The changing aspects of Mombasa Road growth

• According to Cytonn's Q3 2026 market review, retail properties along Mombasa Road recorded average rents of Sh172 per square foot, occupancy of 86.6 per cent and rental yields of 8.8 per cent.
• Although these figures demonstrate continued demand, performance softened compared with the corresponding period in 2025, when average rents stood at Sh178 per square foot, occupancy was 86.8 per cent and rental yields reached 9.2 per cent. The average property price was approximately Sh20,000 per square foot.

A supermarket, pharmacy, restaurant or water-treatment business may seem to be an ordinary addition to a shopping centre, however, along the Mombasa Road corridor, these businesses are increasingly influencing where people shop, where companies establish operations and where commercial property investors direct their money.

Stretching from Nairobi towards Syokimau and Athi River, this corridor is experiencing a gradual shift from its traditional identity as an industrial and logistics destination into a more diversified commercial hub.

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