...Project Designed To Become Iconic
Reference Point In Lagos Island
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday
said that the ongoing construction of the Ilubirin Housing Scheme would be
completed before the end of the year while it would go on sale to members of
the public from the first quarter of 2019.
The Government, in a statement signed by
the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, said the development of the
scheme, would be built in seven phases starting with the completion of the
existing structure which is already underway, while other plashes of the
project would be completed over a period of three years terminating in 2022.
The Ilubirin Housing Scheme, initiated
under the Lagos Home Ownership and Mortgage Scheme (LAGOSHOMS) in 2014 and
conceived as a purely residential scheme, was redesigned to accommodate a live,
work and play area in the scheme.
Lawal said the State Government due to
the massive housing projects ongoing across the State and the limited budgetary
provision to complete them, sought a partnership with private sector through a
joint venture agreement to complete the project.
"After a review of the proposals
received from various companies for the completion of the project, Messrs First
Investment Property Company (FIDC) was selected to partner with the State
Government to fulfill the vision of Ilubirin.
"The Company is expected to source
fund for the completion of the project and also to provide technical expertise
for its completion. The equity of the State is majorly the land and the
development executed to date," the Commissioner said.
He said the new design of the project
will comprise 472 units of studio Apartments, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom flats,
Terraces and Penthouses, while commercial unit and recreational facilities such
as sporting facilities, parks, a club house as well as child day care facilities
would also be accommodated.
"The water front will be developed
as an active promenade with restaurants and bars. A shopping mall will be
located by the eco-park and will be a destination for visitors and sight seers.
There would be something for everyone in Ilubirin," Lawal said.
The Commissioner also disclosed that
careful infrastructural and environmental planning, explaining that due to the
location of the scheme on a reclaimed land, flood simulations had to be
undertaken, integrity tests carried out while traffic studies were commissioned
due to its proximity to the busiest network of roads between the Mainland and
Island.
"One challenge unique to the site
however is its proximity to a series of drainage channels carrying effluent
from Lagos Island. To address this, an eco-park has been designed to counter
the impact of sewage and contribute to a cleaner Lagos.
"The high visibility of the site
along the Third Mainland Bridge axis demands exemplary aesthetics. Like the
Lekki Link Bridge, this project has the potential of becoming an iconic
reference point and a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding areas
such as Isale-Eko, Dolphin and Osborne Foreshore," he said.
He said the FIDC has already assembled a
team of local and international experts to come up with a master plan that
would showcase the site's position as a residential, commercial and leisure
environment along the lagoon resulting in a 24-hour cosmopolitan lifecycle.
Besides, Lawal said a power generation
project supplying electricity to the grid would be hosted on the site to drive
a 24-hour live, work and play environment, while the project will enhance the
Light Up Lagos Initiative of the State Government.
"A new flyover will be built to
connect the development to the Third Mainland bridge axis. This will ensure
seamless integration into the wider road network without impacting negatively
on the existing traffic," he said.
- Punch Newspapers
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