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On March 28, 2017, Igor Chumachenko, VEGAS LEX Partner, Head of Real
Estate, Land & Construction practice, spoke in the Main News program on RBC TV. He was
asked to comment on plans to relocate small businesses from low cost Khrushchev-era
buildings.
The program for moving people from apartments in
the so-called Khrushchev-era buildings was announced by Moscow Mayor Sergei
Sobyanin at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on February 21. According
to preliminary estimates, almost 8,000 low-cost five-story houses built in Moscow
between the mid-1950s and 1972* will be demolished. To implement this program,
the law on Moscow’s status had to be urgently amended. The authorities promised
that the residents would be moved to new houses in the same or neighboring areas.
This program will also affect the owners of
non-residential premises on the first floors of these buildings. Unlike
apartment owners, according to the draft law, owners of non-residential property
can be offered premises in any part of the city, which entails loss of
customers, not to mention expenses. The draft law does not include any information
on the tenants, so it is unclear how to terminate contracts with them,
especially those concluded for several years. Businesses are also limited in
judicial maneuvers: they can go to court, but since the court decision comes
into force immediately and is subject to immediate execution, the possibilities
and consequences of contesting the court decision are limited. Businesses will
be given two months to sign new contracts**.
“Business owners can certainly dispute the court
decision, but only with regard to the size of the space provided and other
parameters, but they are not getting the old premises back. They either vacate
the premises, or sign a new contract and go,” says Igor Chumachenko.
The work on the bill is still underway.
The program went on air on March 28, 2017 at
16:00. The video is available here.
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* Source: RBC
http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/58c82ab39a79475aa6684e5c
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** Source: RBC
http://tv.rbc.ru/archive/spravki/58da65bd9a7947fd45770951
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