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News

Owners Returning to Elite Rental Market

By Irina Filatova
With expectations that the rental market for elite housing is returning to life, owners are stepping back in and asking high prices, but demand has not yet recovered from its record fall last year.

Aluminum Magnate Turns to Property Development

By Anton Filatov / Vedomosti
Lev Chernoi has turned to property development, with an investment in a 380 million euro ($522 million) apartment and hotel complex to be built on the site of the Mir hotel on Novy Arbat.
Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti

Developers Resume Building as Industry Recovers

Vedomosti

One by one, public developers are announcing strategy changes and unfreezing projects that were suspended because of the economic crisis.




Analysis

The Faces Behind Moscow’s Facades

By Alexander Teddy
In a young real estate market like Russia’s, reputation is key. Following a turbulent year of asset seizures and poor financial results for some companies, it is likely to pay for investors to know just whose experience stands behind the major local development firms.

Insider's View

Emerging Land Law

By Alexander Teddy
Russian real estate law has already seen numerous changes, yes big obstacle remain. Steven Shone, former head of real estate at CMS Russia, recounted his experiences over the last seven years.


Architecture

Norway's Argument for Design

By Alexander Teddy
Norway is promoting an architectural darling of recent times, Kristin Jarmund, in an exhibition in Moscow’s factory-cum-exhibition center, Proyekt-Fabrika.



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No. 65, February-March, 2010

No. 65, February-March, 2010

  • The Thais' Land
  • What Does 2010 Hold for the Real Estate Market


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Q1 2010

Q1 2010

Who own how much of what?
The flight to quality may have a green hue
German mortgage banks and a rebellious capital: the development of Russian land law


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