Ukrainian Real Estate Club will bring together leading retail operators at one site

According to the research of international company A. T. Kearney «Global Retail Development Index 2010», which annually identifies the 30 most attractive countries for retail development, in 2010, Ukraine has not entered the Top 30, while in 2008 and 2009, occupied 17 place in the ranking. However, market players believe that this trend is temporary in nature, as Ukraine continues to be attractive for the development of retail business.

The successful opening of the first stage of Dream Town, and the second stage of Sky Mall (both - Kiev), Rivera Shopping City (Odessa), and King Cross Leopolis (Lviv) in 2009-2010 only fuelled the interest of market participants to the development of shopping real estate. Lack of quality retail spaces, an opportunity to reduce significantly investment risks by applying a professional approach to development of malls / shopping centres, which involves the leasing of much of the area before the start of construction, make this segment of real estate one of the most attractive for investments today in Ukraine.

In order to create a living dialogue between investors, developers and retailers Ukrainian Real Estate Club holds on the 7th of September 2010 a large-scale retail forum. At one place there will be gathered representatives of over 100 companies: investors, developers, financiers, local and international retailers. The main issues discussed in the framework of the discussion panel will include:

• The most attractive formats of the shopping sites for estate development and acquisition in Ukraine.
• Features and complexity of business development in Ukraine in crisis. Plans for development of the companies.
• Deficiencies and errors of practice and approaches to development, leasing, management and sale of commercial property in Ukraine.
• International experience in solving common problems, used in Ukraine.

Speakers of the discussion panel:

• Mathieu B. de Bruin, general director, Multi Development Ukraine.
• Robert Provine, managing director, Argo Real Estate Opportunities Fund.
• Gennadiy Verdilenko, general director, Comfy.
• Natalia Kochergina, partner, law company DLA Piper.
• Eli Mazor, Managing Director Poland & Latvia, Marketing Director Central & Eastern Europe and India, Plaza Centers.
• Alexei Strulev, general director, Astra Property.

Moderator of the discussion panel - Anna Chubotina, Head of Retail Department, JLL.

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