The Frunzensky district has become problematic for large investors from Moscow. Capital businessmen, for example, were never able to complete the construction of the Quattro shopping center. The ambitious concept of an aquarium with an entertainment center in the Internationalists Park is stuck. The new review of “Business Petersburg” also included social long-term construction projects, which the residents of Kupchino have not yet seen.
"DP" has prepared another audit of the most famous long-term construction projects and failed development projects that failed in St. Petersburg. Free "spots" in the Frunzensky district could enrich investors from Moscow, but it turned out to be difficult to profit from it. For various reasons, companies associated with the RTM and Kyiv Ploshchad groups encountered problems in the southern part of the city.
Troubles in this area befell not only commercial structures, but also Smolny. An indicative episode can be called the delayed move of the Botkin Hospital to a new building on Bukharestskaya Street.
Planning for a shopping center near the Kupchino metro station on Malaya Balkanskaya Street began in 2004. The site was transferred to the Moscow development group "RTM", the customer was St. Petersburg LLC Romex-Invest, which is part of the organization's structure. The main shareholders of the company at that time were businessmen close to the owners of the Sibcement holding, IK "", and Saroten Ltd.
The company was building the Quattro multifunctional complex with an area of 24.8 thousand m2, but due to financial problems, work had to be suspended. By March 2009, as a "DP", the group's creditors and partners filed lawsuits for more than 670 million rubles and $1.9 million. In St. Petersburg, claims were filed against RTM for more than 131.5 million rubles.
In 2011, it became known that the Arbitration Court opened bankruptcy proceedings against RTM. The total amount of debt in the bankruptcy case materials reached 15 billion rubles. Development assets, which included the unfinished shopping center in Kupchino, began to be put up for sale. At the auction, the company tried to win back the long-term construction, recognizing its ownership of the site, but Smolny also found reasons to refuse it. As a result, in 2014, the court terminated the lease agreement for the site with Romex-Invest LLC.
The object, 92% ready, was transferred to another investor - Piter LLC. The new owner promised to complete the building, which had stood abandoned for about 10 years, after resolving the paperwork issues. At the end of 2017, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg proposed to the governor to move the oceanarium project from the Internationalists Park to the site of the failed Quattro shopping center. As follows from the mayor's response, the new owner of the plot is soon going to complete the construction of a shopping complex, so moving the oceanarium to the Kupchino station is impossible.
The aquarium project in the Internationalists Park lasted only 5 years, but during this time it turned into one of the most pressing topics for discussion between city defenders, authorities and investors. In the conflict that unfolded against the backdrop of the struggle to preserve green spaces, Moscow entrepreneurs were again unlucky. This time, the company "", which is part of the capital's "Kyiv Ploshchad" group of billionaires Zarakh Iliev and God Nisanov, encountered difficulties.
Attracting large-scale investments was discussed at a meeting of Smolny in the summer of 2013. Optima was going to invest 3.5 billion rubles in the new oceanarium in the next 2.5-3 years. An area of 3 hectares was required for the construction of the facility. “In addition to the aquarium itself, which will feature fish from all over the world, the complex will include a terrarium, two theaters for performances of pinnipeds, killer whales and dolphins, as well as six pools for therapeutic swimming with dolphins,” said company representative Elena Slivina.
Smolny offered investors a site on Slavy Avenue; construction of the complex was planned to begin in August 2014 and be completed in 2017. It was assumed that the oceanarium would become the country's largest scientific and educational center in the field of oceanology and marine biology. Attendance was supposed to be 1 million people a year.
Land with an area of 3.6 hectares "Optima" was officially awarded in January 2015. 2 years later, the Smolny Investment Committee strategically projected an oceanarium with a multifunctional shopping and entertainment center. By this time, the size of investments had increased to 15 billion rubles.
In parallel with the preparations for development, there was growing dissatisfaction among urban protection activists who protested against the exclusion of the site from the park area. Events developed rapidly. In March 2018, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Georgy Poltavchenko moved the aquarium from the Internationalists Park to the site near the Kupchino metro station. The corresponding request was sent by parliament to Smolny. In one of the responses (KGA) reported the cancellation of the order to prepare a planning and surveying project (PPT) for the territory bounded by Sofia Street, Glory Avenue, Bukharestskaya Street and Southern Highway.
At the last meeting of the St. Petersburg parliament on December 5, deputies made it clear that the idea of construction in the park was practically buried. At the hearing on changing the general plan, it was decided that the land plot where the construction of a shopping center with an aquarium had previously been planned would be transferred from the business zone to a green area to return the territory to the park.
Officials have been hatching plans to create a school palace of science and technology for the last 7 years. In 2012, the then-current head of the education committee stated that in St. Petersburg there has long been an excess of humanities students and a shortage of technical specialists. Since then, officials have begun to intensively look for a place for a future technocluster for young people.
