(KZN.RU,
December 21, Zilya Gayfi). Commissioning of 800 thousand square meters of
housing is planned in Kazan this year, which is 5% more than last year. This
was announced during the show “Theme” on the channel “Efir” with Ilsur Metshin,
the Mayor of Kazan.
According
to the head of the city, the number of projects under construction is one of
the indicators of the city development level along with investment
attractiveness and fertility statistics. “The number of cranes, working on
building sites, is striking, it is an indication if the city is living or not.
The sphere of housing construction is a kind of “litmus test” of the city
development. Of course, small and medium businesses, large enterprises had a
lot of struggle this year. However, some have strengthened positions, expanded
market and increased profits. New projects are open, including in the sphere of
housing construction”, said the Mayor.
Last year,
762 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in Kazan. That
allowed the Tatarstan's capital to take the leading positions among the cities
with million population of Russia on the volume of construction works for the
year. Businesses and organizations of the city passed 10,004 apartments with
total area of 588,300 square meters.