UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 6, 2015. Yekaterinburg Council has issued 661 construction permits since the start of the year, the city council’s press service reports.

483 permits were issued for 625 re-started construction projects, including 81 apartment buildings (total area 848,000 m2), 203 private houses and low-rise housing (total area 91,000 m2), and 301 non-residential buildings (total area 1.038m m2).

‘Some of these projects are apartment buildings in Sector 9 of Akademichesky District in Krasnolesye St, Chkalov St, and Amundsen St. Akademichesky Yug acts as the developer for the project and has already obtained a permit to put up 10 apartment buildings (3,365 apartments altogether, total area 172,000 m2). The developer is also in charge of putting up a number of underground parking lots (1,483 parking slots). The entire project is to be completed by July 1, 2018,’ the press service says.