile Banking, insurance, multinational corporate, professional services. ## Typical specification 15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common. ## Transit Bus only; near Railway Station SGR. Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment. ## Amenities Upper Hill Square retail, Nairobi Hospital adjacent. ## Comparable buildings - **UAP Old Mutual Tower** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=UAP%20Old%20Mutual%20Tower%2C%20Upper%20Hill%20Road%2C%20Nairobi%2000100%2C%20Upper%20Hill%2C%20Nairobi%2C%20Kenya&query_place_id=ChIJt1LoAOQQLxgRUWZ96n6F5Ao) - **Britam Tower** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Britam%20Tower%2C%20Hospital%20Road%2C%20Upper%20Hill%2C%20Nairobi%2000100%2C%20Upper%20Hill%2C%20Nairobi%2C%20Kenya&query_place_id=ChIJbUA7Fe8QLxgRAxp_X_EA7aA) - **ICEA Building** [](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=ICEA%20Building%2C%20Kenyatta%20Avenue%2C%20Nairobi%2000100%2C%20Upper%20Hill%2C%20Nairobi%2C%20Kenya&query_place_id=ChIJPdCLb2MRLxgRlEMnCviY8B4) ## Where Upper Hill sits in Nairobi Upper Hill is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Nairobi, classified as trophy tier with an average asking rent around KSh1,400/sqm/mo · ≈ $12.2 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Nairobi Class A stock, Upper Hill typically attracts Banking, insurance, multinational corporate, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other trophy submarkets on building specification, transit access, and [amenitisation](/glossary/amenitisation). Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Upper Hill: [Westlands](/cities/nairobi/westlands), [Gigiri (UN Corridor)](/cities/nairobi/gigiri-un-corridor), [CBD (Historic)](/cities/nairobi/cbd-historic), [Mombasa Road & JKIA Corridor](/cities/nairobi/mombasa-road-jkia-corridor). The full Nairobi submarket atlas is at [/cities/nairobi](/cities/nairobi). ## Topic deep-dives for Upper Hill For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Upper Hill, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket: - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/rents-and-availability) - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/tenant-profile) - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/transit-and-commute) - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/amenity-and-lifestyle) - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/trophy-and-comparables) - [Upper Hill — ](/cities/nairobi/upper-hill/fit-out-and-spec) ## Related glossary Terminology specific to Nairobi Class A leasing and to the trophy tier: [Class A](/glossary/class-a), [Trophy asset](/glossary/trophy-asset), [Effective rent](/glossary/effective-rent), [Concession package](/glossary/concession-package), [TI allowance](/glossary/ti-allowance), [Submarket tier](/glossary/submarket-tier). ## Editorial provenance Reviewed by [**Samuel Okafor**](/about/authors/samuel-okafor) — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our [methodology](/about/methodology) and [editorial standards](/about/editorial-standards). ### Primary sources for this page - [CBRE Marketview reports](https://www.cbre.com/insights) — CBRE - [JLL Office Insight](https://www.jll.com/en/trends-and-insights) — JLL - [Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat](https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/insights) — Cushman & Wakefield - [Savills World Research](https://www.savills.com/research_articles/) — Savills - [Colliers Global Office Outlook](https://www.colliers.com/en/research) — Colliers [Full sources index](/about/sources) · [Submit a correction](/about/corrections) ## Related topics - [**Class A Lease Negotiation**](/topics/class-a-lease-negotiation) — How to negotiate a Class A office lease — the playbook from LOI to signed deal. - [**Hybrid Workplace Strategy**](/topics/hybrid-workplace-strategy) — How to size, structure, and lease a Class A office for a hybrid workforce. - [**ESG / LEED for Tenants**](/topics/esg-leed-tenants) — How tenants evaluate, negotiate, and report on ESG performance in a Class A office lease. - [**Cross-border Expansion**](/topics/cross-border-expansion) — How to run a coordinated Class A office search across multiple geographies. - [**Fit-out Capex**](/topics/fit-out-capex) — How to budget, sequence, and govern Class A office [fit-out](/topics/fit-out-capex)">fit-out capex. - [**Lease vs Flex**](/topics/lease-vs-flex) — When premium flex (coworking, [managed office](/glossary/managed-office)) beats a conventional Class A lease — and vice versa. --- Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/nairobi/upper-hill), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z.