Anatoly Kuznetsov Korston biography. Director of Korston-Serpukhov LLC Georgis Kassidy: “The word competition is not in our company’s policy.” How Korston distributed its towers to different beneficiaries

Serpukhov near Moscow is the absolute leader in the number of branches of large retail chains among small towns in Russia.

Tell us how it all began with the Korston State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company?

Initially, in the late 80s in Serpukhov, we organized “Trading Rows”; at this place there was a so-called “open market”, in fact, a “collective farm market”. At one time we corporatized it and began to engage in restructuring. Then, in 1998, we opened Torgovye Rydy CJSC - the grand opening took place on December 25, 1998. Basically, it was a successful project for almost 10 years.

Later we realized that the process began to move in a different direction, the “laws of the market” began to dictate other rules, we understood that from existing format we need to move away to something larger and more civilized. And the idea arose to build a more modern complex on our territory.

When we started designing it, we realized that it was standard and already familiar shopping mall will be unprofitable in the city and, most importantly, uninteresting. The concept of a “trade mall”, a hotel and a business center arose. At that time, on these square meters we wanted to place the concept gambling business, because it was at the dawn stage and quite profitable and interesting. And when our company designed the premises, we planned for the gambling business to be located throughout the third floor.

But during construction, on July 1, 2009, a decree was issued, on the basis of which the gambling business ceased to exist on the territory of the Russian Federation, in addition to the several zones that the government allocated. And we, of course, began to adapt to this law, realizing that there would no longer be a casino here.

We played, invented, drew and as a result we got this absolutely new format as "City of Entertainment".

Why exactly “Korston”, and not some shopping center “Slava” or something similar?

This is our brand, our partner - Anatoly Mikhailovich Kuznetsov, the founder of this brand and with him we walk around all cities. This is Korston-Moscow on Kosygina Street, building 15, Korston-Kazan on Ershova Street, building 1, and Korston-Serpukhov on Borisovskoye Highway, building 1.

The next Korston will most likely appear in the city of Lipetsk, because active construction is underway there. True, since 2008 there has been some conservation of the object - another financial crisis. That year, we sold some assets that belonged to Korston in order to repay part of the loans. And the second place where “Korston” will be built is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. In the future, shopping and entertainment complexes of the Korston chain will thus appear in Nizhny Novgorod and in Lipetsk.

It is worth noting that every new project It is planned to be larger and more interesting. We take into account the experience of previous years, we take into account the experience of European countries, including America, because I believe that they are trendsetters in trade processes.

Were there any concerns?

In any case, when we calculated and designed Korston-Serpukhov on such a significant number of square meters, we studied supply and demand, economics. We understood that if we look at the format of retail space, then in Serpukhov there is a shortage in this matter. But I mean normal, civilized retail space. Therefore, with the “shopping mall” concept, we boldly entered Serpukhov and knew that everything would work out.

Concerning hotel business and a business center, there were certain risks here. But our project is made, rather, for the distant future. Because there is no normal level of hotel business in Serpukhov. There is also no normal level of business centers in the “A-class” category format. It is clear that in Serpukhov, payback is more difficult and takes longer, but we are moving forward with a reserve for the future. This project will not finally start working today, of course. But that's what we were counting on.

Well, and on top of everything, when building the hotel complex, we were counting on the concept of a single complex. Since large federal companies hold their meetings and corporate events, taking into account the availability of conference rooms, ball rooms and accommodation. We present this entire concept in a single complex. And we are ready to receive dear guests. We recently opened a hotel in Korston-Serpukhov and many large companies are already using our services.

What is the size of the Korston-Serpukhov retail space?

In total, today we have about 80 thousand square meters, including the hotel and business center, including apartments. Plus, we are currently completing the construction of a multi-level parking lot for 1,000 cars. The total area will be under 100 thousand.

Yes, the interim results were summed up - the format of the shopping mall was a positive success. We were able to attract large chain retailers to us in the format of Sportmaster, M-Video, Perekrestok, and Detsky Mir.

