At the beginning of the 90s of the last century there appeared and widely developed such forms of unorganized commerce as trade fairs and markets. Starting from 2000 trade and exhibitions complexes gained more and more weight. The next stage was supermarkets’ building.

In general, you can say that stages of the development of shopping centres in Belarus highly resemble tendencies, taking place, among other countries, in Russia and Ukraine. Among the major tendencies are the gradual decrease of unorganized commerce rate, the arrival of international network operators at the market, building of big shopping centres in the outskirts of the city adjacent to big interchanges and building of entertainment areas in shopping centres.

However, all this appeared in Minsk with a four or five-year delay. At least, this has been the situation until recently. Over the last few years the rates of shopping centres’ development increased, which makes us hope for the decrease of the temporary difference.

As mentioned above, such notions as trade and exhibition complex, shopping centre and supermarket have become part of the daily life of Minsk residents in the last few years. The number of such objects grows before our very eyes. Moreover, as the practice shows, the demand for them does not go down in a constantly growing city. All this makes it possible to say confidently that huge shopping centres’ building is a profitable funds investment. The evidence of this is the considerable interest of investors.

One of the biggest companies mobilizing investments into Minsk building is the "BNK Engineering" companies group in Belarus under the direction of Lebanese businessman Abdo Romeo Abdo. The following are the projects of the company:

A business centre in Kalvarijskaja Street, Minsk. . The total area is 18, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 15 million US dollars.

A business centre on Dzerzhinsky Avenue, Minsk. The total area is 18, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 15 million US dollars.

A multifunctional administrative-trading centre on railroad side square, Minsk. The total area is 45, 000 square metres. . Prospective volume of investments - 30 million US dollars.

"Hyatt" 5-star hotel, Minsk, 260 rooms. Approximate volume of investments - 55 million US dollars.

"Druzhba" Residential area, Minsk. The total area is 287, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 150 million US dollars.

"Lebiazhy" Residential area, Minsk. The total area is 100, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 150 million US dollars.

Taking into consideration Mr. Abdo Romeo Abdo’s figures that just these projects investments exceed 100 mln. US dollars and that these objects’ popularity grows among the population, one can be convinced of successful realization of the future projects.

At the beginning of the 90s of the last century there appeared and widely developed such forms of unorganized commerce as trade fairs and markets. Starting from 2000 trade and exhibitions complexes gained more and more weight. The next stage was supermarkets’ building.

In general, you can say that stages of the development of shopping centres in Belarus highly resemble tendencies, taking place, among other countries, in Russia and Ukraine. Among the major tendencies are the gradual decrease of unorganized commerce rate, the arrival of international network operators at the market, building of big shopping centres in the outskirts of the city adjacent to big interchanges and building of entertainment areas in shopping centres.

However, all this appeared in Minsk with a four or five-year delay. At least, this has been the situation until recently. Over the last few years the rates of shopping centres’ development increased, which makes us hope for the decrease of the temporary difference.

As mentioned above, such notions as trade and exhibition complex, shopping centre and supermarket have become part of the daily life of Minsk residents in the last few years. The number of such objects grows before our very eyes. Moreover, as the practice shows, the demand for them does not go down in a constantly growing city. All this makes it possible to say confidently that huge shopping centres’ building is a profitable funds investment. The evidence of this is the considerable interest of investors.

One of the biggest companies mobilizing investments into Minsk building is the "BNK Engineering" companies group in Belarus under the direction of Lebanese businessman Abdo Romeo Abdo. The following are the projects of the company:

A business centre in Kalvarijskaja Street, Minsk. . The total area is 18, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 15 million US dollars.

A business centre on Dzerzhinsky Avenue, Minsk. The total area is 18, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 15 million US dollars.

A multifunctional administrative-trading centre on railroad side square, Minsk. The total area is 45, 000 square metres. . Prospective volume of investments - 30 million US dollars.

"Hyatt" 5-star hotel, Minsk, 260 rooms. Approximate volume of investments - 55 million US dollars.

"Druzhba" Residential area, Minsk. The total area is 287, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 150 million US dollars.

"Lebiazhy" Residential area, Minsk. The total area is 100, 000 square metres. Prospective volume of investments - 150 million US dollars.

Taking into consideration Mr. Abdo Romeo Abdo’s figures that just these projects investments exceed 100 mln. US dollars and that these objects’ popularity grows among the population, one can be convinced of successful realization of the future projects.