The Osnova group of companies, which develops the Termoland thermal complexes, will rent premises in 10 of the 15 former IKEA stores, Kommersant reported.
Mega itself later reported that it had agreed to a lease agreement with Megamarket.
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According to the newspaper, Gazprombank, which bought the mega shopping centers, is now trying to find tenants for 400 thousand square meters. m, which in these objects was occupied by IKEA, which left Russia.
Kommersant sources in the real estate market reported that the Termoland chain, owned by the Osnova group of companies, is negotiating with Gazprombank for the lease of these spaces.
President and co-owner of the Osnova group of companies, Alexander Ruchev, confirmed plans to open Termoland complexes in ten mega shopping centers. The first shopping center in which Termoland could open will be Mega in Kazan.
IKEA, controlled by the Swedish Ingka centers, had 15 stores throughout Russia with a total area of more than 400 thousand square meters. m, emerges from the company’s report. IKEA left the Russian market in August 2022, laid off 10,000 employees and closed all its stores in the country.
As of September 2023, Ingka Centers owned 14 Mega shopping centers with a total area of 2.3 million square meters. m in Moscow, Moscow region, Leningrad region and other regions. Subsequently, the rights to these objects were transferred to Gazprombank.
Updated at 11:16 Moscow time:
- After the publication of the material, Mega’s press service issued a statement in which it was announced that the shopping center had agreed to lease the entire vacant space previously occupied by IKEA stores with the Megamarket market.
Author:
Anastasia Marina
Source: RB
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