As a rule, by new buildings behind the scenes we mean such popular locations as Kudrovo, Murino, Shushary. They attract buyers with a humane price tag and proximity to the benefits of urban civilization. However, the high density of buildings and unresolved problems with infrastructure are alarming to the public, who have become more picky about choosing a place to live.

Personal experience

A couple of years ago, my friend Danila became a happy new settler. The other day, when we met, he told me about how he was looking for his dream apartment.

“We traveled to many different places, looked at many options, but did not consider anthills,” he says. “We used to live in a Stalinist building on Tipanova Street, with windows overlooking the fountains of Moscow Square.”

It seems to be a prestigious area. What prompted the family to move?

But there is nowhere to park: Soviet planning solutions did not allow for such a number of cars. And the traffic on Tipanov is not weak. “The windows had to be washed twice a week,” says Danila.

They consulted with their wife and went to a place where it was quieter, more free, no “windows to windows” - now they have a spacious apartment in a new house built in the village of Novoselye.

And when the child grows up and wants to participate in a sports section - what should he do? Should I take it to St. Petersburg?

“Nothing like that,” Danila assures. - We have already decided to send our three-year-old daughter to figure skating. There's a gorgeous ice palace at Housewarming. There’s rhythmic gymnastics and a lot more.”

Danila’s work involves traveling, so he did not experience any discomfort after moving from the busy Moscow region to the “provincial” Novoselye. You can get anywhere by car. And there’s also a dacha nearby, which is really nice.

In the Lomonosovsky district of the Leningrad region, right next to the city limits, on the border with the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg, next to the Ring Road, there is an urban-type settlement Novoselye. The location has many advantages - first of all, it is transport accessibility. At the same time, the air is clean, there is plenty of greenery - there are two forest parks nearby

CAT near the Ring Road

There are two developers working in the urban-type settlement of Novoselye. One of them - Management Company "Novoselye" - is building a residential complex "Novoselye: City Quarters" here. The project has been implemented since 2012; the first buildings were commissioned already in 2014.

To date, six houses have been built and put into operation in the residential complex in three blocks: “Alpha”, “Beta”, “Gamma”. The Alpha quarter was commissioned in 2014, Beta in 2016, and Gamma in 2017. Construction of the Delta quarter, consisting of four houses, will be completed in November this year. In addition, construction of the Epsilon quarter has begun, delivery is scheduled for 2020.

The Epsilon quarter is a transitional project from economy class infill development to comfort class quarterly development. Currently, the design of the “Cozy” quarter is underway; it is planned to include a school and two kindergartens.

Alexey Muravyov, Marketing Director of Novoselye Management Company:

Every year the demand and interest in the location increases. Because the infrastructure is developing. The reconstruction of Krasnoselskoye Highway (expansion to four lanes) is being completed, as well as the construction of an overpass leading to public transport stops. Several supermarkets, cafes and restaurants, pharmacies, a car service center are already open inside the blocks, and there is also a police stronghold.

Just a stone's throw

The transport accessibility of Novoselye in comparison with other projects located outside the ring road is simply a song, at least for motorists. The residential complex is located near the interchange of the ring road and Krasnoselskoye Highway, a ten-minute drive from the WHSD.

From the center of St. Petersburg to Novoselye you can drive in 26 minutes. And this was proven practically during the recent “Fast to Housewarming” auto race.

From the Moskovskaya metro station it is 20 minutes to Novoselye, and 15 minutes to Pulkovo airport. It’s also a quarter of an hour to Petrodvorets, and five minutes to Strelna.

For the “horseless” ones, it’s still somewhat inconvenient: there are only two minibuses to the Prospekt Veteranov metro station, their travel time is approximately 35 minutes. But soon they promise to launch a shuttle to Moskovskaya.

Benefits of civilization

We are moving from transport infrastructure to social infrastructure. Two kindergartens are already operating in the microdistrict; construction of a school for 525 places began in 2017; it is planned to be completed at the end of 2019.

