The total supply of Kyiv’s office real estate market in 2020 increased by 7.7% compared to the previous year and reached 2.147 million square meters, and this year, 200,000 square meters have been announced for commissioning, according to the press service of Colliers Ukraine. As noted in the report “Offices. 2020,” in early 2020, developers announced the commissioning of more than 230,000 square meters in Kyiv of office space during the year.
“Development activity, for the most part, did not stop despite the pandemic. As in previous years, some projects were not commissioned on time and postponed to subsequent periods. The actual new supply amounted to 155,000 square meters,” the report said.
At the same time, it is noted that the volume of absorption amounted to 60,000 square meters.
Grade A offices were replenished with a total of 28,300 square meters: business center M8 (8 Moskovska Street, 11,000 square meters), business center Grand (98 Velyka Vasylkivska Street, 8,800 square meters) and business center Hillfort (12 Mykhailivska Street, 8,500 square meters). The new supply in Grade B offices amounted to 126,600 square meters, the largest of them – business center Platform (3 Krolenkivska Street, 19,800 square meters) and business center Avenue 53 (53 Prospect Peremohy, 16,700 square meters).
According to developers, new business centers with a combined lease area approximately 200,000 square meters are expected to be commissioned in 2021. In total, projects with a total area of approximately 350,000 square meters are currently under construction with the prospect of commissioning in a few years, according to developers.
Colliers Ukraine in the report cites some of the objects that are being prepared for opening in 2021: Grade A offices are represented by the first phase of business center MAG.NETT (137-139 Velyka Vasylkivska Street, 44,000 square meters), and Grade B offices – business center LUWR (2/10 Illienka Street, 27,000 square meters), business center at 23 Olenivska Street (21,000 square meters), and business center UNIT.City – B15 (3 Dorohozhytska Street, 7,500 square meters).
“Due to the need for social distancing, employee seating density in the workspace will decrease. As a consequence, emphasis on the formation of new office spaces will shift towards an increase. We can predict that the office segment will continue to develop. In all probability, office space will not be reduced but transformed,” Managing Director of Colliers Ukraine Oleksandr Nosachenko said.
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