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Bulawayo Council looking for high rise flats developers
02 Apr 2014 at 15:19hrs | Views
The Bulawayo City Council is seeking property developers that will construct multi storey flats for residents' accommodation as a way of saving space.
The past few decades have seen Bulawayo urban sprawling and encroaching into neighbouring districts' boundaries where single family units were being built by construction companies, prompting concerns of land running out in the near future.
In a recent interview, Bulawayo mayor, Martin Moyo, said building single family units was a short term measure in easing accommodation woes as the liquidity crunch bites.
"Zimbabwe is in a liquidity crisis and we would need millions of dollars to build houses that will accommodate our residents but all our wishes remain a pie in the sky," he said.
Moyo said vertical expansion as opposed to lateral expansion was ideal because apart from saving space, the image of the city would be spruced up.
"Our plan is to get property developers with the idea of constructing blocks of flats for accommodating residents but we are not getting significant offers that will be interested in the idea maybe because of the economic challenges.
"The advantage will be that a lot of families will be accommodated per unit area, the city's outlook will be changed and also land will be spared for future use," he said.
Moyo said waivers in the form of exemption of some fees might be introduced to lure developers with a proposal to build high rising flats.
The past few decades have seen Bulawayo urban sprawling and encroaching into neighbouring districts' boundaries where single family units were being built by construction companies, prompting concerns of land running out in the near future.
In a recent interview, Bulawayo mayor, Martin Moyo, said building single family units was a short term measure in easing accommodation woes as the liquidity crunch bites.
"Zimbabwe is in a liquidity crisis and we would need millions of dollars to build houses that will accommodate our residents but all our wishes remain a pie in the sky," he said.
Moyo said vertical expansion as opposed to lateral expansion was ideal because apart from saving space, the image of the city would be spruced up.
"Our plan is to get property developers with the idea of constructing blocks of flats for accommodating residents but we are not getting significant offers that will be interested in the idea maybe because of the economic challenges.
"The advantage will be that a lot of families will be accommodated per unit area, the city's outlook will be changed and also land will be spared for future use," he said.
Moyo said waivers in the form of exemption of some fees might be introduced to lure developers with a proposal to build high rising flats.
Source - Zim Mail