What is the cost per square meter for retail?

The cost of renting square meters in the Korston-Serpukhov complex is not low, but it corresponds to the current market. Perhaps it is slightly higher than the citywide ones in Serpukhov. But in any case, it is “on the market.” If you are interested in numbers, I can be more precise. The cost depends on the selected operator. A large network company occupies large areas. For example, “M-video” - their cost is about 1,100 rubles per square meter or 5% of turnover. And local individual entrepreneurs charge much less retail space- from 40-50 square meters - and their rate per square meter is about 3,000-4,000 rubles.

Are all retail spaces currently leased?

In fact, 99% of the space is leased. Several of our areas are stuck due to the fact that we did not have time to open the multi-level parking. Once the parking lot is up and running, there will be traffic there. Now he's gone.

Is there some kind of tenant turnover?

Hardly ever. She is one-of-a-kind. Sometimes they don’t find their place, individual entrepreneurs, who initially made a mistake with the store concept because they were used to working the old fashioned way. IN percentage, for 24 months of work - 0.5%.

You have already named the main, or rather “anchor” brands that came to Korston, occupying large areas. On what terms did the “pioneers” come?

For us, the “titanium” of our complex is “Sportmaster”. We fought for it for a long time and negotiated. They lowered the rental rate somewhat, but we agreed to this, because they took 1600 square meters and we were extremely interested in them. The second major “anchor” was the M-video store. At the same time, we were negotiating with Perekrestok. Then he came" Child's world" I don’t just take into account network operators - such as Incity, Austin. We lack 20-25 thousand square meters of space. And there will be expansion only later.

After 24 months of work, what is the response? major brands about work in our Serpukhov region?

As a rule, the indicators are expected. The matrix that they initially built for start-up and subsequent time is all in the format of what they predicted. Everything worked out and no one is leaving our sites.

Today, is there a certain “queue” of federal companies wishing to organize their retail trade on the Korston-Serpukhov squares?

Yes, there are several federal-level companies with a great desire to locate on our sites, but there is no point in naming them yet, due to the fact that issues regarding them have not yet been resolved.

What is the cross-country ability of Korston and how has it changed over the past 2 years?

We have grown! It is worth noting that in the first year of operation we only had a shopping mall; it was opened in 2011 in December; in 2012 we opened the “City of Entertainment” and our traffic increased by 2.5-3 times. And at the same time, in September we fully launched the hotel and in the same month, 60% of our business centers were sold.

We have “Dixie” - a fairly large tenant, it is located on 2,000 square meters, then “Gazprom Energo”. The Desheli salon is located on an area of ​​about 600 square meters; in parallel, negotiations are currently underway with Mosenergosbyt for an area of ​​500-600 square meters. By the way, Dixie, according to our agreement, will still take 1,000 square meters for their offices in six months. And since September of this year, our traffic has increased by 20% thanks to the business center and hotel.

In what ways do you increase cross-country ability? Especially the second floor – “City of Entertainment”?

We have an entertainment service that organizes various events to attract visitors. We have family brunches, a bridal ball every Saturday, and various celebrations dedicated to both calendar and internal events. Image campaigns are carried out.

What disadvantages do you see in your work and are you ready to voice them? Tell us about the painful issue.

a lack of parking spaces- this is one of the most big problems for State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Korston Serpukhov". The traffic is really big. We are located in the very center of the city: all entrances and exits to the city pass by Korston. On this moment We have a parking lot for only 500 cars including street parking. In the spring we plan to open a multi-level parking lot in a single concept with a shopping mall. This will give us about 1,000 more parking spaces. In total, we will be able to accommodate about 1,500 cars. And at the moment we are suffering from this.

The second temporary difficulty, I’ll say right away, which we are successfully overcoming, was the staff. The personnel issue is acute. There is a huge shortage of personnel in our region. Specialists with a capital letter. The turnover is high. Therefore, specialists at the middle and senior level have to be invited from Moscow.

