
The financial crisis covered not only ordinary people with the head, but walked both rich and famous. The stars of show business are forced to tighten the belts, the newspaper "Life" states.
Sofia Rotaru was less lucky. Due to the crisis, she had to put up for sale an unfinished VIP hotel in Yalta.
The crisis forces Sofia Rotaru to part with the dream of a business that will provide her with a comfortable old age.
Desperate, the artist decided to sell the unfinished hotel complex in the resort Yalta. The construction of an elite hotel in Crimea named after himself (a boutique hotel called "Villa Sofia")? The first business project of the singer. Sofia dreamed of erecting the hotel with her husband. After his death, the singer decided to complete the elite hotel in memory of him.
The singer literally conquered the site under the hotel from the local authorities. For this, Rotaru even turned to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. But the result was worth it? The architectural monument, the legendary swimsuit of Roffe, built in 1897, went into the use of stars.
Work on the restoration and restructuring of the historical building, according to the publication, can be safely called the "construction of the century". The entrance portal and a hol in the Moroccan style with a stucco molding from gypsum were restored. For reconstruction, repair and arrangement, Sofia Rotaru spent an impressive amount? About 7 million dollars.
Today, Villa Sofia is a small cozy hotel with an attic, designed for 12 rooms. There is also an Italian restaurant, lounge cafe with karaoke and even spa channels.
Rotaru planned to manage the hotel on her own, and the son of Ruslan and the daughter -in -law Svetlana Evdokimenko were supposed to help her.
To launch the project, considerable investments were required. But then the crisis struck.
"The construction of a hotel complex of this level requires huge monetary investments, now there is simply no such money,? Assistant artist is divided. Sofia Mikhailovna got into huge debts, and the construction had to be frozen. The object that should bring income brings losses."
"An unstable financial situation, you understand. That is why the decision to freeze the object is now the most rational,"? Comments the sad situation by the singer's close friend.
"The hotel needs to be sold",? I decided the fate of the hotel herself to Rotaru.