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- Comfort class
- 5 min walk to Pr. Glory" (opening in 2018)
- Picturesque green areas with a system of lakes
- Convenient transport accessibility
- Turnkey finishing
- A small number of apartments per floor
- Sports and children's playgrounds, recreation areas
- Mini markets, pharmacies, beauty salons, cafes
- Largest parks St. Petersburg (Park of Heroes-Firefighters and Park of Internationalists)
- The houses are completed!
The Sofia residential complex is a large comfort-class project in the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg. New residents of the first completed houses have already appreciated the advantages of being adjacent to a picturesque park area with a system of lakes. On the northern side there is the Park of Internationalists, on the southern side there is the Park of Heroes-Firefighters. Transport connections are provided by the Southern Highway, Bukharestskaya Street, Slavy Avenue and the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station; the Slavy Avenue station is being built - residents of Sofia can walk to it in 5 minutes.
Park areas are not the only place for daily promenade for residents of Sofia; pedestrian alleys are organized on the vast territory of the complex, sports grounds with horizontal bars and exercise equipment, play complexes for children, dog walking areas and bike paths. The internal infrastructure is supplemented by two schools and two kindergartens, as well as several surface parking lots. Several grocery hypermarkets and entertainment centers, located within a kilometer radius, will satisfy the needs for daily purchases.
Upcoming launches of metro facilities:
- commissioning of the Yuzhnoye electric depot.
- commissioning of a section on Line 5 with three stations: “Prospekt Slavy”, “Dunayskaya”, “Shushary”.
New stations and lobbies of the St. Petersburg metro
Construction three new stations of the Frunzensky radius is the final stage on the formation of Line 5 in the south of the city. Construction of the 5.23 km long section began in 2012.
A special feature of the project is the introduction of a double-track distillation tunnel with an external diameter of 10.3 m - for the first time in domestic practice. The new section starts from the Shushary ground station with a gradual deepening to the Dunayskaya intermediate station, built on shallow ground (depth 27 m). “Dunayskaya” is the first experience of St. Petersburg metro builders in constructing a station complex using the closed-open method (“TopDown”). The double-track running tunnel was further buried to a level of 56 m in order to bring future trains to “Prospekt Slavy” - this is a pylon-type station on a deep foundation, which is being built with two escalator tunnels and vestibules.
Along with three new stations, the St. Petersburg Metro will also receive a new Yuzhnoye electric depot, which will significantly facilitate the operation and improve the quality of service of rolling stock.
http://krti.gov.spb.ru/stroitelstvo-metropolitena/.
- Line 4 (Pravoberezhnaya)
In 2015, the Metrostroy company began construction work for the construction of a new section of Line 4, which includes two stations deep: “Theatrical” and “Mining Institute”.
The Teatralnaya lobby is planned to be underground with exits to the surface near the historical building of the Mariinsky Theater. The new station will significantly improve transport accessibility of the central part of the Admiralteysky district.
“Mining Institute” will become the third station on Vasilievsky Island and will relieve the existing “Primorskaya” and “Vasileostrovskaya” stations. The entrances and exits of the underground lobby will be located at the intersection of Bolshoy Prospekt and Kosaya Line, ensuring pedestrian accessibility for students and employees of the Mining Institute.
Information on the progress of construction is available on the website of the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg http://krti.gov.spb.ru/stroitelstvo-metropolitena/.
- Line 6 (Krasnoselsko-Kalininskaya)
The new sixth metro line is designed to provide high-speed transport links several urban areas of the city, as well as remove some of the load from existing lines. The first launch site consists of two deep stations: Yugo-Zapadnaya and Putilovskaya.
The Yugo-Zapadnaya lobby is planned as a six-story building, including office space for subway departments.
According to the project, behind the station in the south-west direction a reserve will be left for the construction of a connecting branch with the new promising Krasnoselskoye electric depot.
The Putilovskaya station will be an interchange with the organization of a transition to the Kirovsky Zavod station of Line 1. Passenger communication between the lines will be organized through transfer corridors and small escalators.
As part of the construction of the new section, the construction of a connecting branch to Line 1 is also provided.
Information on the progress of construction is available on the website of the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg
The history of overpasses stretches back to 2009, when city government decree No. 379 appeared, which provided for the construction of 65 bridges. Six more were subsequently added. The program was designed until 2015. However, there was always not enough money for construction; As a result, in 2013, a crossing on the Tallinn Highway was peacefully and joyfully opened in St. Petersburg. With the crossings on Slavy Avenue, everything was much more ambiguous.
To begin with, the crossing projects in Kupchin, with their pretentiousness and originality, attracted the attention of the then district leadership, and received full support from this leadership. What can't be said about most local residents. The crossings were built at the intersection of Glory Avenue and Budapest Street and at the site of the ground crossing, west of the intersection of the same avenue with Belgrade Street. The structures were popularly called "crab" and "shrimp", respectively.