A counter question, today employees of Korston-Serpukhov are mainly local residents or do you invite people from other regions?

Yes, of course, the lion's share of employees are residents of the southern Moscow region. 80% of employees are “ours”. They come completely different people. There are those with extensive experience, prepared, and sometimes we have to teach, develop, send to advanced training courses, we conduct weekly trainings in various areas: cleaning, safety, employees Catering.

Let's talk about competition. What is its level today?

We never considered competition. We have never considered anyone as a competitor and we never publicly declare that we are competitors to anyone. This is the concept of our company. We choose a specific development plan and strictly follow this plan. Sometimes a little faster, sometimes a little slower for certain subjective and objective reasons. But the word “competition” is absent from our company’s policy.

We can conduct analyses, we can make certain comparisons and understand who in this city could work closer to our format. We analyze the market, we study it and try to make everything a little better, a little more successful. At the moment, we understand that our company is a little ahead of the curve and is ahead. But the market dictates its conditions and someone in Serpukhov continues to invest and develop this industry.

As an example, I will give our friends - the B-Class company. Initially they opened in the format of a shopping complex, with a small fast food area and a multiplex cinema; in the next month or two they are opening a second phase with new concept. The second complex will house a water park, a hockey rink with stands and additional retail space. I won't say that this is a competitor. Moreover, we are friends with the company’s management, we share opinions and experiences. We even help each other in some ways. And there are no other enterprises in the city that could be closer to Korston-Serpukhov or B-Class. The fact that today “Korston” attracted a fairly large flow of people is indisputable. Everyone within a radius of 30-40 km. – these are already our clients.

The only thing is that there may be problems with logistics; by the way, this is our third drawback.

What are the specifics of the work of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in Serpukhov?

If we consider the southern Moscow region, then this is enough interesting place, given that Serpukhov is the border of three regions - Moscow, Tula and Kaluga. This is convenient for traffic and attracting customer flow. And in general, Serpukhov was previously considered a trading and merchant city. Therefore, strategically, the location is very convenient. Purchasing power in our province is not bad. Product category “average” and “average minus”.

During the opening 2 years ago, among the Serpukhovites there were ardent opponents of Korston. How do you think people reacted then, and how do they react now?

I myself was born in Serpukhov. In fact, whenever something grandiose, large-scale and interesting happens, there are ill-wishers and well-wishers. I would like to believe that there are many more of the latter. There was some negativity from part of the population. And the reason is banal - large-scale construction was underway. A lot of things were dug up in the city center. IN spring period It wasn't clean enough. But construction usually cannot end quickly. Everything happened for a long time, due to various factors. And if you put all the time together, construction lasted more than 4 years.

And all this time there were different rumors. And the fact that we are building on a swamp, and that there are underground lakes below us, etc. But all these are rumors and rumors. Let me immediately note that in our company everything is absolutely legal, everything is fair and with permitting documentation. As far as documentation is concerned, it's fine.

“Korston Serpukhov” really looks fashionable and unusual. You yourself, as a native Serpukhovite, don’t think that the new building has spoiled the ancient appearance of the city? There are also complaints about the construction of large shopping centers in the regions, they say that they completely change the image of ancient cities and neighborhoods.

The city of Serpukhov itself is quite rich history, With rich culture. But we must understand that everything changes someday, to exist for another 100 years in the format two-story buildings- that's not the point. The entire civilized world is now striving, developing, and using new technologies. On the contrary, we are one of the very first to show the city what all this can look like. Maybe this is not as large-scale as the same “Moscow City”. I personally believe that we have in no way spoiled the appearance of the city, but on the contrary, we have embellished it.

Citizens actively visit the shopping mall, but the public catering area is sometimes empty. In December, the grand opening of the panoramic restaurant “Extra Lounge” took place. I would like to clarify that on the second floor of the Korston State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company there are already several cafes and restaurants, quite expensive by local standards. Another one, albeit a very stylish one, for what?

