A large office may appear next to the Centrosoyuz building

23 September 2020

The Turkish company Ant Development has become an investor and developer of a multifunctional complex, which is planned to be built next to the Centrosoyuz building on Myasnitskaya Street, two consultants who worked with her told Vedomosti. Her representative confirmed this.

They have been trying to build up the land plot next to the Centrosoyuz building for many years. This territory, as follows from the materials of the claim, is in the use of the Ministry of Defense. In 2005, the structure of the ministry entered into an investment contract with Astinkom. The latter was supposed to demolish the existing two buildings within three years and build an office of 20,000 sq. M. In their place. m. In exchange for this, she undertook to pick up 700 square meters for the military court. m and purchase apartments for the needs of the Ministry of at least 7258 sq. m. In 2012, Astin-kom filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court demanding to oblige the structure of the Ministry of Defense to conclude a lease agreement for a plot of land on Myasnitskaya Street with it: she referred to the fact that the defendant had not fulfilled the terms of the investment contract with her.

In turn, the ministry, as stated in the materials of claim, terminated the contract with the customer in connection with “significant violations”. What these violations are, it does not say. One of the court decisions states that Astin-com was unable to obtain all the permits for the construction of the office due to the fact that the Moscow government in 2008 limited the construction of commercial real estate in the city center. As a result, the company lost all the courts. Several years ago, the legal successor of Astin-com was the firm Fin.kom, say two consultants who worked with the site on Myasnitskaya Street. According to SPARK-Interfax, its main owners are Andrey Yesionov and Anvar Mametov. The former, together with Ant Development Managing Partner Güven Dündar, owns Poklonka Realty. The second is a former member of the board of directors of Moskommertsbank. The structure of one of its former beneficiaries, Kenes Rakishev, sold two large projects on Poklonnaya Hill to Ant Development a few years ago. It is not known what rights Fin.kom currently has for the site on Myasnitskaya Street. The request to the Ministry of Defense remained unanswered, no one answered the phones of Fin.com. In 2019, the company filed a claim to the Moscow Arbitration Court against the structure of the Ministry of Defense demanding to provide it with a land plot, but its address was not indicated in the case file.

Ant Development is part of Ant Yapi, one of the largest Turkish construction holdings. The latter is known in Russia mainly as a general contractor. She built, for example, the IQ-Kvartal and Oko towers in Moscow City. Several years ago, Ant Yapi began investing in real estate in Moscow together with other players (for example, in the residential complex "Fili Park" and the Soho + Noho apartment complex), and last year she acquired two projects of multifunctional complexes from Rakishev - "Poklonnaya 9" and Victory Park Residences - on Poklonnaya Hill. These are the first objects of the company, where it acts as the only investor.

According to the urban planning plan of the land plot on Myasnitskaya Street, it is possible to build a complex with a land area of ​​15,000 sq. M. m, of which 13,000 sq. m - hotel and 2000 sq. m is a public space, says a representative of Moskomstroyinvest. According to him, in January 2020, Fin.kom asked to increase the land area of ​​the project by another 10%, but the city planning and land commission of the company refused. The website of the architectural bureau Sergey Skuratov Architects says that the total area of ​​the project will be 23 395 sq. m.

It is not known exactly what Ant Development plans to build on Myasnitskaya Street. According to a company representative, a concept for the development of this site is currently being worked out. One option is a class A business center, he says. Irina Dobrokhotova, the chairman of the board of directors of Best-novostroy, believes that this site is well suited for the construction of both an office and apartments. Residential real estate in this place would be more promising, says Olga Shirokova, director of the consulting and analytics department at Knight Frank. According to her, there is almost no competition among new buildings in this area, now there are only four objects with an average cost of 875,000 rubles. for 1 sq. m. On the other hand, given the central location of the site, developed transport and business infrastructure, offices here will also be in demand, sums up Shirokova.

Olga Zemtsova, Director of the Strategic Consulting Department of CBRE, estimates investments in the project at 2.2-2.5 billion rubles, and the managing partner of S.A. Ricci Alexey Bogdanov - 1.4-1.6 billion rubles.

Source: www.vedomosti.ru