In total, as part of the project for the integrated development of the Novoselye territory, 22 kindergartens and 10 schools will be built by 2026.

In August 2016, the Ice Rink Ice Arena was opened. The complex was opened by prominent figures - State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak and Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko.

In addition, it is near the village of Novoselye that IKEA intends to build its next Mega shopping and entertainment complex, which, without a doubt, will give a huge impetus to the active development of these territories.

It is also worth noting that the Novoselye Management Company acts as a co-investor and customer for the development of communal, social and road infrastructure, therefore, in addition to kindergartens, schools and an overpass, a new boiler house was built and an old boiler room was reconstructed in Novoselye, water pipelines were laid, and the own water pumping station with two reservoirs of 5 thousand cubic meters. m of water, thanks to which the project is provided with the first category of water supply reliability.

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Investors will spend almost 150 billion rubles on the 10 most expensive shopping complexes under construction in Russia.

For the third year in a row, the growth rate of high-quality retail space in Russia has decreased. The total leasable area of ​​shopping centers opened in Russia in 2017, according to Colliers International, amounted to 780 thousand m2, which is 51% less than the previous year. This is a record low figure over the past 13 years. The anti-record is due to the fact that in 2014-2015, during the crisis, the number of new projects decreased, and some were frozen or postponed to a later date. But investors still continue to invest money in the construction of new shopping complexes in Russia. And a lot of money.

The most expensive shopping complexes under construction in Russia

	Complex	Investments, billion rubles	City	Developer	Type of work	Deadline
				reconstruction
			Leningrad region		construction
				construction
		Moscow region	GC "Tashir"	construction
				reconstruction
		Moscow region		construction
				construction
		Petersburg		construction
		Kaliningrad		construction
				construction
Data: INFOLine

1. "MEGA Teply Stan"

IKEA has begun expanding the MEGA Teply Stan shopping center in the Moscow region. As a result, the total area of ​​the complex will increase by 1.4 times: from 180 thousand m2 to 224 thousand m2. A park will be created around the center, and the interior spaces will imitate different climatic zones. The cost of reconstruction will be 27.5 billion rubles. The work is planned to be completed in 2019. The complex will not be closed during reconstruction. In addition to expanding the area of ​​the shopping center, IKEA is investing in an interchange on the Moscow Ring Road.

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Milen Genchev, General Director of IKEA Centers Russia:

“We were prompted to increase space by demand from tenants. The vacancy rate was only 2%, but we were constantly approached by companies that want to open stores, and existing tenants often express a desire to expand their space.”

2. "MEGA Housewarming" in the Leningrad region

Construction of the MEGA Novoselye shopping and entertainment complex in the Leningrad region will begin this year. The total area of ​​the shopping center will be 150 thousand m2. Previously, there was talk of 230 thousand m2 (in this case, the complex in Novoselye would have become the largest in Russia). But the plans were adjusted. The opening of MEGA is planned for 2021, the IKEA store within it will open earlier - in 2019. The total investment volume will be 23 billion rubles. The creation of the project will provide jobs for more than 3 thousand people.

Sofia Trofimova, director of IKEA Centers Rus Operations:
“The southwestern direction of St. Petersburg is actively developing today. This is the vector where the city is moving. There are already our shopping centers in the North and South-East, so it is logical that we decided to build a third complex in the South-West direction, thereby closing the territorial triangle. In addition, this direction is also interesting for the IKEA retail chain.”

The Crocus Group company began building a mall under the Vegas brand on Kievskoye Shosse in Moscow in 2017. The interiors of the complex will be decorated in London style. The total area of ​​the facility is 303 thousand m2. The concept provides for the creation of four retail levels and a two-story underground parking lot. The volume of investment in the project is estimated at 15 billion rubles. The official opening of the complex is planned for 2020.

Emin Agalarov, Vice President of Crocus Group:
“This will be the fourth Vegas in the capital region. We plan to build it in three years. It will be themed. According to the project, the shopping complex will feature a stylized London Eye, Big Ben, and the River Thames. There will be real fragments of the river that you can swim along.”

