UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2019. The share of vacant shopping space in Yekaterinburg malls has gone down from 13% in 2016 to 7% in 2019, Head of Analytical Department at Ural Real Estate Chamber Mikhail Khorkov says. ‘Back in 2016, 13% of mall space remained empty; this year, the figure had gone down to 7% on average and to 6% in the city’s largest shopping malls. In the meantime, rental prices show no signs of dropping, even though quite a few managing companies did adjust their prices inflation-wise. This means the conditions are ripe for the rental rates to start going down slowly,’

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2019. Yekaterinburg still faces quality warehouse shortage, Development Director at Logopark.ru Vitaly Khil says. ‘There aren't enough conveniently located warehouses with a proper set of papers and quality buildings. For one, there’s a shortage of facilities under 10,000 m2 large located within the city. These places might charge you 15% to 20% more than the warehouses outside of Yekaterinburg Ring Road. We’ve had cases when Class C warehouses got rented for the price of a top quality facility because of their prime location,’ Khil said at at the Russian

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2019. A tram line connecting Yekaterinburg with Verkhnyaya Pyshma is under way, Yekaterinburg Council’s website states. UMMC Holding’s engineering branch is currently building the tram link from both ends. So far, the woods have been cleared for the railways, earthwork is being prepared, and structures that stand in the way are being pulled down, the town council’s website says. According to Yekaterinburg Council Construction Committee, all jobs have to get done inside the existing urban sprawl and public transit network, so parts of the engineering

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2019. As of December 2, 2019, the average asking price on Yekaterinburg existing home market came to RUB 72,091 per m2; the prices have gone down by 0.6% in the last month, Ural Real Estate Chamber’s Analytical Department’s report indicates. The market supply rose by 1.2% in November, reaching 9,120 homes, apartments, and rooms in communal apartments. The selling process (from putting the place on sale to going through with the deal proper) takes about four months to complete at the moment.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 9, 2019. EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Intergraded Metallurgical Plant’s Blast Furnace Department’s repair technician Anton Yevlyukhin and chemical lab technician from the plant’s Heat & Power Station Nailya Askharova won the company’s Mister and Miss EVRAZ Holding Ural Contest, respectively, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center reports. Sixty employees of EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Intergraded Metallurgical Plant and EVRAZ Kachkanarsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise competed in the contest all in all. Anton Yevlyukhin has been working at the plant for