You know, if you turn to the world-famous chain hotels Sheraton and Hilton, it’s immediately clear that they have recognition. In any part of the world, when you get to these hotels, they are recognizable. We are trying to achieve this very recognition in the Korston network. Our network is still small and we are just taking our first steps. Ideologically, Korston-Serpukhov and Korston-Kazan are very similar. And we are trying to standardize the entire Korston group. And the panoramic restaurant “Extra Lounge” is the first steps in this process.

We opened such a restaurant in Korston-Kazan in September, and this format was quite successful. It is successful and is considered the most successful Luxury restaurant in Kazan. We brought this concept to Serpukhov, and it will also be implemented in Moscow. Although I note that in the capital there is an “Extra Lounge”, but simply in the format of a restaurant at the height of panoramic view to Vorobyovy Gory. But it’s not a Lounge, and it’s not on the same topic. A full reconstruction will be done.

Do Serpukhovitch residents understand and fully reveal the very meaning of the Lounge restaurant? Will you alienate people in the provinces with “insane pathos”?

Serpukhov - beautiful city and he enters the area of ​​the silver ring. We have many churches, interesting buildings and structures. There was a great desire to create such an institution where people would observe the beauty of the city from above. In essence, "Extra Lounge" is a premium restaurant with interesting modern interior, this is the only establishment in the southern direction of the Moscow region that is at a bird's eye view. A restaurant for wealthy people, but not in terms of wealth, but for people who have achieved success in life. People who feel confident in life and can appreciate style and design will come here. Well, and, of course, this is a restaurant for the youth public, who can appreciate European standards and amenities. On weekends, you can spend your leisure time actively here - with high-quality music and beautiful people. By spring we will open open summer verandas with a musical format.

Everything should work out.

Is there potential for new players in Serpukhov? Or do you think that you have firmly occupied this niche?

Of course, today we have taken a leading position in this city. But there are unexplored areas in which we are not going to move. If we consider the formats of shopping malls, the format of hotels, business centers, and the entertainment industry, I think it will be difficult for other “players” in this city. We have a clear development plan for the next 10-12 years. We have plans to open a fitness center with modern Italian equipment “Techno-Gym”, a multi-level parking lot, a multifunctional concert hall “Arena”, where various events will be held - exhibitions, concerts, competitions - an area of ​​3500 square meters. The water park is year-round, additional retail space is still being built, and an apartment building is planned.

Material prepared by Olga Lyubimova

Research of the hotel services market in Kazan and Tatarstan. Part 5

The state, represented by the Republic of Tatarstan, turned out to be the fifth largest owner of hotel rooms in Kazan. The top ten industry leaders also include the Khairullin brothers, AK BARS, federals, Gulsina Minnikhanova, Mikhail Skoblionok and others. The largest owners of hotel rooms in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan are in the review of Realnoe Vremya.

How Korston distributed its towers to different beneficiaries

The first place in the rating of owners of the hotel complex is again occupied by the owners of Korston (remember, they were fourth in our rating of owners of Kazan shopping centers and ninth in the rating of owners in Tatarstan). The Korston shopping and entertainment complex has two hotels, and, curiously, they are currently divided into different beneficiaries - perhaps due to the fact that they were put into operation seven years apart. It is known that the Korston group of companies began with the development of the gambling business; it is a large developer, operator of hotel, shopping and entertainment complexes in Russia. It includes up to 20 companies connected with each other by partnership and property relations, common capital, as well as strategic objectives for the development of the Korston network. The group owns hotels in Moscow (Orlyonok, Korston Hotel & Casino Moscow), Kazan (Korston Hotel & Mall Kazan), Serpukhov (Korston Hotel & Mall Serpukhov), Montenegro (Korston Queen Hotel of Montenegro).

