Publications

01 02 2012

Reclaiming Siberia

Recently we have seen examples of successful development in the cities of Siberia with populations of fewer than one million. Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Barnaul – this year the commercial real estate market has been developing rather actively everywhere. However, every city has its local peculiarities. ...read more...

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01 02 2012

Russian warehouse party

Russia’s property market has been recovering slowly from the 2008 crisis, but as Russians return to the shops and retail turnover levels pass their pre-crisis highs, a boom has taken off in the country’s warehouse business.

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27 01 2012

Commercial Real Estate

Europe’s sovereign debt crisis is threatening to hurt the real economy, that’s an opinion expressed by Mervyn King, Vice Chairman of the European Systemic Risk Board, who is also Governor of the Bank of England. Bloomberg quotes King as saying that growth prospects “have deteriorated” since September and the outlook for financial stability has worsened. “Investors lack confidence to continue to provide normal levels of funding,” he added....read more...

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26 01 2012

PNK Group Completes Construction of a Warehouse Terminal Fulfilling its Obligations under a Contract with TsentrObuv Footwear Retail Chain

PNK Group has completed the construction of a build-to-suit warehouse complex for TsentrObuv, a major footwear retail chain. The Knight Frank company was the real estate broker in that deal.

TsentrObuv’s future terminal is located within the PNK-Vnukovo logistics complex. The 36,000-sq.m terminal has 103 loading and unloading docks. The facility has own entry and exit gateways with access control points.

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26 01 2012

FROM START TO COMPLETION – IN JUST SEVEN MONTHS

PNK Group has completed construction of a unique warehouse project for TsentrObuv footwear retail chain. Construction was completed in record-breaking timeframes.

The contract between PNK Group and TsentrObuv, Europe’s largest footwear retailer, has been fulfilled. A high-tech warehouse complex (it has no peers in the Russian market) was built by PNK Group from start to completion in just seven months.
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07 01 2012

Real Estate Market: The Largest Deals of the Year

This year, a number of large deals were signed in the segment of commercial property lease and acquisition. Like before the crisis, companies are ready to lease spacious premises and enter into long-term contracts....read more...

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29 12 2011

What Is the Strategy of Your Company for 2012? What Issues Will The Warehouse Property Market Face in 2012?

Ivan Potekhin, CEO, Espro group of companies:
Our plans for 2012 are as follows. Complete our projects in regions, fully let out Kulon Yugros – our facility in Mineralnye Vody. Actively proceed with leasing out the project in Kaluga where we already have new clients. We hope that new tenants will appear in the A-Park facility before long. An emphasis is also placed on the Vnukovo project where we will have (for the first time in the company’s history) both retail and outlet components. We are optimistic about the future and plan to do one more warehouse project in the Moscow region (partially under a ‘build-to-suit’ scheme), expecting that the number of ‘build-to-suit’ clients will rise. ...read more...

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22 12 2011

What Are Consultancies For?

The lion’s share of deals in the warehouse properties market involves consultants - in one way or another. Both newcomers and professional companies well known in the business community retain consultancies for their projects. Why do market leaders value the services provided by consulting companies?...read more...

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20 12 2011

Warehouse Scarcity Spurs Demand

One of the most dynamic real estate sectors doesn’t have flashy entrances, plush interiors or eye-popping architecture. Instead, its selling points include features like cold storage and advanced docking systems....read more...

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13 12 2011

PNK Group to launch plant Liotech in Novosibirsk

Anatoliy Chubays launches the world largest innovation lithium-ion battery Liotech with an area of 40,000 m2, built by PNK Group under the order of the state corporation Rosnano and Chinese corporation Thunder Sky in Novosibirsk. ...read more...

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