The Tashir Group announced a new shopping and entertainment project “RIO Mytishchi” on Yaroslavskoye Highway in the Moscow region in 2014. The total area of ​​the complex will be 175 thousand m2, GLA – 144 thousand m2. Investments - 15 billion rubles. The complex will house more than 300 stores of international and Russian retail chains. The anchor tenants will include: grocery and DIY hypermarkets, a household appliances and electronics hypermarket, and a children's goods department store. In addition, the project concept provides for an 11-hall Cinema Star cinema, an entertainment center for children and adults with an area of ​​more than 10 thousand m2, as well as over 50 restaurants and cafes. There is an open parking lot for 2800 cars. Commissioning of the complex is scheduled for this year.

Sarkis Karapetyan, vice-president of the Tashir group of companies:
“Mytishchi is one of the fastest growing cities in the Moscow region. Therefore, in our project we decided to focus on the entertainment component - a variety of forms of family recreation will provide the new complex with a strong competitive advantage and exciting leisure time for visitors.”

5. “MEGA Adygea-Kuban”

The implementation of a major investment project to expand the areas of the MEGA Adygea-Kuban shopping and entertainment complex began in the fall of 2017. It will take place in four stages and will be completed in 2021. At the first stage, the investor plans to build and put into operation in 2019 a separate building for the Leroy Merlin store. At this stage, it is planned to build an artificial reservoir and reconstruct the roundabout on the MEGA territory. During the second stage, a new food court will be built, and renovation of the facades and galleries of the shopping center will also begin. As part of the third stage, there will be an expansion of MEGA itself: a cluster will appear that will unite outdoor cafes and restaurants, a gallery of fashion brands, sports and educational and entertainment areas. Also at this stage, by the end of 2020, a cinema and a large park area around the reservoir will appear. The final stage, in 2021, will be the completion of the renovation of the facades and interiors of the shopping center. As a result, the total area of ​​MEGA will be doubled - up to 190 thousand m 2. The cost of the project is 14 billion rubles. With the commissioning of new retail space, it is planned to employ an additional 2 thousand people. The total number of employees will exceed 6 thousand.

Milen Genchev, General Director of IKEA Centers Russia:
“The project is aimed at transforming MEGA into a bright, modern space for meetings, relaxation and communication. Taking into account the climatic conditions of the region, a large park area with two reservoirs will be created near the shopping center, and a cluster of outdoor restaurants will appear.”

The Immoshan Russia company began construction of the Akvarel shopping and entertainment center at 17 km of Yaroslavskoye Highway in the town of Pushkino near Moscow in the spring of 2017. According to the concept, an object with a total area of ​​110 thousand m 2 will appear, GLA - 52 thousand m 2. The project was developed by the international architectural bureau Broadway Malyan. It includes the Auchan hypermarket (21 thousand m2), as well as a separate building of the DIY hypermarket Baucenter (19.6 thousand m2). The complex will also have a cinema and five themed spaces. The parking lot will be able to accommodate 2,800 cars. Declared investments – 11 billion rubles. The shopping mall's coverage area is home to 1.4 million people. For the convenience of buyers, the developer will build a turning overpass and a backup of the Yaroslavl highway. It was initially stated that the facility would be commissioned at the end of 2018. Currently, the project website indicates the completion date is Q1. 2019.



Thierry Leconte, General Director of IMMOCHAN Russia:
“We are building not just another shopping center, but the most innovative facility in the Moscow region, the flagship of our company in Russia. Taking into account the high population density in the coverage area, we predict the attendance of the future shopping center at the level of 8 million people in the first year of operating activity. Over 80% of the facility’s retail space has already been secured.”

The Saturn-R holding changed its plans several times for the development of a large site of the former Arsenal plant in Perm, purchased at the beginning of 2015. At first they planned to use it for commercial real estate, then for housing, and then they tried to sell it. As a result, two-thirds of the site was given over to residential complexes, and the largest shopping center in Perm will be built on the remaining 10 hectares. Its total area will be 400 thousand m2, GLA – 150 thousand m2. Construction will begin this year. A swimming pool, ice skating rink and cinema halls are planned. There will be parking spaces on each retail level. Their total number will be 5 thousand. The developer estimates the cost of the project without finishing work at 10 billion rubles.

