The decline in the construction of warehouses and shopping centers hit the metallurgists

The production of metal structures in 2022 decreased by 11% to 2 million tons. This is reported in the Infoline Analytics review prepared for the Steel Construction Development Association, which Vedomosti has read. Experts include frames of buildings and structures, structures of bridges and overpasses, road metal structures, power transmission towers and communication masts in this category.

The reduction in production is associated with a decrease in the commissioning of warehouses and shopping centers (SCs), as well as a decrease in the number of actively implemented projects in industry and the agro-industrial complex, follows from the review. It emphasizes that in 2022, the commissioning of shopping centers in Russia has decreased by more than 50% (22 shopping centers with a total area of ​​over 700,000 sq. m. have been commissioned).