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Zimbabwe's capital is undergoing its biggest construction wave in decades, with the investment agency recording $2 billion in real estate commitments in the first quarter as high-end projects reshape Harare's skyline.
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken ground on a 259-hectare residential development in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central, with initial allocations targeting more than 2,000 young beneficiaries.
Allegations of corrupt land allocations have rocked the City of Harare's Housing Department after 31 residential stands were sold on a gazetted wetland in Marlborough, with construction already under way and no environmental impact assessment in place.
African contractors must position themselves to win a meaningful share of a continental construction market projected to reach US$330 billion by 2031, the Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association says.
Zimbabwean police are hunting a 40-year-old Bulawayo man accused of defrauding six home seekers of US$83,750 and R143,000 in a residential stand scam dating back to 2017.
Zimbabwe's tax authority has approached the Arlington Estate Homeowners Association in Harare for the names and contact details of homeowners and tenants across the gated development, under Section 39 of the Income Tax Act.
More than 452 Glen Lorne residents in Harare have appealed to President Mnangagwa to stop a housing development on environmentally sensitive land until it is independently assessed.
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Emaar Properties founder Mohamed Alabbar is planning a major new investment in premium hospitality that will bring luxury hotels to Zimbabwe.
Hilton has signed an agreement with developer Terrace Africa to open the Hilton Garden Inn Harare Highlands, its first hotel in Zimbabwe, as part of the capital's mixed-use Highlands Precinct development.