Kazakh real estate company Chagala Group has signed an agreement with Zere, another local firm, to develop and operate a number of shopping centres across the country. Under the plan, Chagala will take a 50.1% interest in Zere's subsidiary Zere Malls, which will be renamed Chagala Zere Malls (CZM).
Kazakh real estate company Chagala Group has signed an agreement with Zere, another local firm, to develop and operate a number of shopping centres across the country. Under the plan, Chagala will take a 50.1% interest in Zere's subsidiary Zere Malls, which will be renamed Chagala Zere Malls (CZM).
CZM is planning to operate malls in a number of regional centres across Kazakhstan. Construction costs for each centre are estimated at $30 mln, which will be financed through a combination of debt and equity. The new company will own over three hectares of land in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the centre of Kazakhstan's Oblast region where the first mall is due to be developed. Completion of the 22,000 m2 centre is expected in the first half of 2009.
Chagala was established in 1994 and is the leading real estate developer in west of Kazakhstan. It takes advantage of real estate development opportunities related to the emerging offshore oil and gas industry in the region. Its shares have been traded on London's main stock market since 27 February 2007.