The company will build a distribution center for suppliers and buyers in the Novosibirsk region worth 15 billion rubles

The Rosagromarket holding, established by the investment group Proxima Capital and the development company Ermak to create a network of wholesale distribution centers (WDC) for trade and processing of agricultural products, announced the timing of the launch of the project in Novosibirsk. The company will begin construction of an ORC with an area of more than 200 thousand square meters. m in the first half of 2016. Investments will exceed 15 billion rubles, of which, first of all, the center - more than 6 billion rubles. It is planned that the ORC will become an alternative infrastructure between suppliers and buyers, focused on the b2b sector, will provide services for pre-sale preparation of agricultural products and provide retail space.

Yesterday, Kommersant became aware of new details of the project to create an ORC for trade and processing of agricultural and food products in the Novosibirsk region. Its implementation is carried out by the Rosagromarket holding, created by the investment group Proxima Capital (financial partner of the project, share of shares in the holding - 80%) and the development company Ermak (management company, 20%).

As Kommersant reported, in November last year, Novosibirsk Governor Vladimir Gorodetsky and project manager Bogdan Grigoriev signed a protocol of intent, and OJSC Investment Development Agency of the Novosibirsk Region (IDA), OJSC Management Company Industrial and Logistics Park (MC PLP) and LLC Management Company Ermak - investment agreement. Then we were talking only about the first stage of the ORC, which would be located on the territory of the PLP. Investments in the initial stage of construction should have amounted to approximately 8 billion rubles.

Yesterday, Rosagromarket reported that an area of 100 hectares had been allocated for the project. The total area of the ORC will be more than 200 thousand square meters. m. The project is expected to be implemented over six years, starting from the first half of 2016, with the first phase of 80 thousand sq. m. m should be completed in 2017. Total investments will exceed 15 billion rubles, of which more than 6 billion rubles are planned to be allocated for the first stage.

The Novosibirsk ORC will become one of five centers in Russia that Rosagromarket intends to build with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. According to the commercial director of the holding, Steven Krieger, it is planned that such centers will become an alternative infrastructure between suppliers and buyers, focused on the b2b sector. ORC will provide services for pre-sale preparation of agricultural products: their sorting, washing and packaging, as well as transportation and provision of retail space. They will include multi-temperature warehouses, distribution centers, shopping areas, including trade with trucks, a shopping center operating in the cash & carry format, a block of offices, cafes and parking areas. The total volume of simultaneous storage of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products, fish and seafood will be 96 thousand tons.

The agricultural holding hopes that the Novosibirsk ORC will also serve the neighboring Siberian regions and will attract the attention of local agricultural producers, primarily farms, as well as federal and regional retail chains, some of which (Holiday, O'Key, X5) " partnerships have already been established.”

“If there is an interesting proposal, we will be ready to consider joint projects with Rosagromarket in such areas as specialized storage of vegetables and fruits, organization of production and pre-sale preparation of products at the ORC premises,” the director of purchasing and logistics of LLC “told Kommersant yesterday.” Holiday Company" Ilya Sukharev.

Yesterday it was impossible to get a prompt comment on Rosagromarket’s plans from the regional government, and the press service of the AIR only confirmed that a site on the territory of the PLP had been allocated for this project.

Timur Nigmatullin, an analyst at Finam, believes that “high-quality warehouse and distribution capacities will definitely be in demand among both large and small wholesalers.” At the same time, he noted that “the success of the Novosibirsk project and its payback will depend, for the most part, on the funds raised and state support.”

Yuri Belov, Novosibirsk

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