Last year, more than 1.8 million began to operate in Russia and began to operate.sq. meters of excellent retail space. All these data are shown in the study conducted by a large concern “Jones Lang Lasalle”.
Moreover, according to statistics, only 7%accounts for the capital, which is about 100 thousand square meters. meters. A few years ago, the Moscow share from the total total was 24 percent. If we compare the volume of input with 2011, then in the capital it decreased by as many as 20 percent.
The same negative dynamics of input was observed in the northern capital in 2012. A similar situation took place in several million-plus cities. At the same time, the construction of shopping centers in small cities began to increase. Last year, the share of such cities reached 58 percent, which is 880,000 square meters. meters.
In accordance with the forecasts of experts, in the future 2013 in regions where the population is less than one million people, perhaps the volume of commissioning of trading floors, can reach 2 – 3 million. square meters.
Experts estimated that the volume of entry throughout Russia of the latest shopping centers does not change at all and lasts at the same level for the past four years.