The international consulting company in the field of real estate  CBRE announces the launch of a new business line «Street retail» as part of the department of retail premises in Moscow. The team of three professionals who joined CBRE with a combined profile experience of more than 16 years is responsible for the selection and implementation of premises with a separate entrance. The new direction will be headed by Yulia Nazarova, who has considerable expertise in the management of rent and sale of street retail.

Goal CBRE to provide its clients with all types of commercial real estate services, in particular, the company's retail platform includes five divisions of various specializations and enables any operations with commercial real estate, including analysis, rental and sale of non-residential premises located on the first floors of buildings.

Prior to joining CBRE, Yulia Nazarova held the position of head of street retail at JLL. Over 8 years of work, Yulia has implemented many large transactions for the lease and sale of retail premises on the streets of Moscow, including complex transactions: sale of premises with an area of 2.1 thousand square meters. m on Rublevsky Highway with subsequent leasing and re-sale by blocks; sale of premises with an area of 2.7 thousand square meters on Pyatnitskaya Street with further leasing to a number of restaurateurs in order to increase income and increase the investment attractiveness of the object; sale 1.8 thousand square meters Zara on Kuznetsky Bridge and many others. The list of realized rental deals includes flagship stores Nike (2016 CRE Moscow Awards deal), Massimo Dutti, Adidas, Kiko Milano on Kuznetsky Most and many others.

Professional experience in commercial real estate of another team member, Olesya Averkina, is more than 3 years old. Before joining CBRE Olesya worked in the street retail department of JLL as a senior consultant. In the portfolio of projects implemented by Olesya – lease deals with companies such as WeWork (an international network of coworking spaces) on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street, the flagship store New Balance on Tverskaya, the first Eat Market from Zemskiy Group on the Red Rose, restaurant Grigory Leps on Petrovka Street, as well as commercial real estate purchase and sale transactions.

Olga Filippenko, the third new player of CBRE, has been working in the retail segment for 5 years. Olga's key clients were the largest retailers (X5 Retail Group, "Sberbank", Adidas and others), as well as owners of such projects as BC Rosso Riva, shopping center Dream House, BC Comcity, BC «Novospassky, BC «Trading Post», «Red October».

Comments Marina Malakhatko, Director of Retail Premises CBRE in Moscow: "Moscow is one of the most attractive cities for retail expansion among the world's megacities and offers great opportunities to both local and international market players. We are pleased to present a new business line that will help our tenant clients to develop their business on key streets of Moscow qualitatively, as well as assist private investors in optimizing their portfolio and forming the most liquid product in this segment. Over the past three years, we have significantly expanded our business and expertise in retail, continuing to provide services of the highest quality. The new team led by Yulia is ideally integrated into our retail platform, as it has a unique expertise in street retail, from forming a strategy for renting, purchasing or selling premises for property owners to managing landmark transactions with the largest international brands.

Source: CBRE

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