“There is a global task - to create another infectious diseases hospital in St. Petersburg. We have a base, and this saves an enormous amount of time. We can enter a project with a full set of working and construction documentation, having corrected it,” the official noted.
At the moment, Smolny is determining the legal mechanism and financial model for completing the hospital. After the final document is prepared, a competition will be held to conclude a concession agreement.
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The project at one time caused a public outcry and protests from the owners of garages intended for demolition. People considered the amounts that the developer paid them as compensation insufficient. Now, however, there is no point in discussing this. No violations were established in court, the area from the garages was cleared, construction began and there were no external obstacles that could prevent the implementation of this project. For a potential buyer of an apartment, this is the main thing, since there is no doubt about the developer himself. "Construction Trust" the company is very reputable. She has maintained a high “A” grade for more than one year. Bring the project to life "New Kupchino" The company became very active. Previously, it was planned to enter the site only at the beginning of 2019, but the developer managed to do this earlier, and construction progressed significantly in the second half of January. The fifth floor is already being built in sections of the first stage of construction. At this rate, the completion of the first stage of the residential complex at the end of 2020 seems more than realistic. After all, the developer still has almost two years left.
In an earlier opinion of the portal, we examined the strengths and weaknesses of the project. There's not much to add here. It only makes sense to remember the construction of the Frunzensky radius of the metro, since it is of fundamental importance for this residential complex. Let us remind you that one of the new metro stations - "Dunayskaya" -
will be located approximately seven hundred meters from Novy Kupchino. By the standards of St. Petersburg residential areas, this is practically nearby. The opening dates for three new stations, including Dunayskaya, have been postponed several times. According to the latest information from December last year, they have once again been moved - now to May 2019. We will not guess whether this period will be the last, but for now it still remains in force that before the commissioning of the first stage of “New Kupchino”, a new metro station must operate nearby. Still, there is a year and a half interval between these events. There is hope, especially since budget money has been promised to metro construction workers for 2019.
The apartments in “Novy Kupchino” are good without any reservations. “Construction Trust” in this case is true to itself. There are no studios in the residential complex, the calculation is made for a family buyer. The apartments are of a decent size, with spacious hallways - in some cases with storage closets. Kitchens are at least medium in size, in many cases full-fledged kitchen-dining rooms. Combined bathrooms are only in one-room apartments, and in two- and three-room apartments there are two bathrooms. Some apartments have two balconies. There are options with an original layout. Many apartments have bay windows. In a word, these are good layouts, real modern comfort class.
To summarize: the project is worthwhile, the location is promising. Cost per sq. meters here is not low, but we must take into account that the houses at the Construction Trust are built from real brick, which is rare in our time. Sales in the first phase opened at the end of December 2018. There are many apartments available now. Sections of the second stage have not yet gone on sale. There are no other new buildings nearby. Closer to other residential complexes (“B”), but prices are higher there. There are also a number of new buildings of comparable price near the station: multifunctional complex, residential complex from LSR Group (rating “A+”) and residential complex from (commission dates have been postponed).
The developer of the residential complex "Novoe Kupchino" - "Construction Trust" - is a reputable company with 11 completed and 6 projects under construction. In the portal website, the company has a rating of A, which is confirmed by the developer’s large portfolio and the large number of square meters regularly rented out. “Construction Trust” is confidently standing on its feet, it is not surprising that the management decided to develop another site with housing.
The city authorities have long had a desire to build residential buildings, mainly built up with garages; housing began to be built in 2007. The first was the facility, which built 9 buildings in the northwestern part of the quarter. Subsequently, two kindergartens appeared next to residential buildings, and the construction of a school is nearing completion. Surprisingly, there were no more takers - the New Kupchino residential complex is only the second residential complex in a fairly large quarter, and its construction will begin only in 2019.
It is difficult to say what caused this reluctance of developers to come to a specific location. The social infrastructure in the neighboring neighborhoods is represented by various educational institutions: from schools to lyceums, clinics, sports complexes; The trading infrastructure in the area is developed - large hypermarkets, supermarkets and entertainment complexes are located within a few minutes by transport. The site on which it is planned to build “New Kupchino” borders the “Maxid” construction hypermarket.
In the area there are two large parks with reservoirs nearby, the quarter is located relatively far from the railway and the ring road, so that they could somehow interfere with normal life activities, while getting to the Ring Road by car will not be too difficult. The journey from the metro by public transport will take about 20 minutes, which by the standards of the city's residential areas is not so much. Most likely, the developers considered that the demand in the location had been exhausted.
To the north of the complex, a kilometer and a quarter away, the residential complex “Sofia” is being built. The developer states that the houses are being built in a comfort class, like those of the projected “Novoye Kupchino”, but they are being built from panels, not brick, as is the case with the object from Construction Trust company. Housing in “Sofia” costs from 3.664 million rubles, the last house here should be put into operation even before the start of construction of “Novoye Kupchino”. Construction of a residential complex is also underway in the area; housing in a brick-monolithic house will cost the buyer 2.7 million rubles or more, the completion date is the end of 2019.