Alexander Repin, owner of Saturn-R:
“The main innovation of the project will be “viaduct” transport interchanges, which will allow entry and exit into the complex without traffic delays. We will spend up to 200 million rubles on them. 70% of Perm's traffic flows pass by. This is the nodal point of the city; there is no better location. The height of the shopping and entertainment complex will not exceed four floors - trading floors located higher, as a rule, are not in demand.”

The Adamant development holding has been building the Zanevsky Cascade - 4 mixed-use complex since 2016. At first they wanted to make it high-rise - with a dominant height of 120 meters. But the city council did not approve this decision. The final maximum height of the building will be 65 meters (14 floors). The total area of ​​the complex is 115.5 thousand m2, GLA - 46 thousand m2. The lower part of the building will be occupied by a shopping and entertainment complex, and the upper 9 floors will be occupied by an office center. The multifunctional complex will include a gallery of clothing and footwear stores, cafes and restaurants, and a grocery hypermarket. The entertainment component will be provided by a bowling alley, a large ice skating rink and a games area. There is indoor parking for 746 cars. Investments are estimated at 10 billion rubles. The developer intends to put the facility into operation by the end of the year.

Delyaver Memetov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Adamant Holding Company:
“The Zanevsky Cascade 4 business center will be part of one of the most successful commercial clusters in St. Petersburg, which occupies an entire block near the Ladozhsky railway station and the metro station of the same name. All buildings of the multifunctional complex, including the fourth stage, will be connected by walk-through galleries. This format will be in demand in the dynamically developing and densely populated Krasnogvardeysky district"

In March 2018, Gamma Invest Group received permission to build the Baltia Mall shopping and entertainment center in Kaliningrad, not far from the interchange of the Primorskoye Highway and the reconstructed Okruzhnaya Road. The total area of ​​the shopping center will be about 55 thousand m2, the rentable area will be 43 thousand m2. The object was designed by the architectural studio MAAi (Poland) and the design organization Litana ir Ko (Lithuania). According to the concept, the complex will include a grocery hypermarket with an area of ​​17 thousand m2, as well as hypermarkets for DIY, household appliances and electronics, and sporting goods. They are planned to be combined into a retail park format. Parking will be designed for 1,500 cars. The complex will also have an ice skating rink. Investments are estimated at 10 billion rubles.

Yuri Nakhodkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gamma Invest Group:
“Our company has been on the market for 20 years. We thoughtfully and painstakingly collect “pearls” of assets into our portfolio - with the best location, thoughtful concept, innovation in engineering, and quality management. Therefore, we have the highest rental efficiency indicators in the region. We especially highlight the role of the architectural component in our projects. We believe that architecture should be reliable, useful and beautiful.”

The MALLTECH company is building the Planeta shopping and entertainment complex in the Industrial district of Perm. Until the appearance of the Saturn-R shopping complex, it will be the largest shopping complex in the Perm region, where 2.6 million people live. Its total area will be 150 thousand m2, and GLA – 75 thousand m2. The first phase of the complex opened in December 2017. This is the first Leroy Merlin construction goods hypermarket in Perm (18 thousand m2). The second phase of the shopping center will be a grocery hypermarket. The complex will have 185 shops, 19 cafes and restaurants. The mall's parking lot has a capacity of 3,600 cars. The complex has optimal transport accessibility - the developer invested in the construction of a single-level traffic circle next to the complex. According to forecasts, the shopping center's attendance will be about 1 million people per month. Investments are estimated at 10 billion rubles.

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Yaroslav Khalyavin, executive director of MALLTECH:
“Perm is one of the most promising regions for the development of high-quality retail real estate. The supply of retail in this million-plus city is less than 150 m2 per thousand inhabitants, which indicates the high potential of the market. The standard of living and income of the population make it possible to implement a very successful, effective project. We became the first federal network developer to come to this city. Our goal is to create a high-quality family shopping center that will become a center of attraction for city residents.”

