From July 1, sales of apartments will open in the second stage of the Forces of Nature residential complex in Murino, now called the Romashki residential complex. The cost of housing at the start is from 50,000 rubles per square meter.

The O2 group (formerly O2 Development), together with a mysterious investor, is completing the construction of two houses of the first stage of the problematic residential complex “Forces of Nature” and is actively constructing two more buildings, called the “Romashki” residential complex.

As stated by the representative of the mysterious investor, Anatoly Sobolev, the readiness of the first building of the “Forces of Nature” has reached 95%. All defects and deficiencies discovered after a thorough audit (the construction was abandoned for two years) are now being eliminated. At the same time, installation of elevators and networks is underway, and a showroom has been opened in one of the apartments. In July, the developer will begin landscaping the surrounding area. This building is promised to be completed by the end of the year; the investor intends to receive the commissioning certificate in January-February 2019. All apartments in the building have been sold.

The second building is 80% ready, it is planned to be commissioned in June-July 2019. About 100 apartments in it have not been sold. “We offered the shareholders of the second stage to “move” to this house. True, such an exchange is not suitable for everyone, since the apartment layout is different. Nevertheless, some buyers have such an opportunity,” says Anatoly Sobolev. In addition, 200 apartments in this building will be handed over to the owners with full finishing; a sample of it can be viewed in the showroom of the first building. The cost of completing the first stage of construction is estimated at 450 million rubles.

A few tens of meters away, two buildings of the second stage of the former long-term construction are being erected. One of them was abandoned at the level of the fourth floor, the second - at the foundation pit stage. Together with the investor, the name of the project (now it is the residential complex “Romashki”) and the concept, as well as construction technologies, changed. The buildings were named “Love” and “Happiness”, their total living area is 69,000 sq.m. There will be 2,470 apartments in buildings of different heights (15-18 floors): from studios measuring 19 square meters to three-room options measuring 77 square meters. Of these, 966 apartments have been sold, the rest will go on the market from July 1. Housing will be handed over with pre-cleaning finishing.

The new general contractor, the Construction Management company, began completion of construction in May and is already constructing the eighth floor of one house and completing the zero-cycle work on the second. The company uses prefabricated monolithic structural technology (“KUB-3V”), which significantly reduces construction time and reduces costs. The developer also changed the design of the facades, which are now made of aerated concrete with insulation and “wet” plaster. The concept of the residential complex was developed with the participation of St. Petersburg artist Alexey Sergienko. He proposed not only decorating the facades of houses with daisies, but also creating a 10-meter art object in the form of a daisy, which would become a symbol of the complex. “My friends and I scoured the entire Internet and couldn’t find facades with daisies anywhere in the world. We will be the first. This is a very positive design. Chamomile, like birch, is a symbol of Russian nature,” says Mr. Sergienko. By the way, he arrived in Murino in a foreign car, completely painted with these flowers.

The first house of the Romashki residential complex is going to be commissioned at the end of 2019, the second - in the summer of 2020. Involved independent seller Andrei Kuchmin believes that very soon starting prices in Romashki will increase from 50,000 to 75,000 rubles per sq.m.

Anatoly Sobolev spoke convincingly about strict and regular control of all stages of work and about the investor’s confidence that everything started will be completed within the stated time frame. But the name of the financial partner is still a great secret, and it seems that it will not be revealed until the first stage of the “Forces of Nature” is put into operation.

More than 2,500 shareholders are waiting for apartments in three buildings.

In the spring, the City Council of the Leningrad Region approved a new planning project for the block in Murino, where the Forces of Nature residential complex is located. The new investor will undertake the comprehensive development of an area of ​​46.5 hectares together with the O2 Group. True, her permit for the construction of the third, fourth and fifth stages of the project was revoked. The land belongs to Baltinvestbank (managed by Absolut Bank), which was going to participate in the completion of the Forces of Nature and develop the rest of the territory. Five more residential buildings, three kindergartens, a school and four parking lots should appear here.

While the Arbitration continues to consider the bankruptcy case of the second developer of the Forces of Nature residential complex, Romantika LLC, the developer announced another new investor for the project. Leningrad region authorities are asking to present the “goods in person” in two days

In the near future, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region should publish the reasoning part of the decision on the further progress of the bankruptcy case of Romantika LLC, the second developer of the problematic residential complex “Forces of Nature” in Murino from 0 2 Development.