The “shrimp” crossing, now located on the site of a former ground pedestrian crossing east of the intersection of Glory Avenue and Belgrade Street, has caused a stream of fair criticism from the very beginning of construction. The justification for the construction of the structure raises serious doubts. The overpass simply replaced the usual ground crossing, without changing anything at all in the traffic capacity of the road. Only the pedestrian crossing traffic light, which previously duplicated the traffic light at a nearby intersection, has disappeared.
Here it should be said that the ground pedestrian crossing that existed for many years, in the absence of road turns and excellent visibility, was, according to statistics, one of the safest in Kupchin. The automobile intersection of Belgrade Street and Glory Avenue is by no means so safe. Having two left turns from Belgrade Street (on both sides of Belgrade Street), and extreme traffic congestion, it often becomes a place of congestion and traffic jams, and accidents often occur here. But this intersection has nothing to do with the pedestrian crossing. There are no pedestrian paths at the intersection itself and never have been. After the opening of the new elevated pedestrian crossing, there were no changes in traffic flow at the intersection.
Now let's look at the new crossing from a pedestrian's point of view. The comparison will clearly not be in favor of the innovation. The width of Glory Avenue in this place is approximately 35 m. It was this distance that pedestrians needed to overcome. Now, to cross the avenue, you need to climb to the height of the fourth floor along a steep staircase. An alternative is an immensely long ramp that goes around the passage twice on each side. As a result, to cross the avenue through the new crossing, a pedestrian will have to walk at least 310 m. And while such jogging may well be beneficial for a young person, for older, and even more so, sick people, such an obstacle can pose a serious problem, and sometimes, and become an insurmountable obstacle.
The building was opened quietly, in the background. No ribbons were cut, no speeches were made... Strangely enough, the relevant services did not put this structure into operation for a long time. There were only documents about the safety of the crossing.
The most important thing to note about the sensations of pedestrians crossing the bridge is that the crossing is swaying. With this property it resembles the Volodarsky Bridge. The only difference is that multi-ton trucks and trams rush across the bridge, the crossing is intended only for pedestrians, and even freight traffic along Glory Avenue has long been prohibited. I would like to hope that this feature of the transition will not lead to any disaster.
In May 2018, a long-awaited event will take place in St. Petersburg - the opening of the second stage of the Frunzensky metro radius. Three stations will be put into operation: “Shushary”, “Dunayskaya”, “Prospekt Slavy”, as well as the new electric depot “Yuzhnoye”. Novostroy-SPb learned from experts how the opening of these stations will affect the market for new buildings located in nearby locations.
Briefly about the main thing
The opening of new metro stations is always associated with the development of the city's infrastructure. It is known that this section of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya (purple) metro line will first begin to operate as a technical branch (commissioning work will be carried out there), and only at the end of the year (November-December 2018) will it open to passengers. More precise dates will be determined soon.
Development scheme of the St. Petersburg metro
The length of the new section of the route will be 5.23 km. It will start from the ground station “Shushary” (Avtozavodskaya St., west of the intersection with Sofiyskaya St.) and will gradually deepen towards “Dunayskaya” (southeast of the intersection of Bukharestskaya St. and Danube Ave.). The Prospect Slavy station, equipped with two vestibules, is located at a depth of 56 m. Its first vestibule is located south of the intersection of Slavy Avenue and Bukharestskaya Street, the second is southeast of the intersection of Bukharestskaya Street. and Alpisky lane
Source: Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg
It is assumed that the new metro stations will relieve congestion on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya (blue) line and significantly improve transport accessibility of the Frunzensky district.
Will prices go up?
The construction of new metro stations always has an impact on the pricing of new buildings, says Olga Trosheva, head of the Consulting Center "Petersburg Real Estate". If we compare projects in one location, then a square meter in residential complexes located near the metro costs on average 20% more. Thanks to the presence of a metro station, both the transport accessibility of the area and the overall quality of the urban environment are significantly improved.
Alexey Bushuev, Sales Director Seven Suns Development, calls transport accessibility of a location one of the key factors that buyers focus on when choosing housing. The opening of the metro will have the maximum effect for housing within walking distance or no more than a couple of stops from the subway. Depending on the characteristics of a particular residential complex and its distance from the metro, the price per square meter may increase in the range from 3 to 10%.
As a rule, there are few new residential complexes located a stone’s throw from the metro in already inhabited areas, the press service comments. "LSR Group". If we talk about maximum proximity to the metro, then, basically, new construction is carried out in the range of 1-1.5 km from the nearest station and further - this distance can be considered acceptable.
In the “standard” and “comfort” segments, apartments in projects near the metro (up to 1-1.5 km from the station) can be 10-20% more expensive than in objects with similar characteristics located further away. The value of real estate may also be affected by the provision of infrastructure in the area where the house is being built.
“The opening of a new metro station is an event whose significance for mass-market housing is difficult to overestimate. News of such content instantly affects the cost of housing, increases the attractiveness of the location in the eyes of buyers and, of course, attracts new residents and new construction companies to this place.”
