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Kigali City Tower is a mixed use high rise office and retail building located in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The complex consists of a 20 storey tower, the tallest in the country, a four-storey commercial centre and a car park block, with space divided between leased office space and retail outlets. Major retailers include supermarket Nakumatt, Bourbon Coffee and a four screen cinema. The building, on the site of a former bus station, was developed by Rwandan businessman Hatari Sekoko and built by Chinese engineers. The building work began in 2006 and the complex opened in 2011. == History == Since his accession to power in 2000, President Paul Kagame has sought to transform Rwanda from an impoverished country dependent on subsistence agriculture into a middle income country with a strong service sector.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rwanda Vision 2020 )〕 This policy, which is based on liberalising the economy, privatising state owned industries and reducing red tape for businesses, has led to a strong GDP growth between 2004 and 2010 of per year.〔 The changing economy has prompted a construction boom as the need for office and urban residential space has increased.〔http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539546/916452/-/adp5ha/-/index.html〕 The Kigali City Tower project was begun in 2006 by Rwandan businessman Hatari Sekoko, through his company Doyelcy Limited. Sekoko, a Rwandan Patriotic Front veteran of the Rwandan Civil War, worked in Japan from 1995 to raise capital, before returning to Rwanda to start a coffee distribution business and later diversifying into real estate and hospitality.〔 The first phase of the project was the construction of the car park building, which began in 2007. At that stage the tower was proposed as a circular building with a spiral design, which would act primarily as a viewing platform.〔 By 2008,〔 – shows new elliptical layout in 2008 post.〕 Sekoko's team had changed the building's shape to elliptical in order to create more floor space within the tower.〔 Sekoko contracted Chinese company China Civil Engineering Construction to construct the building, and also sourced raw materials from his own depot in Guangzhou, China.〔 The building was completed in early 2011,〔 and retailers and companies began to occupy the space thereafter. The three-screen Century Cinema complex was completed in March 2013 and is expected to open in May 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kigali City Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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