As noted in the official group of LenoblAIZHKA and the Directorate of KRT LO for the completion of a residential complex on the VKontakte network, at the last meeting it was announced that the shareholder Nikolaev ceded his right of claim to the Leningrad Regional Mortgage Lending Agency. The same requirement was also claimed by the debtor, who wanted to introduce a monitoring procedure with his manager - the debtor paid off Nikolaev’s demand so that the court would move on to consider the next creditor affiliated with the debtor.

As the report emphasizes, during the meeting, representatives of the debtor put forward two dozen arguments that the agency violated the law, ranging from the fact that the assignment agreement should be registered, and ending with the fact that LenoblAIZhK violated the law on public procurement when buying out the claim.

However, the court considered their arguments to have no basis and confirmed the transfer of the claim in the bankruptcy case to Lenobl AIZHK.

“Since the new investor from O2 Development has not yet been presented, the agency will request the introduction of a monitoring procedure in relation to Romantika LLC,” the message in the group emphasizes.

Let us note that the media also reported about a new investor for the completion of the complex just the other day. The corresponding official letter was received by the authorities of the Leningrad region on behalf of lawyer Natalya Shatikhina, representing the interests of the O2 Development group of companies. In the document, she proposed organizing a meeting with a potential investor... only in December 2018. According to Natalya Shatikhina, such a long delay is required, since the company is geographically located in Moscow. However, as the lawyer noted, at the insistence of the authorities of the 47th region, such a meeting could take place earlier.

As StroyPuls learned, the governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, really wanted to meet earlier. He has already instructed Deputy Chairman of the Government of Region 47 Mikhail Moskvin to organize a conversation with representatives of O2 Development and a potential investor from February 19 to 22 of this year. In addition, Mikhail Moskvin’s office is also interested in the specific legal name of the investor, its authorized capital, founders, completed and ongoing projects. The lawyer is asked to provide this data by February 16.

We note that according to open data on the Facebook page, Natalya Shatikhina is a managing partner in the Consulting Ligitation Arbitration group of companies. The Gazprom website notes that she has been listed as an arbitrator at the Gazprom Arbitration Court since 2011.

Let us remind you that shareholders and shareholders of the Forces of Nature residential complex (4 houses in total) have been waiting for housing for more than four years. Back in 2014, the deadlines were postponed by two years.

O2 Development has been trying to obtain funding for the completion of the facility since March 2016, but was rejected over and over again. Then the executive authorities also joined in the search for the bank and contractor. Later, information appeared that ex-co-owner of Baltinvestbank Yuri Rydnik could give money for completion, but he never became involved in the project. The owners of O2 Development themselves said that a certain investor had been found, but again the money did not come.

A residential complex is being built in the village of Murino between the Okhta River and the highway to Lavriki. Construction was started by O2 Development, but the project was later frozen. In February 2019, an agreement was concluded between the developer and Lenobl AIZhK. If 21 buildings were originally planned, now 4 are being built. The first two buildings are called the Murinskoye-1 residential complex (formerly the Forces of Nature residential complex). The second phase included buildings 3 and 4 called the residential complex "Romashki".

Object characteristics

The eco-quarter will be made in bright colors using a large area of ​​glazing on the facades. The buildings will be multi-story and consist of several sections arranged in a cascade.

According to the developer's plans, the residential complex will have apartments of different layouts, from compact studios to three-room apartments. The construction of 10-18-storey buildings is carried out using frame-monolithic technology.

All apartments will have metal entrance doors, energy-saving double-glazed windows, and coarse water filters. Telephone, television and Internet lines will be organized on the “one cable” principle. Comfort-class elevators will be installed in each entrance and provided with a fire safety system.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of the village of Murino is not sufficiently developed, given the density of buildings and the number of people living here. There are a number of hypermarkets within 4 km - Lenta, Okey, Magnit, Karusel, Northern Mall, etc. There is an acute shortage of educational institutions in the area, but by the end of construction O2 Development will build:

• 2 new kindergartens;
• center for further education;
• school for 700 places;
• clinic;
• modern sculpture park.

Also, according to the project, the ground floor premises are allocated for fitness centers, shops, a bank, a veterinary center, a library, beauty salons, etc. The developer will landscape the territory of the Forces of Nature residential complex, organize children's playgrounds, sports and recreation areas for adults, and on-site parking.

Transport accessibility is provided by the highway to Lavriki with access to Toksovskoye and the Ring Road, 3.5 km away. Along the same highway in Lavriki you can get to the station by car. Devyatkino metro station is 3 km away or walk 1.5 km. A kilometer from the complex is the Lavriki railway station, from where trains depart in the direction of the Finlyandsky Station.

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Forpost obtained photos and videos of the interior of the buildings of the notorious residential complex.

