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Ukrainian Property attracts more foreign investors

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More and more money are invested by foreign companies in the Ukrainian real estate. Experts note increase in the inflow of foreign investment from Russia and Europe into the Ukrainian real estate market. It is reported by the company SV Development.
Experts believe that the Ukrainian market for a long time will be attractive to foreign companies. All segments of the real estate market is in the growth stage and are far from being saturated. This allows investors to expect a rapid return on investment and high return.
The interest was shown in 35 countries around the world according to the company. Among them, there are Cyprus, Turkey, Italy, USA, Virgin Islands, Germany, Romania, the UK and Poland.
Significant amounts of foreign funds are concentrated in the area of hotels and restaurants, construction, retail and entertainment centers, rental properties.
The most attractive is the capital market for commercial real estate. Here profitability in all segments more than in London, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw and Moscow.
Experts also point out that the money of foreign companies work in other regions of Ukraine. It shows the implementation of projects in Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkov, Odessa, on the southern coast of Crimea and Carpathian mountain slopes.
In Chernovtsy, for example, the real estate accounts for the largest portion of all foreign investment. In particular, the amount of foreign direct investment in the form of share capital was $ 27.9 million.

Ukrainian Cities are among the Best for Investments

Lviv
The European Cites & Regions of the Future 2012/13 awards ceremony took place on March 7th during the MIPIM – the largest real estate show in Cannes, France. The awards were based on the ranking, created by the fDi Intelligence, a unit of Financial Times, the most influential foreign direct investments publication in the world.
More than ten Ukrainian cities received a rank in the TOP-10  in the Eastern Europe, among them – Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovs’k and others. Three Ukrainian regions have also been ranked high – Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv and Lviv oblasts.
The fDi Magazine publishes ranking of the best cities and regions for attracting foreign investments since 2001. This year, the ranking compares 253 European cities using the data under 6 categories: economic potential, human resources, cost effectiveness, quality of life, infrastructure and business friendliness.
Kharkiv
Ukrainian cities in the European Cities and Regions of the Future 2012/2013:
TOP 10 Eastern European Cities with Best FDI Strategy
Lviv – 4  place
TOP 10 Major cities: Cost effectiveness
Kharkiv – 1 place
Dnipropetrovsk – 2 place
TOP 10 Small cities: Cost effectiveness
Mykolaiv – 1 place
TOP 10 Large cities: Cost effectiveness
Odessa – 2 place
Lviv – 3 place
Kyiv – 7 place
dnepropetrovsk2TOP 10 Micro cities: Cost effectiveness
Ternopil – 1 place
Berdyansk – 2 place
Truskavets – 3 place
Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskiy – 4 place
Drogobych – 8 place
Rivne – 10 place
TOP 10 Eastern regions – FDI strategy
Zaporizhzhya – 7 place

Kyiv Investment Forum

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The Kyiv Investment Forum, organized by Kyiv City Administration and the Foundation for Effective Governance in partnership with the Financial Times, will be a platform for a dialogue among representatives of the national and international business community and high-ranking officials.

Confirmed Speakers Include:
Oleksandr Popov, Chairman, Kyiv City State Administration
Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow
Dr. Mohammad Zahoor, Founder and Chairman, ISTIL Group
– Andre Kuusvek, Director, EBRD
Natalia Yaresko, Founding Partner and CEO, Horizon Capital
Key Topics Include:
-Facilitating dialogue between municipal authorities and business
-Presentation of key city projects requiring investment
-Overview of Kyiv city potential and analytical review of key investment areas


          Most interesting key city projects:


         “Kyiv-City” is project of international business district. This project provides polycentric urban development and modern business area outside the historic center of the capital – approach jobs to places of residence. The project of creation “Kyiv-City” approved part of the national project “Future City” and included in the State Register of national projects.
         As previously reported, to accommodate the district considered five areas ranging from 100 hectares to 240 hectares, which lets create for each of them balanced multifunctional complex, which meets the requirements of sustainable development.
         It is estimated the project invovles attracting foreing investment of 2.1 billion USD.


         Project of parking lots. “Kyivtransparkservise” has developed an investment plan that includes three components: constraction of multi-intercepting surface parking at the entrance to the capital, construction of underground parking in downtown and in the “sleeping” area.
         It is expected that new parking will greatly relieve the central line and remove cars from the streets.
         Note that at present the need for parking in Kiev is more than 300 thousand cars.
         Also among the key city projects remains construction of the fourth subway line and business park “BIONIC Hill”.