Moscow Business Defense « Armma » changed the owner
Stanislav Karabut, who previously ruled the assets of billionaire Oleg Deripaska, became the owner of the Arma business park for 90 thousand square meters. m in the area of the Kursk station in the center of Moscow. The estimated value of the object is 40 billion rubles.
The data that Stanislav Karabut received 100% at Az Arma LLC, on the balance sheet of the same business park (according to open sources, with an area of 90 thousand square meters) near the Kursk station in the center of Moscow, Kommersant discovered in the SPARK base. Previously, he managed companies that are associated with Oleg Deripaska, whose fortune Forbes estimates at $ 4.1 billion.
In particular, Mr. Karabut led PJSC “Trekhgorenaya Manufactory” (owns the office quarter of the same name in the center of Moscow), the Russian-Asian investment company and was a member of the board of directors of Airport Anapa JSC, which is under the control of the South Airports. It was not possible to contact Stanislav Karabut. The representative of Mr. Deripaska quickly did not respond to the request “Kommersant”.
The initial “Arma” belonged to the company “Big City” Rustem Teregulov, but more than two years ago he handed over the object to the new owner (See “Kommersant” dated June 10, 2022). Then the owner became JSC “Yu-Craft” under the direction of Vladislav Tsygan, which was also led by Special Technics JSC of the ex-campaign of EuroCima Dmitry Strezhnev, whose fortune in 2021, Forbes estimated at $ 750 million. In JSC “Yu-Credft” did not respond to Kommersant’s request.
The head of the Office Department of the consulting company Invest7 Ksenia Kharkevich evaluates the business quarter « Arma » at 450 thousand rubles. per 1 sq. m.
Thus, the value of the sold asset can reach 40.5 billion rubles. According to the calculations of the Kommersant source in the real estate market, the object may generate 2.7 billion rubles from renting. annually.
Mrs. Kharkevich believes that the new owner of Army has experience in managing commercial real estate, taking into account his experience in the “Trekhgorenaya Manufactory”. These are similar projects created on the basis of industrial buildings, the expert emphasizes. Natalya Nikitina, head of the office real estate department of the CMWP consulting company, considers Arma an attractive asset, as evidenced by the high level of filling in the object that corresponds to the class V.
Business centers have become the most popular segment among investors in commercial real estate. According to the consulting company Nikoliers, in 2024 the volume of investments in such objects in Russia as a whole amounted to 804.3 billion rubles, of which 53% fell on office objects. About 79% of transactions with office real estate were implemented by end users – this is a 31 percentage point (p.) For more than a year by the year, consultants clarify. Among them there are many large transactions from the parties, including the purchase of Russian Railways in Moscow Towers in Moscow City, and the Central Bank-squares in the Slava business complex in the area of the Belorussky Station of the capital.
Office squares are in demand not only for purchase, but also for rent. According to Core.xp consulting company, in January-March 2025, the share of free space in the business centers of Moscow was reduced by 2.5 p. A year by a year, to 3.5%. Due to the supply deficiency, the volume of transactions decreased by 16% of the year, to 360 thousand square meters. m.