According to the investor - IKEA Centers Russia, the area of ​​the shopping center will be 150,000 sq.m. Previously, we were talking about 230,000 sq.m (in this case, the complex in Novoselye would have become the largest in Russia). However, plans were adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, construction will cost the retailer 23 billion rubles. The opening of MEGA is planned for 2021; the IKEA store within it will open earlier, in 2019.

Let us recall that IKEA Centers Russia announced the purchase of a 40-hectare plot for a new project in November 2016. These are the lands of the Northern Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Reclamation CJSC (SevNIIGiM), the development of which is carried out by the management company "Novoselye: City Quarters" (residential complexes "Alpha", "Beta" and "Gamma"). The new “MEGA” will appear between Krasnoselskoye Highway and the Ring Road, next to the interchange.

Currently, there are two MEGA shopping centers operating near St. Petersburg, both located near the Ring Road. The first is in the Kudrovo area (shopping and entertainment center area - 180,000 sq.m., rentable area - 140,000 sq.m.), the second - on Parnas (total area - 130,000 sq.m., rentable area - 100,000 sq.m.). In total, 14 shopping and entertainment centers of the company operate in Russia, the new store near St. Petersburg will be the 16th. (Before this, in the second half of 2018, it is planned to launch an IKEA shopping center on Kashirskoye Shosse; it will become the fourth in the Moscow region and the first free-standing store of the Swedish furniture company in Russia.)

The day before, IKEA Centers Russia summed up its results for the year. Over 12 months, MEGA shopping centers were visited by 250 million people - this is more than half of the total number of visitors in all 43 IKEA Centers shopping centers located in 15 countries. Over the course of the year, a total of 85 new Russian and international brands opened within the MEGA shopping centers. The average vacancy rate remains at 1.8%.

How a modern neighborhood and IKEA will appear in a field in twenty years.

In the village of Novoselye, Lomonosov district, a new microdistrict has been built on 500 hectares of land that once belonged to the Northern Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation for about four years now. In the coming years, the largest in the Northwestern Federal District will be adjacent to the village "Ikea". “Karpovka” looked at how the village was growing and found out whether the Swedish giant was expected at Housewarming.

Hydrocarbon sources

For a long time, it was unclear whose money was being used to build “Housewarming: City Quarters.” Opinions differed: some believed that the funds for the project came from the institute and its research activities, and the marketing director of the Novoselye management company, Alexey Muravyov, said that the sources were “related to the hydrocarbon complex of our economy.”

The village of Novoselye. June 2011

At a press conference on Novoselye on November 24, Muravyov again evasively answered journalists’ questions about mysterious sponsors. “I don’t think it’s worth mentioning by name. I can say that these are private investors. And add that they are all from St. Petersburg. We don’t have Greeks or Turks,” joked the marketing director.

Despite the fact that the developer is little known, the housewarming house, named after the letters of the Greek alphabet, is being rented out ahead of schedule. At the moment, two blocks have been built (“Alpha” and “Beta”), which include five houses. Three 12-story buildings in the first quarter and two in the second are already occupied. There are 250 apartments in total.

June 2016

Third quarter - "Gamma" will be delivered in the third quarter of 2017. The fourth stage - the "Delta" quarter - will receive its first residents in the first quarter of 2019, and then the company will begin the fifth stage - the "Epsilon" quarter.

Epsilon is far from the last letter of the Greek alphabet, and the developer’s plans do not end with the fifth stage. The company will move to the other side of Krasnoselskoye Highway. The new area already has a working name - the “Cozy” quarter, in which 200-220 thousand square meters will be built. meters of housing. The total development period of the project is from 2019 to 2026. At the same time, the new quarter will be radically different from the existing ones: it will be comfort-class housing without studios, and with courtyards without cars.

“In general, the construction concept of our company provides for low building density. Therefore, our project has advantages: for example, there are always free parking spaces. Parking has been a long-standing problem in northern areas, where housing density is much higher.

