Such a different housing

The development of the market, in contrast to its growth process slozhnonablyudaemy. In the news, write about it rarely and reluctantly. In contrast to the quantitative records, the next hundred thousand square meters and construction of a heroic model Towers in the open field. But no, no yes and slip unnoticed news about something new, which did not exist before: a new housing formats. In terms of compliance with current European formats residential development, St Petersburg rather backward place. In contrast, retail, residential construction is still under hypnosis the early 2000s. A majority of the input square feet of quality and performance is not much went ahead with the level of the 1970s. Even the new quarters, pathetically called integrated development project area, are essentially normal "sleeping areas" just strongly away from the subway. This, of course, the trouble, but not a disaster: new formats estate quietly seep into the market. Sentence structure, of course, they will change soon, but bring in the balance "elitka-flats, townhouses," a pleasant variety. A secret knowledge about the formats of residential real estate market in Europe, while we are absent, can make interesting predictions. Most recently, "Ohta-group" announced the realigning of the hotel "Karelia" in the street Tukhachevsky, 27, in the house. All rooms will make a quality repair, equip the kitchen. On sale will be exhibiting two types of apartments: studio apartments in an area of ​​22 sq. M and two-bedroom apartments of 37 square meters. m. Residents, however, will enjoy the full range of hotel services, including maid service, concierge, lobby bar and restaurant. Pleasure turns an expensive: according to "Kvadrat.ru" (referring to "Fontanka"), a studio apartment will have to pay about 3 million rubles for a two-room apartment, about 4 million foreign strangeness ideas, however, should not be confused. This format has long and densely distributed in Europe and USA and is called the "condo-hotel" (from the word condominium). The essence of the format - it is a combination of full hotel services and residential apartments. From the perspective of consumers of economy-class is, perhaps, a somewhat strange way of life, but that for many workers and fast-moving business - the most it. No need to think about cleaning, food, dirty dishes, all sorts of business details. Everything in the hotel, but in terms of long-term use - much cheaper and more convenient. For corporate clients, it's just the perfect solution. True, the complex is located not very successful. Still, Tukhachevsky street - it is rather "sleeping" rather than business or recreation area. Such services would be much more in demand, the hotel is located in Viborg, Ushakovskaya or Sinop waterfront, close to the emerging business district. But this is the "first swallow", and will soon have more similar projects. We can assume that in these "condo-hotels" could be redesigned a number of business centers of those that were elite in the late 1990s, and now are experiencing problems with competitiveness. Another thing is that there are many more residential properties in St. Petersburg are still poorly represented. For example, "apartment hotel", as exemplified by the Staybridge Suites on Moskovsky Prospect, 97. In essence, it is also a hybrid apartment building and hotel, but hotel-specialization, that is, short term rental. Few in today's St. Petersburg "tenement houses", ie, residential buildings, providing long-term lease apartments. Before the revolution, almost all of downtown was a tenement houses, and now in St. Petersburg commercial apartment building is only one, on Kolomyazhsky. Characteristically, the investors of the project - the foreigners, Russian developers still prefer proven, quick-fixes such as direct sales. Developed in St. Petersburg lofts. Moreover, in both senses of the word, as the reconstruction of attics and lofts, and how to reformat the business and industrial buildings into housing. We can not say that examples of successful projects in the city a lot, but they are. Some developers, including "Petrostil," declared the construction projects in the far outskirts of a small urban apartment complexes very format. The idea is to offer the city's quality of life - but in nature: forests, lakes, the beauty, but do not care about the site, build, dig, cut, think about heating, etc. These "flat in nature," will soon be put up for sale, for example, in the cottage, "Pines" to Sukhodolsky lake. In short, the market until there is room to grow. And if for a moment distracted from the race for social housing and mass construction of suburban high-rise potato fields, we see that the town houses are still capable of surprise. Modern urban development - it's versatility, diversity, density relationships - what makes the city the city, the core of modern economy. And no monolithic "tower" and another one million square feet of some abstract "housing."