The first stage of the shopping and entertainment complex, which includes the five-star Korston Royal hotel, with a total area of ​​66.5 thousand square meters. m was introduced in 2006 by OJSC “Orlyonok Hotel Complex”. Orlyonok also owns part (about 3.5 thousand sq. m) of the second stage of the shopping and entertainment complex built for the Universiade - the Korston Tower hotel tower (four stars) with a total area of ​​20.9 thousand sq. m. m. However, most of the Tower belongs to CJSC Trading House Russian Troika, which is directly controlled by Anatoly Kuznetsov, president of the Korston group. However, one way or another, through various beneficial connections, both hotels belong to the same owners. For example, Anatoly Kuznetsov owns 9.45% of OJSC Orlyonok Hotel Complex (Korston Royal), and Troika (most of the Korston Tower) owns a share of 14.55% (data for 2014) . The rest of the Korston Tower stake is distributed among individuals.

Anatoly Kuznetsov controls CJSC Russian Troika Trading House, which owns most of the Korston Tower. Photo kazanweek.ru

As a result, “Orlyonok” owns a total of 70 thousand “square meters” of the entire “Korston” - this is the first place in our rating, and “Russian Troika” - 17.5 thousand square meters. m of a four-star hotel (sixth place in the ranking). In total, Muscovites ultimately own 87.5 thousand square meters. m of hotel space in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Hospitable brothers Khairullin

In second place are the owners of another four-star hotel in Kazan - Grand Hotel Kazan - 39 thousand sq. m. m. It also took second place in the ranking of the largest hotels in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The hotel is owned by OJSC Hypermarket Ring, which belongs to well-known businessmen in Tatarstan, brothers Ilshat and Airat Khairullin (on the poster).

They also own the second one - located near the Grand Hotel, the Shalyapin Palace Hotel, although the formal owner and management company there are now different (see below). In general, the Khairullins own the lion's share of the Kazan business and entertainment center. They have two shopping centers located there - Koltso and GUM - as well as Edelweiss stores scattered throughout Kazan. The total area of ​​their property is 114 thousand square meters. meters. And according to the Edelweiss Group, the total amount of space of Edelweiss Group OJSC, Shalyapin closed mutual fund, Hypermarket Koltso OJSC, Kazansky grocery store closed mutual fund, GUM shopping center is 168.3 thousand square meters. m. Formally, however, the same “Shalyapin” is now owned by the closed mutual fund “Shalyapin”, and the hotel on Bauman is managed by LLC “ Management Company"EnergoInvestCapital" - the formal owner of "Shalyapin" - closes the top ten largest owners of the hotel business in Tatarstan: the area owned by closed mutual funds is 12.1 thousand square meters. m, tenth place. In total, however, the Khairullins own 43.9 thousand square meters. m of hotel space.

“Grand Hotel Kazan” ranks second in the ranking of the largest hotels in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. Photo by Roman Khasaev

AK BARS secured itself not only with Suvar Plaza, but also with the Riviera Hotel.

The top three is completed by the Riviera Hotel, located in the Kazanskaya Riviera complex, which was once built by the developer Suvar-Kazan, who invested 1.36 billion rubles in the project, hoping to recoup the construction of a four-star complex in 11 years. Until a certain time, the hotel belonged to him. Currently 18.7 thousand sq. m. m of Riviera hotel space is managed by a closed mutual fund investment fund real estate "AK BARS - Osnova" managed by LLC Management Company "Euro Fin Trust". Let us remind you that the change of ownership of the hotel occurred in 2010, when Suvar had problems financial difficulties(suffice it to say that investments in the Kazan Riviera at the time of its opening amounted to an astronomical 3.9 billion rubles). All the property of the developer Suvar-Kazan, which, by the way, also owned the Suvar Plaza shopping center worth 4.2 billion rubles, was transferred to AK BARS Bank “as collateral for loans totaling 5.4 billion rubles,” which the developer was unable to service. Actually, if we add up the 1.36 billion investments in the Riviera Hotel and the 4.2 billion investments in the Plaza, then we will get the amount of security that AK BARS demanded.

