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30
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605k
74.1M
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2022-01-01 00:00:00
2025-03-30 00:00:00
COMM-0708125
Kano
office
340
6,984,431
occupied
2
2024-05-03
COMM-0919426
Benin City
warehouse
3,523
52,630,271
occupied
5
2023-04-16
COMM-0649047
Kano
warehouse
723
5,580,530
occupied
5
2022-11-22
COMM-0271738
Port Harcourt
showroom
193
4,764,099
vacant
2
2023-10-17
COMM-0438423
Enugu
office
278
13,060,740
occupied
2
2022-02-27
COMM-0184461
Benin City
retail_shop
40
993,379
occupied
3
2024-09-20
COMM-0860913
Lagos
showroom
109
2,424,383
occupied
2
2022-05-30
COMM-0474684
Port Harcourt
showroom
243
9,889,701
occupied
2
2022-03-31
COMM-0916689
Ibadan
office
175
3,418,640
occupied
3
2022-04-30
COMM-0735113
Port Harcourt
office
268
13,248,833
vacant
2
2023-08-02
COMM-0749691
Lagos
warehouse
2,011
20,624,316
vacant
3
2023-12-27
COMM-0740094
Benin City
warehouse
4,888
57,536,141
occupied
2
2022-05-10
COMM-0089337
Lagos
retail_shop
101
5,784,437
occupied
2
2023-06-02
COMM-0911073
Lagos
showroom
90
1,985,813
vacant
1
2022-01-01
COMM-0806495
Enugu
office
437
14,238,277
occupied
5
2024-09-02
COMM-0030107
Owerri
warehouse
2,347
21,656,081
vacant
2
2022-01-31
COMM-0060162
Enugu
retail_shop
260
6,231,774
occupied
3
2024-03-17
COMM-0658766
Lagos
warehouse
1,913
12,735,927
occupied
1
2023-11-30
COMM-0392067
Lagos
showroom
147
3,620,443
occupied
5
2022-03-07
COMM-0747350
Lagos
warehouse
4,594
43,077,770
occupied
1
2022-06-05
COMM-0351673
Lagos
office
170
7,939,445
occupied
3
2022-10-19
COMM-0874907
Owerri
showroom
148
4,037,396
occupied
5
2024-04-20
COMM-0754704
Ibadan
showroom
234
9,943,631
occupied
2
2023-04-18
COMM-0170072
Lagos
showroom
74
3,946,290
vacant
1
2022-05-28
COMM-0976769
Port Harcourt
warehouse
1,353
19,592,728
vacant
2
2023-08-25
COMM-0978670
Ibadan
office
109
4,970,321
occupied
5
2022-03-22
COMM-0216590
Lagos
retail_shop
166
7,117,425
occupied
1
2022-05-10
COMM-0143364
Abuja
office
318
5,431,724
occupied
3
2024-05-14
COMM-0533723
Abuja
retail_shop
93
4,635,624
vacant
1
2022-01-09
COMM-0808625
Abuja
office
99
2,123,292
occupied
5
2023-09-20
COMM-0981775
Lagos
showroom
91
3,242,228
occupied
5
2025-02-21
COMM-0221996
Lagos
retail_shop
39
1,519,999
occupied
2
2022-12-05
COMM-0059906
Lagos
showroom
237
7,016,133
occupied
2
2022-11-15
COMM-0226476
Lagos
showroom
123
4,180,380
occupied
1
2024-01-12
COMM-0568939
Lagos
warehouse
1,869
24,009,329
vacant
5
2023-12-11
COMM-0562365
Uyo
warehouse
1,892
24,041,294
occupied
2
2024-03-29
COMM-0978988
Lagos
retail_shop
238
8,716,229
occupied
5
2025-02-27
COMM-0367900
Abuja
warehouse
3,661
45,020,442
occupied
1
2025-03-04
COMM-0938777
Kano
retail_shop
281
9,904,542
vacant
1
2024-08-25
COMM-0020790
Abuja
showroom
132
6,866,045
occupied
2
2023-03-04
COMM-0273556
Abuja
warehouse
4,633
66,671,007
vacant
2
2025-03-26
COMM-0468243
Port Harcourt
showroom
227
5,955,885
occupied
5
2025-02-17
COMM-0028248
Kano
warehouse
4,245
60,933,597
occupied
5
2023-09-22
COMM-0410956
Enugu
showroom
90
3,256,316
occupied
5
2024-10-05
COMM-0790390
Lagos
showroom
285
11,357,201
occupied
1
2023-06-29
COMM-0251267
Benin City
warehouse
2,379
27,717,439
occupied
2
2025-01-05
COMM-0037805
Lagos
retail_shop
242
5,334,335
vacant
5
2023-02-19
COMM-0795311
Abuja
office
132
4,557,517
vacant
2
2024-12-04
COMM-0395651
Lagos
warehouse
4,626
59,170,055
occupied
5
2022-07-08
COMM-0773825
