NIGERIA’s newest man-made island, Ocean City, was yesterday unveiled.
Appropriately named ‘Jewel of the Atlantic’, the facility is powered by a commercial lawyer, industrialist, and entrepreneur, Bar Dewunmi Osagie.
Present at the ceremony with the motivator was Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, JSC (rtd); his wife, Doyin Rhodes-Vivour, SAN; Asiwaju Dr Olawale Cole, President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Emmanuel Ikazoboh, former Group Chairman, Ecobank.
Others are Oba Solomon Adedire, who represented the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojajah 11, Barrister Mike Ozekhome, SAN and a representative of the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Ocean City occupies 308 hectares reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean and is a shouting distance from the already high-density and boisterous Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and Lekki Residential Scheme 1 neighbourhoods. It is currently accessible by land through an extension of Ahmadu Bello Way and expected to be by air and water through the proposed Ocean City Lagos Airport and Cruise Terminal. The island is conceived as a green smart city, the first of its type in the country, and will be powered by the 5G network, which will not only drive efficient infrastructure and amenities management but will impact every aspect life, delivering smart homes, offices, healthcare education via human-to-machine connections and interactions.
In addition to driving facilities such as power supply and water supply, drainage, transport networks, security, it will also drive eco-sustainability, with the latter firmly placing the emphasis on flora and fauna. Developed by Ocean City Lagos Limited, an affiliate of the credentialed Sea Global Energy, the 43-year-old multi-sectorial giant with bold footprints in the property, retail and telecommunications, Ocean City Lagos is arriving with a tough spine of know-how, experience and offerings of the highest possible taste-attributes that are as part of Ocean City Lagos Limited’s DNA.
Ocean City Lagos is promoted by Ocean City Lagos Limited, an affiliate of the 43-year-old Sea Global Energy with a sterling track record built over the years on ample insights on the most efficient technology-adoption ways to impact in the retail, communications and real estate sectors.
In 2003, Sea Global Energy was granted an approval by the Federal Government to reclaim 350 hectares of land from the Atlantic Ocean, rights to which have been assigned to its Special Purpose Vehicle, Ocean City Lagos Limited.
Ocean City Lagos consists of five districts: Gladys, Madaki, Aremu, Adesola and Five Cowries Districts.
The Gladys District, conceived as a wholly residential location, is devoted to indulgently opulent, ocean-front homes and private marinas. Complementing Gladys will be the swanky residential towers dwellings with private marinas. Residences at Gladys arecomplemented by the residential towers of the mixed-use Madaki District, which will offer public art and exclusive access facilities available only at Ocean City Island.
Aremu, the third of the districts, will offer a heady mix of facilities for all art forms, top-tier sports amenities catering to over 20 sport-related activities, including a dedicated football stadium; rowing and equestrian courses, restaurants catering to diverse culinary tastes, luxury shops, hip clubs, a theme park, public outdoor spaces, beaches as well as marinas.
It will also host the 30-hectare Ocean Medical City, a community of world-class medical facilities providing specialist care in various medical fields, a hospital offering between 1,000 and 1,500 bed spaces; a university devoted to medical sciences and research with accommodation for staff and experts.
The fourth district, named Adesola, will host the Ocean City Airport, Cruise Terminal and ground transportation hub connecting Ocean City Island’s business, cultural and residential districts to the rest of Nigeria and the world and is expected to spark significant socio-economic boom for the continent.
The Five Cowries District, an exclusively commercial zone, will provide access to the most up-to-date business infrastructure to attract companies of all sizes and from all industries, host eye-popping events and offer luxury recreational amenities to create a sumptuous meeting point for living, leisure and business. For more information, visit www.oceancityng.com .
