Kyiv City Council at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, March 26, established a 50% discount for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to pay lease of municipal property due to quarantine measures.
“We promised and found a mechanism to reduce financial burden on small and medium-sized businesses operating in the capital, and which is most vulnerable in this difficult time for the city and the country. Small and medium-sized businesses will get the right to these benefits starting March 11,” the press service of Kyiv City State Administration said, citing Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
According to the statement, by the end of July 2020, entrepreneurs are provided with a 50% discount on the payment of communal property leases, and if the property cannot be used, tenants are also exempted from the lease payment until July 31.
According to Kyiv City State Administration, about 900,000 square meters of non-residential communal property are leased in the capital, most of which are rented by about 6,000 small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.
On March, 14 and 15 the «Kyivan Rus Park» invites to a new program «Warriors of Light». Horse-trick performances and spectacular performances, Slavic amusements and round dances, interesting games and funs will be waiting for the guests. And also: riding purebred horses, tasty dishes prepared on open fire and hot drinks, master-classes, zip-lines, museums, and expositions. And all of these in a real living medieval town!
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program starts at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 200 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 80 UAH, for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
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Amid growing new supply the share of vacant space on the office real estate market in Kyi grew by 4.2 percentage points (pp) in 2019 compared with 2018, to 8.5%, CBRE Ukraine consulting company (Kyiv) has said in a press release. “The highest vacancy rate was recorded in areas with a non-center location (19.2%), due to the Sigma and Wave Tower business centers went live in 2019, which remained unfilled by the end of the year. The Pechersky district had the lowest vacancy rate (2.7%), where in 2019 new areas were not presented to the market,” the report says.
According to the experts, the rental rate for the best office premises increased 8% and by the end of the year amounted to $27 per sq. m. a month, which is associated with a limited supply of quality space.
“In the available class A office space, the declared rental rates varied in the range of $26- $45 per sq. m a month in the fourth quarter, and class B rental rates ranged $14- $30 per sq. m. a month. The significant gap between the lower and upper limits of the range is due to the characteristics of the rental space and the location of an office center, which are the main factors determining the high level of rental rates,” CBRE Ukraine said.
New supply on the office real estate market in Kyiv in 2019 was around 100,000 square meters and record-hitting 255,000 square meters of areas are announced to go live in 2020
“Over the past four years, the Business Expectations Index in construction has grown significantly (137.9 points) and has broken an eight-year record. Thus, the new supply almost doubled compared to 2018 and amounted to about 100,000 square meters, and the total supply of office space in Kyiv amounted to 1.8 million square meters,” CBRE Ukraine (Kyiv), the consulting company, said in a press release.
According to developers’ announcements, in 2020 a record number of areas should enter the market – about 255,000 square meters. Moreover, in 2021 an additional 250,000 square meters is expected to go live and in 2022 some 250,000-300,000 square meters.
“The shortage of quality space in Kyiv resumed the activities of developers, as evidenced by an increase in the volume of new supply by 70% year-over-year in 2019. Despite such a sharp increase in the volume of new space, it is expected that the bulk of it will be absorbed by IT and the flexible office segment, due to pent-up demand for large quality areas,” CBRE Ukraine said.
Thus, the average vacancy rate is likely to remain at the same level or show a slight increase in the best areas on the market.
“If in the next two to three years, demand will correspond to the supply, then significant fluctuations in rental rates are not expected,” CBRE Ukraine said.
The volume of gross occupancy of office real estate in Kyiv in 2019 increased by 17% compared to 2018, to 170,000 square meters, which is a record for the past 11 years (since 2007), according to CBRE Ukraine international consulting company (Kyiv).
“The macroeconomic situation in Ukraine improved significantly in 2019, despite the political uncertainty surrounding the elections. The volume of real GDP showed a positive trend with an indicator of plus 3.3% year-on-year in 2019 (according to preliminary data from the NBU). The Business Expectations Index for the 12 months decreased by 7.9 percentage points, to 118.7 as of the fourth quarter of 2019. However, with a decrease in unemployment by 0.4 percentage points year-on-year and the rapid growth of the IT cluster (approximately more by 20% in 2019), the demand for office space continued to grow,” the report says.
According to the company, a significant share in the structure of gross absorption (44%) was made by IT and telecommunications companies (more by 4%). Companies engaged in manufacturing, industry and energy ranked second with a 25% share.
“The growth in demand by IT sector companies over the past five years is explained not only by the rapid development of industry in Ukraine, but also by the specifics of the industry companies. Most IT professionals provide services to international companies on the terms of outsourcing or out-staffing and are mainly involved in temporary projects, which determines the mobility of workers, requires flexibility in office space and expands the demand for co-working,” CBRE said.
Thus, the segment of co-working and full-service offices amounted to 12% of the gross absorption structure. The rest in the structure were represented by companies from the financial sector and banks (9%), the FMCG sector (3%) and other segments, which together accounted for 7% of the total gross absorption.
On March 11-12, 2020 in Kyiv is planned the second regional Sustainable Finance Forum– SusFinForum.
SusFinForum is an annual forum for banks, microfinance institutions, asset managers, project sponsors, investors & financiers in the EECA region (Eastern Europe, Caucasus & Central Asia) that are committed to creating a social and environmental impact in the region.
The goal of the forum is to catalyze investments for sustainable infrastructure and development in the region, through innovative financing models.
We will discuss:
Rewiring the economy-10 tasks 10 years
Sustainable finance snapshot in the region
Key risks: Local currency financing
Blended finance for serving undeserved markets
Green and social impact bonds
Financing & developing renewable energy projects
Financing energy efficiency projects
Financing the development of sustainable agriculture
Investment & financing opportunities in solid waste management
Exclusive Project Finance Masterclass ‘‘Are renewable energy projects bankable?’’
More details and registration on website www.susfinforum.com
Organizer: Greenpact
Gold Sponsor: Green for the growth fund» (GGF). Bronze sponsors: The Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF), Ukrgazbank, Triodos Investment Management.
General partners: European-Ukrainian Energy Agency EUEA, Bridges Consulting. Local partner-Armenia: ADWISE Consulting.
General media partner: Interfax-Ukraine
Media-partner: Independent Association of Banks in Ukraine (NABU), The Association of Microfinance Organizations of Moldova, The Assosiation of Micro Finance Institutions Kyrgyzstan (AMFI), The Ukrainian Assosiation of Renewable Energy(УАВЕ), The European Business Association (ЕВА), American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC), The Union of Banks of Kyrgyzstan, Mind.ua, RBK-Ukraine, 350.org
For participation and cooperation, please contact by e-mail: partnership@susfinforum.com or or by phone in Kyiv: +38 050 026 5744
Open4Business.com.ua – is an information partner of the event.