Gulsina Minnikhanova owns 18.3 thousand square meters. m of hotel space in Kazan. Photo prav.tatar.ru

Minnikhanov in the top 5 largest hoteliers in Kazan

In fourth place is the Luciano Management Company, which through the offshore Fastlimit Services Limited (Virgin Islands, British) belongs to Gulsina Minnikhanova. Until recently, the formal owner of the hotel and spa complex was Luciano De Aloia LLC - a cosmetology company, 100% owned by Gulsina Minnikhanova.

Until 2014, Minnikhanova owned one boutique hotel, Luciano Spa (it was formally included in our rating based on the size of its area, although the five-star hotel itself, located in a six-story elite spa complex, has only 24 rooms) with an area of ​​13.9 thousand square meters. sq. m. In February 2014, another 4.4 thousand square meters were added to them. m of the opened hotel Luciano Residence Kazan (four stars, 99 rooms with 174 beds - 32nd place in our ranking of the largest hotels). In total, Minnikhanova owns 18.3 thousand square meters. m of hotel space in Kazan. Part of the area also belongs to Yuldash and K LLC.

Tatarstan is the second owner of the number of rooms in Kazan after Korston

The fifth largest owner of the hotel business in the Republic of Tatarstan is the Republic of Tatarstan itself. She owns it through the state autonomous healthcare institution “Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Center” whole line placements with a total area of ​​18.1 thousand square meters. m. The republic's assets include the three-star Ilmar City with 64 rooms and 120 beds with an area of ​​1.9 thousand square meters. m, “From the Circus” (apart-hotel with 20 rooms and 30 beds) with an area of ​​1.8 thousand sq. m. m, three-star hotel “IT Park” (53 rooms with 100 beds) with an area of ​​2.6 thousand square meters. m, two-star KFU (35 rooms with 50 beds) with an area of ​​1.6 thousand sq. m. m, two-star "Mirny" (50 rooms, 100 beds) on 4.5 thousand sq. m. m, two-star “Polyot” (47 rooms with 50 seats) on 1.9 thousand sq. m. m, three-star “Agropark-Kazan” (38 rooms with 68 beds) with an area of ​​1.1 thousand square meters. m and one-star “Algorithm” (46 rooms with 100 beds) with an area of ​​2.5 thousand sq. m. In total, the republic owns 8 hotels with a decent number of rooms - 353 rooms. In fact, Tatarstan is the second owner of the number of rooms in the Kazan hotel complex after Korston.

Seventh place is occupied by the owners of the Tatarstan Hotel premises - OJSC GC Tatarstan owns 13.9 thousand square meters. m of hotel space in the very center of Kazan. According to information disclosed by the company itself, as of June 30, largest owners hotels, owning 29.9% of shares each, are Mikhailov Yuri Vasilievich and Belyaeva Oksana Yurievna. Minority shareholders are Yadykar Ayupov (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Daniya Gilazieva and Nailya Zayatdinova. The owners of the remaining more than 30% of shares are not disclosed.

“Gvardeiskaya” is part of the “Slavyanka” hotel complex, which includes 22 hotels. Photo gostinica-gvardejskaya-kazan-foto.elstop.ru

Departmental inheritance of Kazan: what does the Gvardeyskaya Hotel have to do with the Oboronservis corruption scandal?

In eighth place is another state owner - this time herself Russian Federation, which owns a number of former departmental hotels with an area of ​​13.8 thousand square meters. m. In total, the federals own three hotels: a fairly large two-star hotel “Derbyshki” (however, on 7 thousand square meters there are only 27 rooms with 37 beds), “Hotel-type hostel “Regatta” (two stars, but 93 rooms for 200 seats) with an area of ​​2.5 thousand square meters. m and, finally, the Gvardeyskaya Hotel.

