After preaching the gospel for over 40 years, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo founder of Kingsway International Christian Center, KICC, has found a new call
After preaching the gospel for over 40 years, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo founder of Kingsway International Christian Center, KICC, has found a new calling, the real estate business. Unknown to many, the televangelist is one of the biggest landowners in Lagos.
Although he has been acquiring real estate from the age of 27, expanding it to include about 900 acres of land in the Mowe area of Ogun State where he built six estates before moving on to Ibeju Lekki coastal area of Lagos. Besides owning several properties in Pinnoch Estate, Lekki, Lagos, where he lives, in a luxurious smart-enabled mansion, he also owns large acres of land scattered around Lagos where he is making a kill. He is currently building a one of the biggest luxury estates in Lagos via his Makarios Luxury Properties. The estate called Makarios: The Luxury Place, is a dream city as he would like to call it, a world class project, an absolutely outstanding, luxury place to live in that he hopes will rival the Dubai Marina.
It is 95 acres of land where many rich people are now buying service plots. The estate, which is being constructed by a German company, will feature about 11 number, ten floor high rise buildings, 192 terrace houses, 18 detached houses, and almost 300 plots for sale.
Last week, he replicated Dubai in his Makarios Luxury Place when he unveiled a N6 billion luxurious Water Display Park. A first of its kind in Africa, Pastor Ashimolowo revealed that the concept was not only borne out of what he saw in Dubai during the COVID-19 era but also the need to create a leisure spot for his grandchildren who were always bored whenever they came to Nigeria on holidays.
By extension, it is also a tourist place for many people who desire to come to Nigeria, particularly Lagos as there aren’t many places people can visit. The Makarios Water Display is an uncommon and unusual water display that thrills visitor with nothing short of visual appeal while also mesmerising the mind and the spirit.
The Makarios Water Display is one of the few water displays in the world that has a water screen in the middle. Spanning an impressive 6,000 square meters, the park boasts a blend of cutting-edge technology and designs. It also features dancing water synchronised with music and enhanced by laser lights. But the park’s allure doesn’t stop there; holographic projections transform water into captivating screens, creating a magical atmosphere reminiscent of a fairy tale. The water display is just one out of many features that his real estate facility will boast of at completion.
While he has a full-time pastor managing the Lagos branch of his church, his first son, Tobi is in charge of the London branch and headquarters of the church and is ably assisted to ensure the smooth running of the church by his wife, Pastor Yemisi. This affords him the opportunity to expend enough time and energy on his real estate business and complete the Makarios: The Luxury Place in record time. When he is not busy holding online preachings and prophetic declarations the 71-year-old finds time to impact knowledge on the real estate business.
