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Herald Correspondent
West Property chief executive Mr Kenneth Sharpe has been described as a passionate Zimbabwean prepared to impart his knowledge to help others grow in business and enjoy success.
Speaking recently during the handover of the Millennium Heights apartments, a business colleague, Mrs Tatiana Ellis portrayed Mr Sharpe, who is a recent Harvard University graduate as “a free university” in terms of imparting knowledge to others.
“Mr Sharpe is not only building property in Zimbabwe. He is bringing knowledge and teaching others how to operate business. He is like a free university for people,” she said.
Addressing the gathering at the handover ceremony, Mr Sharpe said his company was helping rebuild Zimbabwe and contributing towards a middle income society by 2030.
“Honourable Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, our punchline is ‘Bringing Dubai to Zimbabwe’. We want the same beauty and splendour that attracts visitors to Dubai to be experienced here in Zimbabwe. If Dubai could do it on limited land spaces in a desert, why can we not achieve the same with our vast skills base, abundant land, visionaries and top notch city planners?” he said.
He said they have dubbed their development “Bringing Dubai to Zimbabwe” because of the high end structures they have built at Pokugara, Millennium Heights, Homelands 263 and Gunhill Rise and the City within a City model at Pomona City, as well as soon to be unveiled Warren Hills Lifestyle Estate.
“We are building safe gated community neighbourhoods where people can live, work, play and shop, as well as amenities that include sports facilities for tennis, swimming, running, and walking tracks, braai areas, crèche, church, co-working spaces, shopping malls, internet connectivity and green energy in the form of solar energy and above all a royal experience to live in style,” said Mr Sharpe.
He said all their developments going forward will have similar elements of lifestyle amenities including Pomona City and Warren Hills developments
“The development here in Millennium Park dovetails into the huge to be built Mall of Zimbabwe. Today we are handing over 60 apartments to our customers, our royalty who are Kings and Queens that make West Property the leading property development company. We have created a home and allow them to put signature touch to finishes within a secure, well located neighbourhood,” he said.
Mr Sharpe added that his company was proud to have added value to this land which was not zoned when they took over.
“Block one already has happy tenants. You can see the trucks outside pouring concrete on Block 3 foundations that will have 112 units and soon all the remaining 8 blocks will be up totalling 1000 apartments. We want to go as high as we can.
“Honourable Minister you can pass on the word to His Excellency that West Property has bought into his vision of “Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo” (literally meaning Zimbabweans will build Zimbabwe). We are a Zimbabwean company that is interested in growing the local economy to promote brand Zimbabwe, attract tourists and make Zimbabwe the ideal investment destination,” said Mr Sharpe.
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