Developers to tread cautiously on Nigeria's real-estate frontier
Property Developers to tread carefully on the property frontier in Nigeria
SEEMINGLY buoyed by the growing apathy by commercial banks to fund projects and impact of on-going reforms by the authorities, a fresh report has predicted that developers could be more cautious in property development as the market remains slow, and prepare for a shifting landscape.
The Lagos Housing Nigeria Newspapers Online Thisday Development Marketplace — 2016 Outlook Report by Residential Auctions Company (RAC) disclosed that «the next coming months and beyond will be testing times for developers as demand will probably be curtailed with clients cutting back on spending until a clearer image of the economy emerges to restore consumer confidence in the industry.
»It is expected that many of developers will tread carefully when embarking on new projects to start and location of pick is going to be a paramount factor. Also to hedge risks, developers will scale back on the size of jobs they embark upon and will seek to build up modest size jobs that can supply not more than three — ten units, that will instantly attract sales even in the off-strategy period therefore eliminating the incidence of baseless units waiting to be sold several months after end which will raise the price of keeping stock."
Given the current economic setting, the report projects that just a third of the 14,415 units now under construction will be delivered this year resulting in 4,325 units, «but unless developers can seek alternative funding asides from the commercial banks subsequently this amount mightn't be delivered.
»Some of these developments date back to over five years and there are several plausible reasons for the delay in delivery, among such causes could be a dearth of funds that may hinder the capability of the programmer to fund the advancement of the development or it may be a litigation case between parties involved. Typically it's usually the former that occurs and unless a supply of finance emerges until a solution has been found, the development will stay in limbo.
This may potentially present the opportunity for developers to pursue «Crowd funding» which is an alternative form of raising financing from several investors through an internet platform and is a relatively new concept."
The research says that 62 per cent of new housing units in the development will be delivered in the Lagos Island marketplace as demonstrated above. This should not come as a surprise since the Lekki- Epe axis still has a huge region of green field sites (undeveloped land) in Lagos.
«The future of this market appears pretty much intact as supply will continue to increase with demand and infrastructure is improved to attract more companies. We cannot categorically say that Lagos Island has more green field sites than Lagos Mainland or vice versa as there is no data to show or demonstrate this theory, accordinng to RAC Managing Director, Mr. Omorotimi Akinlose.
He explained, „Notwithstanding the reality that Lagos Island has the bulk of new components under going development, we cannot neglect or overlook that a few locations on Lagos Mainland such as; Ayobo Ipaja, Badagry and Okokomaiko also have vast amount of components in the development, an important impact of a few mass home schemes started under Joint-Venture (JV) arrangements and are still awaiting conclusion.
RAC report said: “With the ongoing rehabilitation and growth of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and the construction of the Blue Line Lagos Rail Transport (LRT) mass transit transport system by the Lagos State Government (LASG), the Okokomaiko — Badagry axis part of Lagos Mainland has the potential to emerge as the next „Lekki“ of Lagos Mainland in the foreseeable future with reference to the delivery of new housing units in Lagos supplied infrastructures continues to improve along this axis.
»This may have a directive favorable impact on commercial activities in the positioning and will behave as a driver to lure more residents from some other locations on Lagos Mainland to migrate. The Blue Line is a 27km urban rail line which will run to Marina from Okokomaiko. There'll likewise be a Red Line which will run to Ikeja Lagos Nigeria News International Airport from Marina.
The report shown that beneath the Eko Atlantic City job, a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) initiative involving the Lagos State Government and a private company South Energyx Nigeria Limited (a subsidiary of the Chargoury Group of Companies) under the auspices of the Federal Government of Nigeria, over 1,000 units of flats of various room sizes ranging from one bedroom to four bedroom penthouses are already under construction.
Leading the bunch of these developments are Eko Pearl Towers by ESLA International. Eko Pearl Towers are high rise residential buildings to be located in the centre of Eko Atlantic City.
It is going to comprise of five stunning residential towers on the seaport of Eko Atlantic. The towers are; Indigo Pearl Tower, Black Pearl Tower, White Pearl Tower, Champagne Pearl Tower and Aqua Pearl Tower. In total just somewhat over 560 flat units will be provided by the towers with one tower completely sold out and the very first pair of units is going to be delivered as early as 2016.
Another high rise development currently under-construction in Eko Atlantic City is Eko Energy Tower Estate being produced by oil and gas logistics company Orlean Invest West Africa a Nigerian group with over 25 years of providing corporate and real estate services. Eko Energy Estate is a premium residential neighborhood that will cover about 450,000 square meters of property and will be found in the Northwestern corner of Eko Atlantic City.
The initial period of Eko Energy Estate will consist of three high rise 20 floors residential towers which will provide about 260 apartment units of varied variety of bedrooms is likely to be delivered by 2018 and as exemplified above.
The Nation Nigerian Newspapers Online Today It's projected that by the full end of Eko Energy Estate there will be 5,000 flats in 50 — 60 residential towers.
Other prominent residential developments now in the works in Eko Atlantic City are LeReve Tower, Lagos Sky Tower and Azuri Penisula.
