ATLANTIC IS AN ENTIRE NEW COASTAL CITY BEING BUILT ON VICTORIA ISLAND ADJACENT TO LAGOS, NIGERIA, TO SOLVE THE CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF REAL ESTATE IN THE WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING MEGACITY.

IT IS A focal point for investors capitalising on rich development growth based on massive demand – and a gateway to emerging markets of the continent. Standing on 10 million square metres of land reclaimed from the ocean and protected by an 8.5 kilometre long sea wall, Eko Atlantic will be the size of Manhattan’s skyscraper district. Selfsufficient and sustainable, it includes state-of-the-art urban design, its own power, clean water, advanced telecommunications, spacious roads and 110,000 trees. Upon completion, the new peninsula, which is still under development is anticipating at least 250,000 residents and a daily flow of 150,000 commuters.

The development will also have a positive environmental impact, as it will help in stopping the erosion of Lagos State’s coastline. The city adjoins Victoria Island district of Lagos city and the Phase 1 area of Lekki, to the north, while the entire Western, eastern and southern borders is a coastline. Eko Atlantic is expected to rise as the next generation of property on the African continent; having a total of 10 districts, spread across a land area of approximately 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), the city will satisfy needs for financial, commercial, residential and tourist accommodations, with a state of the art high tech infrastructure in line with modern and environmental standards.

Eko Atlantic development is being carried out as a Public–private partnership, with private companies and investors providing the funding, whilst Lagos State Government is a strategic partner, with the support of the Federal Government. The Contractors are China Communications Construction Group, a company that works in the field of marine dredging and landfill operation.

Consultants are Royal Haskoning (traffic and transport expertise) and ar+h Architects. South Energyx Nigeria Ltd. a subsidiary of the Chagoury group was specifically created to undertake the development. Testing of the sea defence system took place at the DHI Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, where models were successfully tested for one-in-a-hundred-year ocean surges, and one-in-120-year, one-in-150-year and onein-1,000-year storm

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Eko Atlantic is a marvel of modern engineering and technology, and a testament to the rise of Nigeria on the world stage. This new city has evolved rapidly from a visionary design concept into a technological reality. Infrastructural road works and underground surface drainage pipes are already laid along major routes across the new city.

Piling works are complete for the many bridges. And The Great Wall of Lagos sea revetment, which is being built more than two kilometres offshore at eight-and-a-half metres above sea level, has surpassed 5 kilometres in length and is now protecting over 5 million square metres of Eko Atlantic and Victoria Island. Across Eko Atlantic, independent reliable electricity, advanced fibre optic telecoms, and clean water utility services are already installed below street level.

With the foundations in place, this magnificent engineering and technological city is now rising Eko Atlantic will satisfy needs for financial, commercial, residential and tourist accommodations, with a state of the arthigh tech infrastructure in line with modern and environmental standards. These standards will offer the city’s residents quality water, modern waste management, security and transportation systems. The city will also have an independent source of energy generated specifically for the city. The Eko Atlantic City project received global attention in 2009, as the Lagos State Government and its private sector partners on the Project, South Energyx, received the Clinton Global Initiative Commitment Certificate.

DISTRICTS Eko Atlantic is master-planned to contain ten districts which are as follows:

• Harbour Lights
• Business District
• Marina
• Downtown
• Eko Island
• Avenues
• Four Bridges
• Eko Drive
• East Side Marina
• Ocean Front