Development of the village in May 2014

People are often only interested in the price of apartments and delivery dates. Few people think that in the future there will not be enough space in kindergartens, schools and parking lots, because so many people live in one house. We see living examples - “Northern Valley”, and. The developer must think about how people will live here in the future,” says Muravyov.

Housewarming party at the hypermarket

November 23 IKEA Centers Russia to the Leningrad Region government a project for a future shopping center, which will become the largest in the Northwestern Federal District. The investor will spend approximately 23 billion rubles on the facility. The area of ​​the shopping center will be 225 thousand square meters. meters. An Ikea store will open in the new complex in 2019, and Mega will be fully operational in 2021.

According to the Governor of the Leningrad Region Drozdenko, the third “Mega” will give the Leningrad Region 5,000 new jobs and about 350 million rubles in taxes per year. The Swedes chose the village of Novoselye as the new location for construction. The hypermarket will be built between Krasnoselskoye Highway and the Ring Road.

“The appearance of IKEA will give a powerful impetus to the development of the location. Starting from new jobs, ending with improved transport accessibility, as well as attracting new flows of apartment buyers to “Housewarming: City Quarters” and in general to new buildings in the village,” says Alexey Muravyov.

According to him, transport accessibility will change due to two factors. Firstly, at the end of the first quarter of 2017, work was underway to expand Krasnoselskoye Highway from two to four lanes. The highway will begin to grow from the junction with the roundabout to the end of the village.

Secondly, it is already planned to install the missing “petal” of the interchange with the Ring Road by 2019. Thus, the Novoselye village, the residential complex of the same name, and the future IKEA will be located between two interchanges.

Possible layout of IKEA and development of the built-up area until 2026

“The design of the interchange for IKEA has already begun, but I cannot announce the cost - this is a trade secret. I also cannot say whether the Swedish company will help financially with the construction. The project will undergo state examination next year. It will be checked by the Ring Road Directorate and Rosavtodor. Negotiations were held with everyone and design decisions were made,” Muravyov told reporters. “The new highways will significantly relieve traffic flow, which means there will never be traffic jams like in Murino or Kudrovo.”

Passage yard

However, not everyone liked the idea of ​​​​building a hypermarket in close proximity to the quiet village of Novoselye.

“This store needs to be built in a field so that people go to it not through the village, but separately, from the roundabout. Otherwise, we can’t leave or come in, and here we have such a huge store. A big plus in this, in my opinion, is only for developers, because apartments will become more expensive, and people will suffer in traffic jams,” says Vitaly, who has lived in Novoselye all his life, 38 years.

June 2015

Oksana, a resident of a new building in the Alpha quarter, disagrees with him:

“Residents are really looking forward to Mega. Yes, the workers will come in large numbers and there will be no escape from it, and there will be traffic jams like in MEGA-Dybenko. But now there are only Pyaterochka, Netto, a cafe-bar and one sushi shop. There are no good shops, cozy cafes and restaurants, no cinemas. You won't find any entertainment here. But there are two wonderful tree nurseries here, but in winter you won’t get much use in them.

I love decorating my apartment, looking for new things for the interior and life. But now you can’t do this at Housewarming. “With Mega, many problems will be solved,” says Oksana.

If the mountain does not go to Magomed...

At the press conference, reporters were told that IKEA is very strict in choosing the territory. The Swedes demand 100% guarantees that they will have gas, water and electricity. Therefore, the speed of development of the village’s infrastructure to some extent depends on the hypermarket.

“We have fulfilled all our obligations to IKEA in order for it to appear near the Housewarming Party. We can say that we customized the village to the company’s requirements. For example, we launched a new transformer substation on November 22, just before negotiations with the Swedish company. Its capacity will be enough for a village, and for new neighborhoods, and for a hypermarket,” said Stanislav Geer, General Director of Lemek LLC. His company is engaged in the reconstruction and installation of communications in the village.