SEEMINGLY buoyed by the growing apathy by commercial banks to fund projects and impact of on-going reforms by the authorities, a fresh report has predicted that developers could be more cautious in property development as the market remains slow, and prepare for a shifting landscape.
The Lagos Housing Nigeria Newspapers Online Thisday Development Marketplace — 2016 Outlook Report by Residential Auctions Company (RAC) disclosed that «the next coming months and beyond will be testing times for developers as demand will probably be curtailed with clients cutting back on spending until a clearer image of the economy emerges to restore consumer confidence in the industry.
»It is expected that many of developers will tread carefully when embarking on new projects to start and location of pick is going to be a paramount factor. Also to hedge risks, developers will scale back on the size of jobs they embark upon and will seek to build up modest size jobs that can supply not more than three — ten units, that will instantly attract sales even in the off-strategy period therefore eliminating the incidence of baseless units waiting to be sold several months after end which will raise the price of keeping stock."
Given the current economic setting, the report projects that just a third of the 14,415 units now under construction will be delivered this year resulting in 4,325 units, «but unless developers can seek alternative funding asides from the commercial banks subsequently this amount mightn't be delivered.
»Some of these developments date back to over five years and there are several plausible reasons for the delay in delivery, among such causes could be a dearth of funds that may hinder the capability of the programmer to fund the advancement of the development or it may be a litigation case between parties involved. Typically it's usually the former that occurs and unless a supply of finance emerges until a solution has been found, the development will stay in limbo.
This may potentially present the opportunity for developers to pursue «Crowd funding» which is an alternative form of raising financing from several investors through an internet platform and is a relatively new concept."
The research says that 62 per cent of new housing units in the development will be delivered in the Lagos Island marketplace as demonstrated above. This should not come as a surprise since the Lekki- Epe axis still has a huge region of green field sites (undeveloped land) in Lagos.
«The future of this market appears pretty much intact as supply will continue to increase with demand and infrastructure is improved to attract more companies. We cannot categorically say that Lagos Island has more green field sites than Lagos Mainland or vice versa as there is no data to show or demonstrate this theory, accordinng to RAC Managing Director, Mr. Omorotimi Akinlose.
He explained, „Notwithstanding the reality that Lagos Island has the bulk of new components under going development, we cannot neglect or overlook that a few locations on Lagos Mainland such as; Ayobo Ipaja, Badagry and Okokomaiko also have vast amount of components in the development, an important impact of a few mass home schemes started under Joint-Venture (JV) arrangements and are still awaiting conclusion.
RAC report said: “With the ongoing rehabilitation and growth of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and the construction of the Blue Line Lagos Rail Transport (LRT) mass transit transport system by the Lagos State Government (LASG), the Okokomaiko — Badagry axis part of Lagos Mainland has the potential to emerge as the next „Lekki“ of Lagos Mainland in the foreseeable future with reference to the delivery of new housing units in Lagos supplied infrastructures continues to improve along this axis.
»This may have a directive favorable impact on commercial activities in the positioning and will behave as a driver to lure more residents from some other locations on Lagos Mainland to migrate. The Blue Line is a 27km urban rail line which will run to Marina from Okokomaiko. There'll likewise be a Red Line which will run to Ikeja Lagos Nigeria News International Airport from Marina.
The report shown that beneath the Eko Atlantic City job, a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) initiative involving the Lagos State Government and a private company South Energyx Nigeria Limited (a subsidiary of the Chargoury Group of Companies) under the auspices of the Federal Government of Nigeria, over 1,000 units of flats of various room sizes ranging from one bedroom to four bedroom penthouses are already under construction.
Leading the bunch of these developments are Eko Pearl Towers by ESLA International. Eko Pearl Towers are high rise residential buildings to be located in the centre of Eko Atlantic City.
It is going to comprise of five stunning residential towers on the seaport of Eko Atlantic. The towers are; Indigo Pearl Tower, Black Pearl Tower, White Pearl Tower, Champagne Pearl Tower and Aqua Pearl Tower. In total just somewhat over 560 flat units will be provided by the towers with one tower completely sold out and the very first pair of units is going to be delivered as early as 2016.
Another high rise development currently under-construction in Eko Atlantic City is Eko Energy Tower Estate being produced by oil and gas logistics company Orlean Invest West Africa a Nigerian group with over 25 years of providing corporate and real estate services. Eko Energy Estate is a premium residential neighborhood that will cover about 450,000 square meters of property and will be found in the Northwestern corner of Eko Atlantic City.
The initial period of Eko Energy Estate will consist of three high rise 20 floors residential towers which will provide about 260 apartment units of varied variety of bedrooms is likely to be delivered by 2018 and as exemplified above.
The Nation Nigerian Newspapers Online Today It's projected that by the full end of Eko Energy Estate there will be 5,000 flats in 50 — 60 residential towers.
Other prominent residential developments now in the works in Eko Atlantic City are LeReve Tower, Lagos Sky Tower and Azuri Penisula.