Yulia Semakina, marketing analyst at BFA-Development CJSC
The increase in housing costs when a new metro station opens in a location is approximately 10% of the current price level. It is difficult to make a more accurate forecast, because it depends on many factors, comments Yulia Semakina.
Andrey Kugiy, commercial director Glorax Development, believes that the issue of the dependence of the cost of housing on the presence of a metro station nearby is ambiguous: “There are two points here. On the one hand, an improvement in the transport situation, of course, can stimulate demand for real estate in the location. But it is worth understanding that, as a rule, developers and their clients know about the planned construction of a metro a year or two before the start of the project, so this factor is already included in the cost of housing in the area. On the other hand, the actual quality of the project matters. If it is well thought out by the developer, then a slight increase in price will not scare off the buyer. In the case where the project is unsuccessful, no infrastructure construction will be able to increase demand for it, which means that prices for illiquid goods will only decline.”
New buildings near new metro stations
According to Olga Trosheva, the Prospekt Slavy and Dunayskaya metro stations, which are scheduled to open in 2018 in the Frunzensky district, are located in long-established locations where primarily secondary housing is concentrated. There are few objects under construction here: these are Residential complex "Sofia" on the Southern Highway and Residential complex "Balkans" on Budapest street. Apartments here are already being sold at a price that exceeds the average market price. Among the promising projects are Residential complex "Novoe Kupchino", the construction of which is planned on M. Bukharestskaya Street. The Shushary metro station will be located far from residential neighborhoods - at the Ring Road interchange on Avtozavodsky Proezd, so its opening will most likely not affect the average cost of apartments.
The press service of LSR Group tells more about the Sofia residential complex: “This comfort-class property is located in relative proximity to the Prospekt Slavy metro station. This is one of the company’s most large-scale projects, which LSR Group completed construction in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the year. About 466 thousand square meters were built here. m of real estate, of which just over 308 thousand sq. m accounts for housing. The 23 buildings of Sofia include 5,819 apartments. Moreover, all of them have already prepared finishing. On the north side there is the Park of Internationalists, on the south - the Park of Heroes-Firefighters. Park areas are not the only place for daily promenade for Sofia residents: the vast territory of the complex includes pedestrian alleys, sports grounds with horizontal bars and exercise equipment, playgrounds for children, dog walking areas and bicycle paths.”
Andrey Kugiy reports that construction of a residential complex is underway in this location "Twin House", which is located in walking distance from the metro station “Mezhdunarodnaya” of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya line. The city will continue this line. In addition, in the Frunzensky district, the Glorax Development company is implementing a large-scale project Ligovsky City, the residential areas of which will also be located near the Obvodny Kanal and Volkovskaya metro stations. So buyers of real estate in the residential complexes “First Quarter” and “Second Quarter” can be satisfied.
Will the investment attractiveness of the area increase?
The accessibility of the location where the new building is located certainly affects the cost per square meter, comments Yulia Semakina. An apartment near the metro and within the city limits is much more expensive than a regional one with poor transport accessibility. But the demand for a particular project depends not only on the metro, especially in today’s realities, when the real estate market has become a buyer’s market. Poorly developed social and commercial infrastructure, the crime rate of the area are factors that negatively affect demand. For renting out, especially to young people without children, students who don’t care what external environment to live, walking distance to the metro plays a significant role, housing near the “subway” is very important .
Due to the fact that apartments near the metro have high liquidity, they can be sold or rented out fairly quickly, says Alexey Bushuev. Therefore, real estate near the metro is in high demand by investors seeking to make profitable investments and increase their funds.
“Of course, the appearance of the metro affects the investment attractiveness of the area, but there are a number of other factors that developers and investors take into account when choosing a location. Therefore, I would not completely link the opening of new stations and a sharp increase in investment in the area.”
Andrey Kugiy, commercial director of Glorax Development
District infrastructure development
Will there be a noticeable development of the area's infrastructure after the launch of new metro stations? This question is difficult to answer unambiguously. “Of course, the opening of new stations in localities can give some impetus. But whether this will entail any fundamental changes and infrastructural shifts is not known. Still, the metro station, which is an important element of the city’s transport system, cannot be called a point of attraction or a “place of power” around which the area begins to flourish. For such changes, a larger scale is needed - for example, the implementation of a large development project covering a vast territory. So, we, for example, believe that the construction of Ligovsky City will change and appearance the historical center of the city, and its internal content,” comments Andrey Kugiy.
Improving the transport accessibility of a particular area may well improve the attractiveness of a particular location, but no boom should be expected, according to the press service of LSR Group. As practice shows, metro lines are extended to areas of the city that just need the opening of new stations, and there is already partially established infrastructure there.”
Alexey Bushuev expresses a different opinion: “The appearance of the metro automatically means a significant increase in passenger traffic and the number of potential customers. Therefore, the opening of a new station gives a powerful impetus to the development of commercial and social infrastructure microdistrict."
Publication date February 01, 2018