Communications in Novoselye began to change as soon as the decision was made to build new buildings. New pipes are laid not only to the housing of the Novoselye management company, but also to the houses of the old stock.

“When we went to this village with our project, we, of course, knew about the problems with water supply in Novoselye. The village historically had only one water supply from the city. This network was a dead end: the water did not go anywhere, there was no water supply. And in general, water flowed through old rusty pipes built in 1975. To date, our company has developed two large investment programs agreed with the government. One of them will be launched next year. In 2015, we built two additional water pipelines. Now in the village of Novoselye we are relaying existing networks. This year we passed the first stage: we are moving away from iron to plastic. We hope that by the end of 2017, not a single obsolete branch of water supply will remain in the old village of Novoselye,” says Geer.

June 2016

Now the water in old houses is worse than in new buildings, admits the director of Lemek. The old Novoselye has not undergone a major overhaul of utility networks since the 70s. While the water reaches the consumer’s tap, it collects all the rust that has settled on the water pipes, they admitted to journalists.

This year Lemek put into operation a new boiler house, which, according to Geer, meets all requirements and standards and is fully automated. It is already heating the new kindergarten, which also opened in 2016.

The second, historical village boiler house was also completely refurbished by a private company. The reconstruction of the existing boiler house cost Lemek 75-80 million rubles. But work is still underway, in particular to improve the territory: 120 apple trees will soon be planted next to the boiler room and a garden will be laid out.

However, local residents say that the quality of water in the village leaves much to be desired. At the same time, both residents of old houses and owners of apartments in new buildings complain.

Vitaly told Karpovka that he used to be able to drink tap water, but for more than a year now, yellow liquid has been flowing from the tap, which smells like sewage. Because of this, we have to bring water from the pump.

Oksana said that now she does not experience any particular problems with water - she has a boiler installed in her apartment.

“Our hot water was dirty and the temperature was 40-50 degrees at the beginning. Now, according to representatives of the management company, everything should be fine in new houses. I use a boiler. The quality of cold water is satisfactory, so I only use it. Plus, I always have a supply of water if it goes out. If there are problems with electricity, by the way, both hot water and heating immediately run out,” says a local resident.

First stage houses

“It is physically impossible to take and change the entire communal system of the village at once. The period of time in which we can work is short - a few months in the summer. I don’t really want to leave people without hot water even in July.

Yes, local residents often swear, although the first stage of replacing communications has been completed, and people see it. If only because we created a lot of transport inconvenience for them,” Stanislav Geer jokes. - Next year we will try to complete the reconstruction of heating networks, we will install new pipes to each house. In my mind, we will, of course, torment the residents for another year. But it’s worth remembering that the service life of new equipment is from 30 to 50 years of quiet life.”

What should we arrange for a housewarming party?

At the end of the press conference, the speakers were asked the most important question of the conversation: how much does it cost to come to a new territory and “revive” it? Only Stanislav Geer could give the exact figure.

“It’s difficult for me to answer for everyone; I can only speak about the development of communal infrastructure. The investment program that was laid down - I note that this is not budget money, but private money - is about two billion rubles. These are funds calculated until 2022. And then it will be clear: what was enough, and what needs to be added.”

Instead of a specific amount, the rest of the speakers talked about what appeared in the village with the arrival of a construction company on its territory. So in September a kindergarten with 156 places was opened here, and by 2019 a school will appear in the village.

There are also plans to build a sports and leisure center, which is called an extreme park. There will be trampolines, volleyball courts, and a section for playing beach volleyball with special dust-free sand.

For more than a year now, the Ice Arena skating rink has been operating in Novoselye, which Konstantin Yashkin, general director of the general contractor company Novoselye Management Company, pathetically called the center of attraction for local residents and the best arena in the North-West. The design and construction of the ice palace cost investors 150 million rubles.

At the end of the conversation, Stanislav Geer noted that the owner of the territory takes a “very interesting position”: not a single tree was cut down or cut down during the construction process. All plants that came into the construction area were transplanted into a separate park at the end of the village. Also, one of the shareholders is building a large temple at the end of the village.