Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko, the Russian office of the global property consultant, has been appointed by Gazprom Neft Invest to advise on the preliminary construction concept for Gazprom-City, a new business and administrative centre in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko, the Russian office of the global property consultant, has been appointed by Gazprom Neft Invest to advise on the preliminary construction concept for Gazprom-City, a new business and administrative centre in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Together with a panel of expert advisers, led by Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St. Petersburg, and Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom's Management Committee, Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko advised on the selection of the development's initial architectural concept.
'The panel was in full agreement with our opinion regarding the selection of the project proposed by the UK-based international architectural practice RMJM,' Sergey Riabokobylko, senior executive director and partner, Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko, said in a statement.
'The RMJM design, with its 396-metre high twisting glass needle, offered the best match to the developing urban context of St Petersburg,' continued Sergey. 'Their proposal also offered the latest technical achievements in high-rise construction and in energy efficiency, while the master planning of the development zones and proposals for the public areas both achieved high marks.'
Gazprom-City project is located close to the historic centre of St. Petersburg on a 70-hectare former industrial site. The scheme will be developed in three phases, with the first phase encompassing the redevelopment of a 4.6-hectare area and the construction of the 396 metre-high headquarter building for Gazprom Neft Invest, which is to be one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
