The owners of a large shopping and entertainment centers (SEC) are still trying to accelerate full opening in the regions of its facilities that have closed during the regime of isolation of the pandemic COVID-19. Through the Russian Council targetrow (RCSC) they appealed to the authorities of Sverdlovsk area with the request to allow the trade, otherwise the majority of objects will not survive the crisis. Ekaterinburg is the most problematic city for developers, which despite the reduction in revenue and still have to repay the back taxes.In the disposal of “b” was a letter where the President of the RCSC Dmitry Moskalenko requests of the Governor of Sverdlovsk region Yevgeny Kuyvashev to accelerate the opening of the Ekaterinburg shopping Mall, a job which was restricted during the mode of self-isolation. “The revenue trade objects in terms of restrictions has decreased by ten times, which is not sufficient to cover even operating expenses,” the letter reads.Thus, according to Mr. Moskalenko, the obligations of the owners of the objects on the salaries of the staff, to creditor banks, resource-supplying companies has not been canceled. Moreover, notifies the President of the RCSC, “until the end of July from the accounts targetrow to be forced written-off tax debts”. Thus, all cash reserves are exhausted in the absence of new revenues from tenants.If you do not allow full opening of the shopping center in Yekaterinburg, according to forecasts by Dmitry Moskalenko, a month and a half the direct losses of each object will amount to 80-100 million rubles “Part targetrow inevitably will suspend or go into default,” the letter reads. This, in turn, will lead to the fact that about 200 tenants, among whom 30-40% are small and medium businesses will be forced to curtail their business.Yekaterinburg is one of Russia’s largest markets, according to consultants, the city has the Mall with a total area about 2 million sq m a few years ago, according to “Ural mountains-Hermes”, on 1 thousand inhabitants of the city had almost 440 square meters of retail real estate, more than, for example, in Berlin.In a press-service of the Governor of the “y” failed to obtain prompt review. But one of the officials in the city administration said that the opening of large commercial facilities is impossible because of the complicated epidemiological situation. “Citizens do not feel the shortage of goods of daily demand, as now the retailers are working in freestanding stores,” he added. RCSC consider it “discrimination against the owners of large targetrow against the owners of premises street-retail.” In the organization added that in the shopping centers of Yekaterinburg created a “clean zone”, the level of health security which significantly exceeds requirements R��of Rospotrebnadzor. “We have not found a direct relationship between the opening of the shopping center and increase in the incidence in the regions,— says Dmitry Moskalenko.— So, in Tyumen, where torgtsentrov opened, the incidence of Kovalam falls. And in Ekaterinburg exactly the opposite.”The Federal government delegated to regional officials the right to decide on the timing of the open items that are closed during the time of quarantine measures. This has led to a sharp difference in trends on local markets. While, for example, in Moscow and the Moscow region torgtsentrov have been working for almost a month in some cities the facilities are closed, and the developers losses of billions of rubles (see Kommersant dated 14 July).In addition to Yekaterinburg, the situation remains complex in Nizhny Novgorod, where the local targetrow owners and tenants have repeatedly appealed to regional authorities to allow large objects. They believe that the existing prohibition puts them at a disadvantage with the owners of the hypermarkets, DIY stores and Department stores that have already started to work (see “Kommersant-Petersburg” on July 13).Difficult situation in the regional markets leads to disappointing results. According to Colliers International, in the first half of this year in the regions of Russia there was no open new Mall. The second part of the year, announced the opening of ten objects leasable area 427,4 thousand sq. m. however, given the uncertainties in the regions with the reopening of operating facilities, many developers may decide to postpone the entry of a new shopping center, say the consultants.Khalil Amine