Calabar
retail_shop
172
5,744,871
vacant
5
2024-06-09
COMM-0036949
Kano
retail_shop
138
7,666,266
occupied
3
2025-01-27
COMM-0999570
Lagos
retail_shop
97
4,375,146
occupied
1
2023-01-11
COMM-0923001
Owerri
warehouse
4,064
58,805,085
occupied
5
2023-10-05
COMM-0706131
Abuja
showroom
225
11,827,898
occupied
1
2023-02-27
COMM-0766736
Port Harcourt
showroom
217
6,107,297
occupied
3
2025-03-22
COMM-0899654
Lagos
office
380
14,785,775
occupied
2
2022-09-22
COMM-0509819
Owerri
warehouse
1,192
9,445,958
vacant
1
2024-07-30
COMM-0704856
Lagos
office
93
1,424,606
occupied
3
2024-01-02
COMM-0596236
Owerri
office
145
2,532,311
occupied
3
2024-05-12
COMM-0026905
Abuja
warehouse
730
10,712,901
occupied
1
2023-12-11
COMM-0288789
Abuja
warehouse
4,423
56,854,617
occupied
3
2025-02-25
COMM-0641559
Abuja
showroom
107
2,810,431
occupied
5
2023-05-14
COMM-0189248
Lagos
showroom
293
7,699,665
occupied
1
2023-04-04
COMM-0182652
Abuja
showroom
272
12,684,941
occupied
5
2024-12-04
COMM-0937674
Benin City
warehouse
2,109
11,406,593
vacant
2
2024-05-29
COMM-0056001
Ibadan
retail_shop
156
6,142,183
vacant
1
2022-10-23
COMM-0470566
Port Harcourt
warehouse
1,343
16,473,345
occupied
2
2023-02-08
COMM-0375898
Calabar
office
171
7,118,056
vacant
1
2024-03-07
COMM-0807984
Owerri
retail_shop
70
2,047,289
occupied
2
2023-12-18
COMM-0629015
Lagos
showroom
89
3,335,503
vacant
1
2024-02-17
COMM-0382938
Lagos
warehouse
787
5,001,220
vacant
2
2024-01-11
COMM-0372591
Lagos
retail_shop
248
11,778,332
occupied
5
2025-01-11
COMM-0097118
Lagos
office
347
13,437,837
vacant
1
2022-08-28
COMM-0800252
Ibadan
office
429
14,450,049
occupied
2
2023-05-01
COMM-0420532
Calabar
showroom
37
1,800,814
vacant
1
2025-01-22
COMM-0897653
Abuja
office
489
24,190,770
vacant
3
2023-01-25
COMM-0820472
Lagos
retail_shop
112
3,070,781
occupied
1
2022-03-22
COMM-0231263
Port Harcourt
showroom
268
8,204,843
occupied
5
2023-08-25
COMM-0016130
Port Harcourt
retail_shop
209
6,427,132
occupied
1
2022-04-05
COMM-0879952
Lagos
showroom
250
10,816,279
occupied
3
2023-08-04
COMM-0714228
Lagos
showroom
138
6,317,000
vacant
1
2024-02-29
COMM-0621103
Kano
showroom
189
8,390,671
occupied
3
2024-11-02
COMM-0667735
Abuja
warehouse
4,924
30,104,577
vacant
5
2025-01-15
COMM-0928707
Abuja
showroom
226
10,727,267
occupied
1
2022-06-29
COMM-0560924
Lagos
showroom
62
3,072,303
occupied
3
2023-01-26
COMM-0716168
Lagos
office
460
22,901,292
occupied
5
2022-01-19
COMM-0683376
Abuja
office
482
14,248,418
occupied
2
2024-01-28
COMM-0219490
Lagos
showroom
192
4,376,113
occupied
1
2023-05-16
COMM-0551168
Lagos
warehouse
3,547
37,526,587
occupied
5
2024-04-19
COMM-0860833
Lagos
warehouse
3,097
39,446,401
occupied
1
2024-05-20
COMM-0911747
Abuja
warehouse
4,145
45,994,538
vacant
2
2023-05-06
COMM-0405694
Benin City
showroom
168
10,021,085
occupied
1
2023-12-16
COMM-0027655
Ibadan
warehouse
4,869
52,354,943
occupied
3
2024-08-15
COMM-0163672
Port Harcourt
office
67
2,181,428
occupied
5
2024-02-16
COMM-0330886
Lagos
retail_shop
284
14,651,612
occupied
1
2023-08-22
COMM-0460946
Lagos
retail_shop
74
3,726,101
occupied
3
2024-05-18
COMM-0218700
Lagos
office
89
1,432,519
occupied
3
2022-11-02
COMM-0814620
Kano
retail_shop
198
7,093,254
occupied
2
2022-07-14
COMM-0125341
Enugu
retail_shop
192
7,902,056
occupied
2
2023-12-25
COMM-0787804
Lagos
warehouse
4,151
52,867,937
occupied
3
2023-11-14
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Nigeria Real Estate – Commercial Properties

