ARKN begins accepting applications for membership

A presentation of ARKN for the professional community took place in Moscow. The event brought together more than 40 guests, including top officials of the largest companies in the commercial real estate market. During the presentation, ARKN representatives received the first applications for membership, which confirms the interest in the association from the professional community.

Premium office block STONE Towers

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The Association of Commercial Real Estate Participants for Sustainable Development (ARKN) was founded by two leading companies in the field of commercial real estate — O1 Properties and STONE. ARKN is an association of key industry players, designed to represent their interests, put forward initiatives aimed at disseminating and popularizing ESG approaches, and serve as a platform for the development of joint projects.

Guests of the event were top managers of development, investment and consulting companies operating in the real estate market: AB Development, AFI Development, Asterus, CMWP, Comcity, CORE.XP, IBC Real Estate, KR Properties, Millhouse, MR Group, Multispace, NF Group , Nikoliers, Parametr, Raven Russia, Remain, ricci, Valartis Group, Vos'hod, A101, Hals-Development, Dominanta, Pioneer, Trust Technologies.

Pavel Barbashev, commercial director of O1 Properties, and Victoria Vasilyeva, deputy general director of STONE, spoke on behalf of ARKN. They spoke about the history of the creation of ARKN, its goals and mission.

The speech by Veronica Ilyina, Managing Director of the National PPP Center, was dedicated to the Clover system, the operator of which is the PPP National Center. The system allows real estate projects to be assessed for compliance with the principles of sustainability and green building. Currently, more than 100 objects with a total area of ​​7.8 million square meters have been applied for certification. m. The creation of a Russian green certification system was the first initiative of ARKN. It was launched in the summer of 2022 with the support of the PPP Center and the ANO “Center for Sustainable Development in the Field of Construction and Operation of Real Estate”.

ARKN intends to actively promote the implementation of sustainable practices and standards in the field of commercial real estate, and also contribute to the development of a unified position of participants in the commercial real estate market on the system of voluntary environmental certification of commercial real estate, classification of buildings, etc. The Association invites interested developers, owners, operators of commercial real estate spaces, consultants and investors to join this important initiative.