City Capital Group (CCG, Kyiv) of Israeli businessman Ofer Kerzner, managing the Platforma art factory in Kyiv, plans to invest more than $50 million in opening new offices in the capital in four years. “The office real estate market is coming to life. All experts predict an increase in the demand in this segment. IT companies are declaring a shortage of quality space. We respond quickly to the increasing interest and are working to become the largest ecosystem of innovative office spaces in Ukraine … During the next four years, the company will use at least $50 million for investment,” Maria Kazantseva, a member of the board of directors of City Capital Group, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to her, all new CCG projects will be a revitalization of old industrial facilities. All the new office formats of the company (the Voronin factory, the Innovation Park platform and the project in Skovorody Street in Podil) will be included in the umbrella brand Platforma.
City Capital Group was created by Israeli businessman Ofer Kerzner in 2007 to implement projects in the field of development, construction and property management in Ukraine.
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Alstom (France), a manufacturer of rolling stock and infrastructure, is interested in subway modernization projects in Ukraine, Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge has told reporters in Kyiv.
“We know that the subway in Ukraine should be modernized. So far we have not conducted any negotiations on this, but in principle this could be a project for cooperation,” he noted.
According to the Alstom CEO, first of all, the company is interested in cooperation with large cities.
“First of all, we are interested in Kyiv, because the larger the metro network in the city, the more interesting cooperation with it is. But so far we have not met with the local authorities, only at the government level,” the expert said.
Alstom is one of the world’s leaders (along with Siemens and Bombardier) in the production of power equipment and railway transport. The company’s revenue in the 2017-2018 fiscal year grew by 8.8%, to EUR7.95 billion.
PJSC Agrarian Fund will provide UAH 2.5 billion for advance payments to buy grain from farmers under the spring forward campaign 2019, the press service of the company has reported.
According to a posting on the company’s website, Agrarian Fund plans to buy 710,000 tonnes of grain, including 500,000 tonnes of wheat, 100,000 tonnes of corn, 50,000 tonnes of barley, 30,000 tonnes of rye, 10,000 tonnes of buckwheat, 10,000 tonnes of millet and 10,000 tonnes of yellow peas.
The advance payment does not exceed 65% of the cost of delivery under the contract. The forward contract is subject to the signing of contracts for the supply of mineral fertilizers worth no more than an advance payment. “Thus, the agricultural producer can now not only purchase mineral fertilizers of domestic production, but also exchange them for agricultural products,” the Agrarian Fund said.
According to the company’s data, the interest rate for using prepayment funds without taking into account exchange rate fluctuations will be from 23% to 25%, and taking into account the exchange rate fluctuations it will be 15%.
PJSC Agrarian Fund was established in spring 2013 by a government decree. Its charter capital is UAH 5 billion. The company currently estimates its share on the domestic grain market at 20% and on the domestic flour market at 13%.
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