RBC: co-owner of the PIK group may sell the Columbus shopping center to the structure of Lilia Rotenberg

The main owner of the PIK development group Sergey Gordeev agreed with the company “TPS Nedvizhimost”, co-owned by Lilia Rotenberg, on the sale of the Columbus shopping and entertainment center in the south of Moscow. About it informed RBC with reference to sources.

According to the publication, the deal is in its final stages. Detailed terms of the deal were not specified. According to Mikael Kazaryan, Head of the Capital Markets and Investments Department at IBC Real Estate, the amount of the transaction could be about 40-45 billion rubles.

The mall is now “at its peak,” says Marina Malakhatko, head of the retail department of the consulting company CORE.XP. “Rented at high rental rates, has stable strong traffic, and, most importantly, tenants have very high turnover there,” she added, adding that the only risk when buying a property could be a drop in rental income.

Columbus was opened in 2015. Its total area is 278,000 square meters. m, and rent – 135,000 sq. m. Now Columbus belongs to the Mirs company, 100% of which is the property of Sergey Gordeev. He is also the main shareholder of the PIK group, he owns a share of 59.3%.

It is specified that TPS Real Estate is owned by Lilia Rotenberg, the daughter of Arkady Rotenberg, as well as the trust of the families of Alexander Ponomarenko and Alexander Skorobogatko. Initially, 33.3% of the company belonged to Arkady Rotenberg, but in 2014 he fell under sanctions and transferred this share to his son Igor. In 2018, the latter also fell under sanctions and transferred a third of the company to Lilia Rotenberg.