Interestingly, “Gvardeyskaya” is part of the “Slavyanka” hotel complex, which includes 22 hotels. Previously, all of them were controlled directly by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Not so long ago, in 2009, the Slavyanka Hotel Complex OJSC was created, into which, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, all former defense industry hotels were transferred. The activities of Slavyanka itself are managed by JSC Garrison (until 2014 JSC Oboronservis), a commercial organization created in 2008 “to free military personnel from economic functions unusual for them.” Alas, the activities of this very “Oboronservis” turned out to be not very effective, since in connection with the facts of corruption in the organization revealed in the fall of 2012, a criminal case was opened, and in April 2013, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was recognized as a victim in the criminal case of “Oboronservis”: the notorious Evgenia Vasilyeva was sentenced in May of this year to 5 years in prison in this case. The Kazan two-star hotel “Gvardeiskaya”, managed by the RF Ministry of Defense through the Slavyanka Group of Companies, has 93 rooms with 173 beds, and its area is 4.2 thousand square meters. m. Judging by the state of the official website of Slavyanka, the efficiency of managing the hotel fund of the Ministry of Defense still leaves much to be desired.

Mikhail Skoblionok (left) at the opening of his Regina hotel in Ashkelon (Israel). Photo otkrivaemtalanti.ru

Mikhail Skoblionok closes the top 10

Finally, in front of the formal owner of Shalyapin, which is in tenth place, the closed mutual investment real estate fund Shalyapin, managed by LLC Management Company EnergoInvestCapital (12.1 thousand sq. m. of area), the famous Kazan businessman Mikhail Skoblionok has firmly established himself in ninth place. which owns 12.4 thousand sq. m. of the Kazan hotel chain "Regina".

In particular, “Regina - Bauman”, “Regina - Universitetskaya”, “Regina -M. Fangs", "Regina - Petersburg". In addition to them, the businessman also owns a three-star “Regina” in the village of Petrovsky, a two-star “Regina” in Bolgar, a three-star hotel in Mamadysh and a three-star hotel in the Israeli Ashkelon. All hotels are three-star, their total number of rooms is 179 rooms (in terms of number of rooms, the Skoblionka chain would be in the top 10 in Kazan). The largest of them is Regina - Petersburgskaya - 5.4 thousand square meters. m.

Photo on the poster kommersant.ru

Sergey Afanasyev

Alfa Bank released "Eaglet"
// Debts of the Korston group are bought by MDM Bank

Alfa Bank assigns to MDM Bank the debt of the Korston Group of Companies for $36.7 million. This loan is used to mortgage the group's flagship property - the former Orlyonok Hotel in Moscow. In the event of the first delay on the part of Korston, MDM Bank plans to take away the object without trial. Before the crisis, Korston intended to build a network of hotel and shopping complexes with casinos worth $1.5 billion, but these plans were disrupted by the transfer of the gambling business in Russia to special zones.

By the end of June, Alfa Bank may assign the debt of the Korston Group of Companies to MDM Bank along with the collateral, a source familiar with the progress of the transaction told Kommersant. According to him, the collateral for the $36.7 million loan is a 380-room hotel on Kosygina Street in Moscow, the Korston Hotel & Mall Moscow (formerly the Orlyonok Hotel). Zaali Tsanava, director of corporate overdue debt collection at Alfa Bank, confirmed this information. The press service of MDM Bank did not comment on the progress of the transaction, and Korston management promised to discuss this issue on Monday.

Korston was supposed to repay the debt to Alfa Bank this spring. “But the group refused to agree on repayment of the loan,” says Mr. Tsanava. The transaction amount could be $40 million, Kommersant's source has information. Mr. Tsanava says that “the transaction amount will cover not only the principal debt, but also the interest.” The hotel's market value is estimated at $80 million by Stanislav Ivashkevich, Deputy Director of the Strategic Consulting and Valuation Department at CB Richard Ellis.

GC "Korston" is a developer of hotel and shopping and entertainment complexes, and was also involved in the gambling business. The group is owned in equal shares by its president Anatoly Kuznetsov and his partners Sergey Artakhov, Viktor Galayda, Vasily Kulko, Igor Yudin. In 2007, the group's EBITDA was $46.8 million, net profit - $29.6 million (new data not disclosed).

