Despite the scandals non-food retailers with the owners targetrow on discounts on the rent of premises, most contractors eventually found a compromise. In Moscow, only 25% of the tenants, found out trade Association, have failed so far to negotiate with the owners targetrow. According to landlords, mostly retailers, requiring discounts for the entire term of the contract.Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on 10 June a law allowing small and medium entrepreneurs without penalties to terminate the lease contracts in the current year, it is not possible to negotiate with landlords about lowering payments. This was preceded by a tough fight targetrow and tenants around the details of the new standards.Meanwhile, in the disposal of “b” was a survey conducted by the Union of tenants among its members. It shows that last week, when Moscow was taken of non-food shops, approximately 75% of the tenants were able to negotiate with the owners of the premises on the decrease in payments for April and may, when due to the mode of isolation of the townspeople were closed torgtsentrov or find some other compromise solution. At the same time in AFI Mall at the beginning of June 14 tenants are unable to negotiate discounts. In the “metropolis” of such tenants 11, “European” and the “Atrium” — almost ten. Representatives of all these targetrow say they are ready for constructive negotiations.Interviewed by “b” control targetrow Moscow believe the Union to be generally adequate. Managing partner of RedStone Indira shafikova explains that about 20% of the tenants just achieve the conditions “unacceptable for owners targetrow, for example, in order categorical” try to lock in benefits for the entire term of the contract, while the owners are willing to give discounts only on idle time.”B” made acquainted with the alternative survey, but managers torgtsentrov. It holds weekly Russian Council of shopping centers and is the monitoring of problematic tenants, including the list of major networks. The document says that, for example, clothes Finn Flare network requires a discount on the rent for future periods by more than 50%, citing the fact that the fall turnover this year is projected at almost 60%.”We have studied the experience and reporting of retailers China and the EU after opening and understood that the rapid recovery of sales can not be expected. Now this is confirmed by the low level of revenue and traffic in the open Moscow shops,” explains Finn Flare representative Daniel Astashov. According Watcom Group, c 1 to 5 June traffic targetrow capital was at the level of 45-50% of the previous year, and during the weekend (6-7 June) — 55-60%. But in the medium term, traffic will be reduced torgtsentrov ��and 40-50%, expects co-owner of a furniture network Hoff Michael Kuchment.Control the number of problem tenants and the network called “Leonardo”. The company is ready to pay about 1% of the amount of previous contracts or of turnover. “We have the pandemic revenue has fallen,” explains development Director Leonardo Boris Katz. He said that the network was able to negotiate with some torgtsentrov about temporary discounts of 75-90%.Have targetrow forced to provide massive discounts to tenants, is also reduced revenue by approximately 20-27% of the planned values, emphasizes partner of Colliers International Anna nikandrova. The mayor’s office said that on June 15 targetrow owners can apply for grants to fully cover property payments, but only if the limitation period they have reduced rate to tenants at least twice. In the end, says the analyst of research Department, Cushman & Wakefield, Evgeny Safonov, the proportion of tenants who have decided to optimize the number of stores was not so great. Therefore, in its forecasts, the vacancy rate targetrow in Moscow will increase by 2 percentage points to 10%.Khalil Amine, Alexandra Mertsalova, Nikita Sharenkov
