Kigali City Tower 2005. The building consists of three components: the tower, which rises to 20 stories, the 4-story commercial center, and a car parking block which is also 4 stories tall. As of 2013 the tower is the tallest building in Kigali and Rwanda. The total retail floor space is around while office space is . The tower block is occupied mostly by office space, with only the ground, lower ground and top floors being retail. Each floor of the tower has of office space available. The largest retailer in the complex is a branch of the Kenyan supermarket chain Nakumatt, which
Kigali being built in the 1920s by the Belgian colonial government as a home for civil servants and Swahili traders. This latter group were mostly members of the Islamic faith, which led to Nyamirambo being known as the "Muslim Quarter". Nyamirambo's Green Mosque ("Masjid al-Fatah") is the oldest mosque in Kigali, dating back to the 1930s. Travel publisher Rough Guides has described Nyamirambo as "Kigali's coolest neighbourhood", citing its multi-cultural status and an active nightlife, which is not found in much of the rest of the city. North of Nyamirambo, and west of the CBD is Nyabugogo. Situated at the lowest