Elena Stryukova: ‘Most of the new tenants in shopping centres of Kazan are Russian companies’

Kazan retail, office and warehouse real estate market overview for the first quarter of the year


Elena Stryukova: ‘Most of the new tenants in shopping centres of Kazan are Russian companies’ Photo: Реальное время

Since the beginning of negotiations between the United States and Russia on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, the topic of the return of foreign companies to the domestic market has been actively discussed. In particular, American companies want to return to Russia and occupy a niche in Europe, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, recently said. But so far, no direct appeals have been received from tenants who left earlier, said Elena Stryukova, managing partner of Perfect RED and representative of the Russian Russian Guild of Managers and Developers in Tatarstan. Why their return may be complicated, how much rent has risen in price, and how the Kazan commercial real estate market as a whole has experienced the first quarter of the year, the expert tells in the author's column for Realnoe Vremya.

Commercial real estate

The process of replacing brands that have left the Russian market in shopping centres is almost complete. According to the results of the first quarter of 2025, the vacancy rate was only 6%. Most of the new tenants are Russian companies.

Due to the low proportion of vacant space in shopping centres, the pace of new store openings is also decreasing: 16 stores opened in the first quarter of 2025. For comparison, there were 24 of them in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Process of replacing brands that have left the Russian market in shopping centres is almost complete. Мария Зверева / realnoevremya.ru

Warehouse real estate

There is a slight decrease in demand for warehouses in the first quarter of 2025. The main constraining factors for concluding deals were the growth of rental rates and the unpredictable dynamics of consumer activity. As a result, a significant part of the tenants have taken a wait-and-see attitude, optimising their resources and used areas.

No new facilities were commissioned in the first quarter. By the end of this year, the forecast for the commissioning of class A warehouses in Kazan and the agglomeration is 204,000 square metres.

The vacancy rate at the end of the first quarter of 2025 was 3.4%. For the first time in three years, rental units of up to 7,800 square metres have appeared. In general, during the year we will observe fluctuations in the vacancy rate due to the completion of the construction of speculative warehouses entering the market, the rotation of tenants, as well as the appearance of sublease offers.

Trends and forecasts

Following the record growth in rental rates and sale prices of warehouse real estate in Kazan, they are expected to slow down. Максим Платонов / realnoevremya.ru

Office real estate

Office real estate in Kazan has a structure typical of most cities with a population of over a million people. It is represented by a variety of objects: from buildings built in the 2000s to reconstructed facilities and modern structures.

The total volume of high-quality business centers of classes “A”, “B +" and “B” exceeds 576,000 square meters and includes 62 facilities with a total area of more than 3,000 square meters. Class A business centers account for 26% of the total volume of high-quality office real estate, class B+ business centers occupy 15%, and class B — 59%. This diversity indicates the needs of businesses in various office space formats.

At the end of the first quarter of 2025, the vacancy rate in office real estate reached 4%, which is 3 percentage points higher compared to the same period in 2024. The main reasons for the increase in the share of vacant premises are the entry of new facilities into the market, tenant rotation and an increase in rental rates (in some cases, which led to tenants moving to more budget facilities).

News, trends and forecasts

*Rental rate is indicated here and below, including VAT and OpEx

Автор: Elena Stryukova

Tatarstan

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