April 10, 2014. The warehouse market remains the most under-supplied segment of the commercial estate. Rent for Class A and B+ warehouses is now back to its pre-recession level, Ural Chamber of Real Estate's press service says. According to the chamber's analysts, there are no available warehouse in the good quality segment (Class A and B+), and quite a few storage units run waiting lists with names of tenants. All of this is conducive to rent growth. 'Rent for Class A and B+ warehouses is now back to its pre-recession level, rising by 4% over the last year alone and by 56%

April 10, 2014. According to the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's Analytical Department, the asking price of a square meter of housing on Yekaterinburg existing homes market was 74,308 RUR on average as of April 7, 2014, the chamber's press service reports. The figure keeps going up gradually by about 0.1% a week. The overall figure was up 2.1% compared with the beginning of the year. Now the supply on Yekaterinburg existing homes market has been dropping since New Year by up to 1.5% a week. The number of apartments for sale in the Ural Chamber of Real Estate's database has

April 10, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation embarked upon a new, large-scale project on the construction of an up-to-date clinic in Dzerzhinsky District of Nizhniy Tagil that will have all the best facilities. The clinic will offer medical services not only to employees of the corporation's head plant but also to their family members, the corporation's press service says. The clinic is meant for out-patient and diagnostics servicing of 850 people per shift and for 150 medical checkups a day (these are the norms set out by the current Russian legislation). According to the future Dean

April 10, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) shipped two TR 12 pipe-laying cranes to ALROSA. According to the corporation's press service, the vehicles were completed in the so-called northern set, that is, with options that will help the machines operate more efficiently in the harsh conditions of the Polar North: double glazing and heating in the pit and an engine pre-heater. 'The vehicles were shipped on railway platforms; their final destination is the village of Mirniy, where they will be used to maintain the infrastructure

April 10, 2014. Koltsovo Airport of Yekaterinburg offered its services to 858,380 passengers in the first three months of 2014, which is 10.4% more than a year earlier. The number of domestic flights went up by 15.2%, the number of international flights went up by 5.1%, the airport's press service said. 467,970 people flew on domestic flights in the first quarter of 2014, the increase was 15.1%; 390,40 0 people flew on international flights (plus 5.1%). The number of sorties rose by 9% and came to 5,200. The number of scheduled flights increased from 84 to 94. The passenger traffic rose