Dataset Description

Offices, shops, warehouses for rent/sale with occupancy, lease terms.

Category: Property Listings & Sales
Rows: 100,000
Format: CSV, Parquet
License: MIT
Synthetic: Yes (generated using reference data from PropertyPro, Knight Frank, NBS, CBN, FMBN)

Dataset Structure

Schema

  • property_id: string
  • city: string
  • commercial_type: string
  • size_sqm: integer
  • annual_rent: integer
  • occupancy_status: string
  • lease_term_years: integer
  • listing_date: string

Sample Data

| property_id   | city          | commercial_type   |   size_sqm |   annual_rent | occupancy_status   |   lease_term_years | listing_date   |
|:--------------|:--------------|:------------------|-----------:|--------------:|:-------------------|-------------------:|:---------------|
| COMM-0708125  | Kano          | office            |        340 |       6984431 | occupied           |                  2 | 2024-05-03     |
| COMM-0919426  | Benin City    | warehouse         |       3523 |      52630271 | occupied           |                  5 | 2023-04-16     |
| COMM-0649047  | Kano          | warehouse         |        723 |       5580530 | occupied           |                  5 | 2022-11-22     |
| COMM-0271738  | Port Harcourt | showroom          |        193 |       4764099 | vacant             |                  2 | 2023-10-17     |
| COMM-0438423  | Enugu         | office            |        278 |      13060740 | occupied           |                  2 | 2022-02-27     |

Data Generation Methodology

This dataset was synthetically generated using:

  1. Reference Sources:

    • PropertyPro & Nigeria Property Centre - listing prices, property types, locations
    • Knight Frank & Pam Golding - market reports, prime property indices, investment analysis
    • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) - real estate GDP contribution, construction statistics
    • CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria) - mortgage lending data, interest rates
    • FMBN (Federal Mortgage Bank) - NHF contributions, mortgage disbursements
    • State land registries - title processing times, transaction volumes
  2. Domain Constraints:

    • Location pricing hierarchy (Lagos: Ikoyi > Lekki > Surulere > Ikorodu)
    • Property types (detached, semi-detached, terrace, flat, bungalow)
    • Title types (C of O, Deed of Assignment, Governor's Consent)
    • Mortgage characteristics (3% penetration, 18-25% interest, 60-70% LTV)
    • Rental yields (4-10% by location tier)
  3. Quality Assurance:

    • Distribution testing (price per sqm follows lognormal within tiers)
    • Correlation validation (location-price r > 0.7, size-price r > 0.8)
    • Causal consistency (property valuation models, market dynamics)
    • Multi-scale coherence (property β†’ neighborhood β†’ city aggregations)
    • Ethical considerations (representative, unbiased, privacy-preserving)

See QUALITY_ASSURANCE.md in the repository for full methodology.

Use Cases

  • Machine Learning: Property price prediction, location scoring, investment ROI forecasting
  • Market Analysis: Price trends, supply-demand dynamics, market segmentation
  • Investment: Rental yield optimization, portfolio analysis, risk assessment
  • Urban Planning: Housing demand forecasting, infrastructure impact analysis
  • Research: Real estate market dynamics, affordability studies, diaspora investment patterns

Limitations

  • Synthetic data: While grounded in real distributions from PropertyPro/Knight Frank/NBS, individual records are not real transactions
  • Simplified dynamics: Some complex interactions (e.g., negotiation, market sentiment) are simplified
  • Temporal scope: Covers 2022-2025; may not reflect longer-term trends or future policy changes
  • Title issues: Models title problems statistically but doesn't capture full legal complexity

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{nigeria_realestate_2025,
  title = {Nigeria Real Estate – Commercial Properties},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_realestate_commercial_properties}
}

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Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (October 2025)

  • Initial release
  • 100,000 synthetic records
  • Quality-assured using PropertyPro/Knight Frank/NBS/CBN reference data
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