The development of Pear Business Park, owned by Ruparelia Group Dr Sudhir Ruparelia is going as planned, with the first unit for commercial purposes about to be completed.
Pearl Business Park, a multi-million-dollar project encompasses office premises, a shopping centre, health and leisure amenities, a 5-star hotel, modern hospital, among other things.
During the announcement of the project, in July 2021, Sudhir Ruparelia, Chairman of the Ruparelia Group said: “Uganda is very special to us (as Ruparelia Group) because it is our home, where it all started. Uganda is our home and we are proud to share in and participate in her dreams and aspirations. Every developing country needs a matching stock of high quality real estate infrastructure to fuel further growth and you can always count on us to play that role, so you can be able to focus on your core business.”
Ruparelia Group will divide the project into different phases. The first phase unit includes office spaces, 16 lettable floors and two floors for parking.
According to Ruparelia Group Managing Director Rajiv Ruparelia, Pearl Business Park’s location, design and amenities have been optimised to maximise functionality, health and safety and productivity in mind and subsequently value for money for its occupants.
According to building schematics, the Pearl Business Park will be installed with a fully automated fire detection system on all floors.
In case a fire breaks out, “the building will be fitted with three form and three extinguishers on each floor with an elaborate fire sprinkler system backed up by a 145,200 litre reserve tank”.
Staircases is a must all levels and for security, access control protocols will be followed on top of 24 hour dedicated security and 170 CCTV cameras in all public areas.
Building amenities will include a state-of-the art fitness centre/sauna, provision for internet cable connection points to the building, access to dual fibre optics internet connections from Kira Road and Yusuf Lule Road.
Dr Sudhir Ruparelia also has plans to build a 200-room Kingdom Kampala Hotel. The Kingdom Kampala Hotel is estimated to be completed by 2026. Kingdom Kampala is another project by Meera Investments Limited, the real estate arm of the Ruparelia Group that owns a series of hotels, country clubs and over 300 commercial properties in and around Kampala.
