The Harare City Council recently green lighted West Property Zimbabwe, a leading and award-winning Zimbabwean real estate developer, to develop the US$280 million ‘Hills Golf Estate’ at Warren Hills in Harare. Warren Hills Golf Course is owned by West Property Zimbabwe and the City of Harare. It is a mixed-use project being developed under the leadership of West Property Zimbabwe, founded by renowned entrepreneur Ken Raydon Sharpe.
With a land surface of 1,270,000 sqm, the development will include the construction of residential flats, a luxury hotel, and a brand-new PGA Championship standard golf course that will have some exciting new features.
Hills Golf Estate is set to be the first premium-branded luxury residence attached to a five-star hotel in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It will be designed by internationally celebrated and respected golf course designer Peter Matkovich, who is reportedly coming to Harare soon to commence work on site.
The Matkovich element has since raised the profile and interest to the project. He comes with a prolific reputation having played as a professional on the European and South African tours before taking another great step into the deign world in the 1990s.
Founded in 2007, West Property is at the forefront of property development companies in Zimbabwe.
Their business model is the role of master planner, financier and developer of appropriately designed sustainably built residential and commercial properties within the Greater Harare Area.
The project would be the first premium branded luxury residences attached to a five-star hotel
in sub-Saharan Africa. The world class ‘Dubai type’ lifestyle community will allow both residents and visitors to live, work, shop and play in a safe and secure gated development.
The project upgrade for the new design will take 22 months to complete, and the golf course will be a first for Zimbabwe, due to its exciting new features.
The recreational element of the golf course will include the incorporation of world-class swimming and tennis academies, and sports training and recreational facilities.
Text by Martin Chemhere
From: S&D ISSUE 62
