Soykimau is a fast growing residential area to the North of Athi River and Just neighboring Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and across from KAPA Oil Refineries along Mombasa Road. It is in Mavoko Municipal council. It is only 15 minutes from downtown Nairobi. Syokimau has grown from a few homes in 2002 to numerous estates now. Land is fully serviced. Homes coming up in this prime land are mostly villas and masionettes with each property sitting on an ideal 100 x 50 ft plots.
Syokimau has several schools. Notre Dame and Mt Sinai schools primary schools stand well within the suburb. Syokimau is only a few kilometers from Athi River Town which has major chain stores and other shopping convenience centers.
Property experts are predicting a rise in prices residential property in Syokimau with the construction of Mombasa road dual highway. Some are buying land and constructing houses in readiness for occupation when Mombasa Road is converted into a modern dual carriage- highway. Nearly all players see the Mombasa Road stretch between Mlolongo as the hotspot in town.
Fuelling the demand are future prospects of a modern highway, construction of bypasses linking the road to strategic towns like Namanga—a border town— and the area’s location in relation to the airport and the industrial area are some of the reasons real estate players are putting forth as the cause of rise in demand.
Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) and other leading realtors says the Mombasa Road Stretch to Athi River region has the best property prospects to anybody wishing to put up property either for personal occupation or for speculative purposes.