Megafon bought its office for $ 78 million

One of the officially approved victims of the crisis? "Megafon"? She announced the acquisition of an office building in November for 2.4 billion rubles (about 78 million dollars), BFM.ru reports. Real estate analysts are surprised at the ability of a mobile operator to knock down the price for their new asset.

In November, OJSC Megafon signed an agreement on the purchase of a 100% stake in CJSC Construction Company Absolut for 2 billion 418 million rubles, the operator said in a statement. The construction company owns the building on Kadashevskaya Embankment in Moscow, which is located the central office of MegaFon.

According to the representative of the real estate agency, which, in the summer, at the guarantee of the Ulut SK, was engaged in the sale of this building, $ 90 million was asked for the office. "In September, the price was reduced to $ 80 million. The owner of the building in connection with the real estate market on the real estate market really needed money, and therefore reduced the price. Initially," Megafon "did not appear among potential buyers of the asset? He was not satisfied with the price, but then the owner made an offer to his longtime tenant. In addition, at the beginning of 2009 the lease agreement expired at the beginning of 2009 Buildings ",? He tells.

The total area of ​​the building building of 2004, previously rented, and now acquired by Megafon, is 6512 square meters. meters. The underground parking is designed for 38 cars, ground? For another 15. Thus, Megafon acquired an office based on 12-12.5 thousand dollars per square meter, that is, the total amount of the transaction could be a little more than $ 78 million.

The Director General of the Rielter-Investment company April Alexander Ilyukhin believes that this is an underestimated price even for crisis time. “However, there are no surprising transactions in such and such transactions? Now very many people have a need for a cache and are ready to provide 20 percent and even more discounts. Megaphone, apparently, managed to be pushed by the owner of the building,”? He says.