Abstract:

Commercial property investment places in Nigeria suffer systematic desertion, due to pollution from indiscriminate tire burning, inadequate waste management, weak legislation and implementation of environmental laws, lack of control and policy formulation. These has an adverse impacts on the commercial property investment in the study area. The desertion led to commercial property investors’ reduction of total revenue that might have accrued for the government .The black fumes from the tire burning changes the aesthetic nature and values of commercial property .These upset witnessed in the surrounding community decreases commercial property value and damage the reputation of the study area, thereby decreasing tourism and property investments prospects. Therefore the purpose for this research is to investigate the causes of the desertion due to indiscriminate tire burning and proffer solution to the out and its total eradication. A mixed method research approach was adopted for this study, with questionnaire and interviews conducted on the residents. A sample size will be obtained by the use of Taro Yamane’s formula. Findings showed that in Aba, Owerri, and Onitsha adequate waste management, strong legislation and implantation laws, good control and policy formulation, total eradication of tire burning is pertinent to the improvement of environmental quality for sustainable commercial property investment .The study concluded that sanitary and environmental quality parameters such as total eradication of tire burning , strong legislation and implementation of environmental laws, adequate waste management , good control and policy formulation in the study area, need improvement to achieve sustainable commercial property development.