Over time, a comfort-class residential complex “Novoe Kupchino” will appear in the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg. The quarter is being built by Stroitelny Trest, one of the leading developers in St. Petersburg. The residential complex will appear on Malaya Bukharestskaya Street.
The thirteen-story residential complex will occupy 7.5 hectares, the living area will be 140 thousand square meters. meters. Presumably, 5,000 people will live in “New Kupchino”.
The project also provides for a parking lot with 900 spaces, a sports complex with an area of 3 thousand square meters. meters, 14.5 thousand sq. meters of commercial premises. The New Kupchino project is being developed by the M4 architectural studio.
The estimated construction period for the residential complex is from 2019 to 2022. During this period, it is planned to build and move new residents into apartments in 5 stages of construction. The volume of investors' investments is estimated at 15 billion rubles.
The land plot on which the residential complex will be built has been owned by the Construction Trust since June 2016. There are two thousand garages on the site, which the company will buy from the owners.
“New Kupchino” promises to become an example of comfortable housing in a developed area of St. Petersburg. The residential complex will be built in the form of a closed loop, similar to the old housing stock of the city. Thus, in the center of the block a safe green courtyard and playgrounds are formed where adults and children can spend time.
Since the area is not new, the future residential area already has the necessary infrastructure around it in the form of shopping and entertainment complexes, schools and kindergartens.
The information on this page was updated on 06/03/2019. Source - developer’s website, official website of the residential complex “Novoe Kupchino”, data recorded from the words of the sales department manager.
The houses will be brick, no more than 13 floors high. It is expected that about 5 thousand people will live in the complex. The first floors will be occupied by commercial space, and the upper floors will be occupied by comfort class apartments. The balconies and loggias will be glazed, and the housing will be handed over ready-to-finish. There are about 3,500 apartments, parking can accommodate 900 cars. The fitness center will occupy an area of 3 thousand square meters. About 14.5 thousand square meters are being sold for commercial real estate.
They plan to improve the territory with children's playgrounds, provide places for sports, and plant the courtyards with landscaping.
The development site is surrounded by residential buildings, and it will also border on the construction hypermarket “Maxid”; there are also many ordinary supermarkets here. Opposite, across the road, there are two schools - a general education school and a music school. The social infrastructure in the neighboring areas is well developed; there are many schools and kindergartens.
It’s a bit of a walk to the Kupchino or Mezhdunarodnaya metro stations, about 4 kilometers, but 300 meters from the complex there is a public transport stop. From here you can reach metro stations in 10 minutes. Nearby there are major highways such as Danube Avenue and Bukharestskaya Street. A tram runs along Bukharestskaya Street. There are two railway stations 2-3 kilometers away - Obukhovo and Prospekt Slavy.
There is a lot of transport in the area, as well as major highways, so the ecology cannot be called ideal. There are green areas - the Heroes-Firefighters Park, although the vegetation there is mostly grass, there are few trees, but several reservoirs will delight the eye. You will need to walk no more than 10 minutes to the park. The cemetery, which is located 700 meters from the construction site, is unlikely to disturb residents, but noise from the railway may be heard. The railway tracks run 2–3 kilometers from the east and west, but they are behind residential areas.
It is unknown when sales are scheduled to start; apartments cannot be purchased yet.
The Construction Trust company will build the New Kupchino residential complex on Malaya Bukharestskaya Street. In the spring of 2017, there were garages on the site, which the developer intends to buy from the owners. The company plans to begin work on the construction site in the first half of 2019.
The project will be implemented in five stages until 2022. Within its framework, several brick houses with a maximum section height of 13 floors will be built. The concept of the new building is being developed by the M4 architectural studio. According to the company's calculations, the new building will be able to accommodate 5 thousand people.
In addition to apartments in “Novy Kupchino” it is planned to build:
The territory will be improved - landscaping, children's playgrounds and sports grounds.
The residential complex "Novoe Kupchino" is located next to the Heroes-Firefighters Park. It is far from the railway and the ring road - 3 kilometers. This distance is enough not to hear noise and not breathe exhaust gases.
The social infrastructure in the neighboring neighborhoods is developed. Within walking distance are 3 gymnasiums, several schools and kindergartens. The shopping complexes "Frunzensky", "Cosmos" and "Peter Raduga" are half an hour away by bus. The site borders the construction hypermarket "Maxid".
Exit from the block is provided by Dimitrova, Malaya Bukharestskaya and Sofiyskaya streets. Danube Avenue runs nearby. It takes 25 minutes to get to Vosstaniya Square, excluding traffic jams. Public transport in the Frunzensky district is represented by buses and trams. The nearest stop is 300 meters away, from where a minibus can take you to the Kupchino, Mezhdunarodnaya or Zvezdnaya metro stations.