Back in 2008, the president of Korston Group of Companies, Anatoly Kuznetsov, stated that the company had two main creditors - Alfa Bank and MDM Bank (total debt of $80 million). Now the group owes MDM Bank about $25 million, issued for the construction of the Korston Hotel & Mall in Kazan, a Kommersant source reports. According to his information, on the debt that is being purchased from Alfa Bank, MDM is going to reduce the rates for Korston, but add a clause on extrajudicial collection of Orlyonok in case of the first delay. “After this transaction, MDM will become the controlling creditor of the group, which it plans to entrust with the functions of a fee developer for the completion of another hotel in Kazan, which the bank inherited from one of the default borrowers,” explains Kommersant’s interlocutor.

"Orlyonok" was supposed to become the flagship property in the Korston Hotel & Mall chain worth $1.5 billion, which the group planned to build in Moscow and the regions ( total area- about 1 million sq. m). In 2008, the developer failed to obtain financing from banks, and all projects were frozen. “Problems for the group, whose half of the business was in the gambling segment, arose not only due to the lack of loans, but due to the withdrawal of casinos to special zones,” says Stanislav Ivashkevich. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, in 2008 the volume of gambling business in Russia was $3.6 billion, the forecast for 2010 is $1.5 billion.

84-year-old Alexandra Lyapidevskaya, the daughter of the famous pilot and widow of People’s Artist Anatoly Kuznetsov, known for his role as Comrade Sukhov in the film “White Sun of the Desert,” cannot find mutual language with his daughter and son-in-law. According to the woman, they evicted her from three-room apartment in the center of Moscow. For a year now, Alexandra Anatolyevna has been forced to live in a dacha in the Moscow region. This was reported by NTV channel correspondents on the air of the program “You Won’t Believe.” “Where should I go? “Rub” around them and see their faces that don’t smile at me?” - the daughter of the first Hero of the USSR does not hide her resentment. IN country house Everything reminds the woman of her late husband. She whiles away her lonely evenings by looking at photographs of Anatoly Kuznetsov and remembering how they lived together. Once upon a time, fans did not give way to a famous artist and gave him luxurious gifts. Among them is a carpet from the President of Turkmenistan, which now decorates the interior of Comrade Sukhov’s dacha. In addition, Kuznetsov constantly took his family on vacation abroad, including to expensive thermal resorts in Switzerland. The famous actor, who passed away in March 2014, did not leave a will. After the artist’s death, his relatives had the actor’s car, dacha and apartment at their disposal. According to Alexandra Anatolyevna, her daughter Irina and her husband Sandro Andronikashvili (who, by the way, is the son of Soviet screenwriter Boris Andronikashvili) begged Kuznetsov’s car from her and sold it for 700,000 rubles in order to live for their own pleasure. The couple travels a lot together - they have been to Paris, Rome, and the Czech Republic. “He says to me out of the blue: “You’re a f***er.” I punched him in the face. To which he replies: “You are a f***ing dog.” After that I wanted to kick him. And Ira closed the door and pretended that she didn’t hear anything. But as a result, I gave him a kick in the ass...I don’t have any defenders. And my daughter makes a cutlet out of me,” the woman told reporters. But this, as Alexandra Anatolyevna says, was not enough for them. Irina and Sandro evicted the woman from her room. As a result, she had to sleep in the kitchen on an old sofa. According to Lyapidevskaya, Sandro is to blame for all her troubles. The woman had a serious conflict with her son-in-law over paintings. He hung the works of his mother, the artist Rusudan Khantadze, throughout the house, and decided to remove the original works of famous artists, which had served as decoration for Comrade Sukhov’s apartment for many years, as a gift to Anatoly Kuznetsov. Since then, Alexandra Anatolvna has had real war with my son-in-law. After numerous quarrels, the daughter of Lyapidevskaya and Andronikashvili took away the keys to the apartment that belonged to the people’s artist from Kuznetsov’s widow and kicked her out of there. Now Alexandra Anatolyevna has to live in the country.