We need more visionaries like Ken Sharpe
REAL estate tycoons have a big role to play in nation building and infrastructural development.
The real estate business is one of the major contributors to infrastructural development when spearheaded by the best brains.
WestProp Holdings chief executive Ken Sharpe is both a dreamer and doer.
His vision, which involves laying the foundation for a Zimbabwe expected to thrive in the next 50 years, should inspire other land developers.
While half a century might appear a long time, true leaders start laying the foundation for that right now.
He has said his ambitious goal is to lay one billion bricks and through it all bring the beauty and magic of Dubai to Zimbabwe.
After developing new suburbs like Gunhill Rise, Millennium Heights, Pokugara and Pomona Heights, he has demonstrated how it is done.
We challenge others to learn one or two things from this businessman.
In his vision, he has a long-term investment strategy that is set to benefit future generations.
This is what we expect from land developers who are focused.
His firm’s approach to call for Zimbabweans in the diaspora to invest in their homeland is welcome.
The creation of new shopping malls and recreational facilities is a huge step forward in decongesting major cities like Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare and Gweru.
People should not drive for long distances for essential services.
In this era of technology, people should not be bothered by seeking essential services in major cities.
We can only decongest our big cities and major towns by investing in real estate.
This can only be a reality when we have reliable land developers who don’t dupe people of their money.
The arrest of land barons should be done all the time to ensure that we save people from investing in shady schemes.
People should invest with land developers with a track record.
Many people have lost their valuables by trusting crooks who don’t deliver.
Investing in modern infrastructure and buildings comes with a huge sacrifice.
People need shopping malls and sporting facilities, among other amenities, in their own communities to decongest major cities.
After years of working hard and making savings, we need luxurious homes and places offering essential services within our neighbourhoods.
The emergence of reputable real estate firms like Westprop Holdings has set the standards we all admire and yearn for.
We hope that other land developers in Zimbabwe are learning from these torch-bearers in the property market.
Aspiring home-seekers should feel secure each time they want to buy a new property.
This can only happen when we deal with reputable real estate developers and agents.
Many desperate home-seekers have lost quite a fortune by engaging dubious real estate agents with no track road.
We need visionary men and women in this country for us to transform ourselves into the nation we all want.
There are scores of such men and women in this country and Sharpe is leading the way in the best way possible.