In early April, a group of shareholders who had invested money in the largest long-term construction project in the Leningrad region snuck into the construction site, which had been standing for more than two years, in order to look at their “apartments.” The picture that appeared before their eyes shocked people and revived the desire to get an answer to two original Russian questions: “who is to blame?” and “what should I do?”

The authorities of the Leningrad region are also trying to find an answer to the second question. Moreover, on a global scale, and not just in relation to the “Forces of Nature”. Thus, at the end of March, Deputy Chairman of the regional government Mikhail Moskvin said that in the near future the regional administration plans to conclude agreements with the developers of problematic buildings on the completion of long-term construction.

“We will provide any organizational support to the developer, meet him halfway and make concessions where possible within the framework of the law. But the developer and shareholders must understand that the authorities cannot provide financial assistance, give state guarantees for loans to developers and oblige resource-supplying organizations to connect their houses for free,” noted Mikhail Moskvin.

The developer of the Forces of Nature residential complex notified shareholders about the results of the meeting with the heads of Absolut Bank and Baltinvestbank. According to the official VKontakte group of the residential quarter, “a decision was made to open a credit line for the completion of the Forces of Nature residential complex.”

Cooperation agreements will be sent to such companies or their subsidiaries as Norman, Navis, O2 Development, Glavstoykompleks, Leader Group, Lenspetsstroy. The document will determine the responsibilities of the parties for the commissioning of facilities, the timing of their commissioning and the required amount of financing for the work.

There is no doubt that such an initiative is needed. According to information from unofficial sources, there are more than eight thousand defrauded shareholders in the region. The official figures are, of course, much more modest. At the end of last year, for example, just over a thousand citizens were included in the register of affected participants in shared construction. Moreover, the authorities then hastened to report that their number had decreased by almost three hundred people over the last three months.

Shareholders of the notorious long-term construction “Forces of Nature” in Murino received hope. They were promised that they would take the unfinished houses seriously. Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko and his deputies are rushing to the rescue. The issue price is 950 million rubles.

The defrauded investors themselves view such juggling with numbers with a fair amount of sarcasm. After all, the residential complex “Forces of Nature” alone managed to conclude 2,666 contracts. The developer promised to deliver the first phase, consisting of two buildings and designed for 1,850 apartments, at the end of 2014. The second, with almost 2,000 apartments, will be launched at the beginning of 2015. But, apparently, something went wrong, and people were left without real estate. And without money, of course.

Since then they have been fed with promises. The shareholders received the last portion quite recently - the developer agreed to let them go to the construction site on April 10 to assess the volume of work performed. True, not everyone. The debate about how many people who are not “loyal” to the developer have the right to look at “their home” has been going on for quite some time. One side insisted on the number 14, the other - that seven people would be enough. However, these conversations had exactly the same relation to reality as all previous promises. Shortly before hour “X” it became known that everything had changed and officially no one would be able to get to the construction site.

“We made our way in unofficially. What they saw was horrifying. The plaster layer, gypsum particle boards, gypsum blocks, and concrete floors are torn apart by water from the inside. Freezing and expanding in winter, it destroys buildings and is absorbed into the mineral wool of exterior panels and other building materials. As a result, mold and mildew have already appeared in the apartments. All these years we have been observing the deliberate destruction by the developer of property for which they paid a lot of money! A normal company, which actually plans to build and deliver houses, spends billions of other people’s money on finishing work, including “its own 632 million,” would allow this?” - asks Nikolai, one of those who once bought an apartment in the Forces of Nature residential complex.

The developer, apparently, is not taking any action to stop the destruction. “And so it will do,” as another famous builder from the cartoon of the same name once said. But is it possible to complete these buildings? Perhaps the answer to this question is much more relevant than all the previous ones. Here we are no longer talking about philosophy, justice, or even the potential punishment of the perpetrators, but about basic security.

It is difficult, without being a lawyer, to understand the intricacies of the current situation. To understand who is really to blame and why the initiators of this construction are still at large? Where to find a new investor, rumors about whose appearance periodically arise, instilling hope in shareholders, but always turn out to be “fake”? Who benefits from the court's decision, which declared the Murinskoye-1 residential complex bankrupt, but postponed the bankruptcy case of Romantika LLC, the second developer of the Forces of Nature residential complex?

Only one thing is clear. Refusal of shared housing construction and transition to a project financing mechanism with the participation of banks is the only sure way that will allow the country to forever get rid of such a shameful phenomenon as defrauded shareholders. Another thing is that this will no longer help people who bought apartments in “Forces of Nature”. But it’s still quite difficult to say who will help them.