Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

UTG WILL PRESENT UKRAINIAN MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES AT MIPIM EXHIBITION ON MARCH 12-15

The delegation of UTG consulting company (Kyiv) intends to present a portfolio of projects of multifunctional complexes in Kyiv, Lviv, Vinnytsia and Dnipro for a total of about $400 million at the international real estate exhibition MIPIM 2019 to be held in Cannes (France) on March 12-15. “The company’s management, responsible for the investment direction of development, will present new Ukrainian projects at the exhibition, familiarize international experts with investment opportunities in the Ukrainian real estate market,” UTG’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
Among the projects that, in particular, will be presented at the Kyiv stand are the multifunctional complexes Alfa Mall, Alfa Residence, Alfa District (Dnipro), Europe residential complex, the IT cluster Hypercube (Vinnytsia), the first object of the network of urban hotels Urooms (Lviv).
In addition, a separate investment portfolio of Kyiv projects for one of the Western funds will be presented.
The volume of investments in the project portfolio is about $400 million.
UTG was established in 2001. It specializes in comprehensive support of development projects.

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ROAD BETWEEN LVIV AND RIVNE TO BE EXPANDED

The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has started designing the reconstruction of highway M-06 on the Lviv-Rivne section, taking into account the expansion from two to four lanes, as well as the construction of detours of settlements, the agency has said. “After the completion of renovation, the saving of travel time from Lviv to Rivne without breaking traffic rules will almost halve to 1.5 hours,” Ukravtodor said.
The agency noted that a significant part of exported cargo is transported to the European Union member countries by this road, and therefore its reconstruction, in the opinion of Ukravtodor, will be an impetus for the economic development of the region, will help facilitate investment and create new jobs.
In addition, the new quality of the road will improve the level of road safety and the environmental situation in cities.

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UKRLANDFARMING PLANS TO ATTRACT PARTNER FOR PORT PROJECT WORTH $200-800 MLN

Ukrlandfarming, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural holdings, in the framework of its vertical integration strategy retains the plan for the construction of a port for grain exports and seeks investors for this project, evaluating its value at $200 million to $800 million. “The project, which costs from $200 million to $800 million, is currently suspended, but we are actively looking for partners to join us and provide capital,” Oleh Bakhmatiuk, the owner of Ukrlandfarming, said in an interview with Die Welt.
In his opinion, the port should become the “pearl” of the company. “We hope that after the elections a window of opportunity will open and we will take a step towards investors in Europe, Asia, America, and the Middle East,” he added.
He said that after losing almost 50% of production capacity in Crimea and Donbas, Ukrlandfarming managed to significantly restore the lost production and reduce dependence on the domestic market, increasing the share of exports to 55%.
“Our strategy is to sell 70% for exports and 30% in the domestic markets, thereby reducing our dependence on sovereign risk,” the owner of the company said.
He clarified that currently Ukrlandfarming exports goods to about 40 countries and is considering access to the markets of Singapore and Indonesia.

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HUNGARIAN LOW-COST AIRLINE WIZZ AIR DOUBLES PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN UKRAINE IN 2019

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air in January-February 2019 carried more than 300,000 passengers on its flights to/from Ukraine, which is 94% more compared to the same period in 2018, the company has said in connection with placing the fourth aircraft at the base in Kyiv and the launch of four new flights from Ukraine.
“As a result of the growing demand among Ukrainian passengers … the airline offers 44 routes to 13 countries from three Ukrainian airports: Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv,” the company said.
According to the booking system, the matter concerns 28 flights from Kyiv, ten from Lviv, six from Kharkiv. In particular, on March 1-3 Wizz Air began operating flights from Kyiv to Bremen, Billund (Denmark), and Riga, and from Lviv to Copenhagen.
According to the company, the deployment of the fourth Airbus A320 aircraft in Ukraine increases the total investment in the country to more than $400 million, as well as the number of jobs created to 140.

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