Resort property will be used to pay off Olympic debts

The management of the Omega Center NJSC announced the sale of an apartment complex in Sochi built for the Olympics in order to pay off debts to creditor banks.

The sale of the apartments should save the Omega Center NJSC from bankruptcy. The company owes commercial banks 19 billion rubles, Kommersant reports.

According to Omega CEO Elena Zaritskaya, the company plans to begin selling apartments wholesale and retail in April - May 2017. In addition to the apartments, seven technical premises located next to the Olympic Park will be put up for sale.

According to Zaritskaya, they “are not related to the tourist flow.” The property is being sold in order to repay loans received during construction for the Olympics, the debt on which as of January 1, 2017 amounted to 19 billion rubles.

Of this, the Omega Center owes 18.1 billion rubles. PJSC VTB and 888 million rubles. — LLC KB "Kuban Credit". The company's expenses in preparation for the Olympics amounted to 62 billion rubles. budget funds and over 21 billion rubles. - non-budgetary. At the same time, Omega was not included in the list of companies receiving support from Vnesheconombank.

The management of NJSC Omega Center has already developed a concept for the sale of the company’s real estate assets, which will be presented today in Sochi. It is still unknown how the trading will take place. The cost of the lots is not mentioned either.

Experts believe that the earlier decision to halve government spending on the maintenance of the Olympic Park in Sochi in 2017 worsened Omega’s situation.

In 2014-2015, more than 500 million rubles were allocated for the maintenance of the park. per year under the program “Development of the sanatorium-resort and tourist complex.” The program was financed from the municipal budget of Sochi and the regional budget in a ratio of 40% to 60%.

Funds for the maintenance of the park come from the budget to the account of the management company NJSC Omega Center. At the 60th session, the deputies of the ZSK adopted a resolution according to which, by April 1, 2017, the management of the Omega Center NJSC, together with the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory, must develop a development strategy for the organization.

At the same time, earlier the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that the number of rooms at the Omega Center in Sochi would not be sold out. “The Omega Center is a growth point where you can make money. Today we are driven into a dead end by starting the commercial sale of hotel rooms at a completely ridiculous price in order to pay off a commercial bank. Today I have to get creative, find funding, but save the remaining 9 thousand rooms,” said the head of the region.

According to the Kartoteka.ru system, NJSC Omega Center was registered on December 11, 2006 with an authorized capital of 42.6 billion rubles.

The organization's loss in 2015 amounted to 21 billion rubles.

The founder is the Department of Property Relations of the Krasnodar Territory.

Areas of activity: management of the Sochi Autodrom race track, management of commercial real estate and hotel stock, organization of sports, commercial and exhibition events, operation of buildings and structures.

Objects owned by NJSC "Omega Center": Indoor skating center "Adler Arena", "Sochi Autodrom", City Hotel "Velvet Seasons" (more than 8,000 rooms), Tulip Inn Omega Sochi hotel, complex of administrative buildings of the Olympic Park.

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