Dangote Industries headquarters set to be completed. The head office which is located in Ikoyi, beside Lagos registry will soon be opened for business. The new global headquarters is located on Alfred Rewane Road (Kingsway Road) in Ikoyi, Lagos. The site is located beside the former Ineh-Mic Auto Sales Shop, nearly opposite Rumens Road. Currently, the conglomerate occupies multiple floors in Union Marble House, which is also on Alfred Rewane Road, but they also have other offices across the city. James Cubitt Architects, who are also tenants of Union Marble House, designed the development and Trevi Foundations (NIG) Limited is behind the piling and foundation work.
Above ground, construction is about to be completed with a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, Dangote Projects acting as the main contractor. Given the size, the remaining works shouldn’t exceed some months to be finally completed for habitation.
An official of the conglomerate said, the addition of Dangote industries headquarters to the hybrid districts is a positive trend in urban development and transit-oriented developments.
According to him, the office was delayed by litigation, which has been deposed off as works have finally commenced at the site at Alfred Rewane road.
The official said the project is being kept out of the public because of the need to avoid people who would want to supply one item or the other.
Currently, the conglomerate occupies a rented apartment on multiple floors in Union Marble House, which is also on Alfred Rewane Road. The interest in the development of large commercial properties on Alfred Rewane (formerly Kingsway Road) has grown extensively in recent years, with additions to its development pipeline regularly seen.
Currently, over seven large towers (each over 13 floors) comprising of office, hospitality, residential and retail elements and construction have been by private developers. They include Kingsway Tower (Skyview Towers Limited [SPV]) Chelsea Group Hotel, Heritage Place (Actis), BAT Rising Sun
(British American Tobacco), Sogenal Tower (Sogenal Oil & Gas) and Kingstower (African Capital Alliance). The inclusion of residential and retail elements in a few of these projects, as well as the existence of Southern Sun, Tarino Tower, Ikoyi club nearby and the Chelsea Group hotel development will also mean that this region could become a mixed use hub.
Last week, when City People went on a visit to the building, we can categorically say, the completion of the edifice will be done in a matter of months. It’s In the final stage of the construction, we can reliably confirm. Although the original time frame 24 months have been exceeded but we expect the final stage won’t take much time to complete. This massive project is adjacent the newly opened Famfa Towers, before the Falomo bridge when coming from Osborn, Ikoyi.
