The difference between administrative, commercial and medical units is a legal licensing distinction, not a marketing one: commercial is licensed for direct public-facing trade, administrative for offices and companies, and medical for clinics and pharmacies under specific drainage and ventilation requirements. Changing use after purchase requires approval and a licence amendment, not merely a new sign.
The distinction shows up directly in price: the median retail metre in Egypt is EGP 140,000 against EGP 92,150 for an administrative metre, per our listed inventory, August 2026. Retail needs frontage and footfall; administrative space accepts upper floors.
Conversion is possible in some projects but never automatic: the building's regulations must permit medical use, drainage and ventilation requirements must be met, and the licence must then be amended. Ask before buying, not after — a refused conversion leaves you with a different asset from the one you intended.
Neither administrative nor commercial units are universally better; they carry different risk. A commercial unit costs more per metre and lets faster in good locations but is highly sensitive to footfall. An administrative unit costs less and lets more slowly but is less affected by where it sits inside the building. The decision follows the specific location, not the category.
The projects below are genuinely listed for sale with us and are the unit type the Administrative vs commercial units guide applies to. Whether a given unit is tenanted or vacant is confirmed on enquiry.
