The Parus Business Centre ( uk, Бізнес Центр «Парус») is a 34-story
class-A office building in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
, the capital of
Ukraine
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. It is located at the very centre of the city, between Mechnikova St. and Lesi Ukrainky Blvd. (municipal address: 2, Mechnikova St.).
At its opening in 2007 the Parus Business Centre was the highest building it the country, as of 2018 it remains the third highest.
Construction of the building began in 2004, and ended in February 2007.
Apart from its main office use , the property features some of retail space and around of cafes and restaurants
and a 4-story underground
parking garage with a capacity for 300 cars.
While still on the construction stage, the project was also known as ''"Elsburg Plaza"'' ( uk, «Ельсбург Плаза»), but was later renamed to ''"Parus"'' (literally translated as ''"
sail"'') ostensibly because of building's oval-like shape, resembling sail of a ship.
In July 2008, ''
Kontrakty'', Ukrainian business weekly, rated top 10 most expensive offices in Kyiv.
Parus was top of the chart in terms of annual rental income, which stood at some $50 million.
Major tenants at Parus include
McKinsey & Company,
Concorde Capital, an investment bank;
TNK-BP
TNK-BP (Tyumenskaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya, Tyumen Oil Company) was a major vertically integrated Russian oil company headquartered in Moscow. It was Russia's third-largest oil producer and among the ten largest private oil companies in the world. ...
, an oil company;
Olimp, Ukrainian spirits company;
Delin Development, a real estate development company;
Interpipe
Interpipe Group, or simply Interpipe, is a Ukrainian industrial company, a global producer of steel pipes and railway wheels. Interpipe headquarters and production facilities are located in Nikopol, Ukraine. The network of sales offices covers th ...
,
steel pipes producer and others.
Colliers International
Colliers is a Canada-based diversified professional services and investment management company with approximately 18,000 employees in more than 400 offices in 63 countries.
The firm provides services to commercial real estate users, owners, inv ...
, a commercial real estate services company, was an exclusive leasing agent for Parus.
Parus was developed and is owned by ''"Mandaryn Plaza Ltd."'' ( uk, ЗАТ «Мандарин Плаза»), a
joint-stock company, prominent for its
homonymous high-end
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast t ...
shopping center in the center of Kyiv. From 2007 to 2016 the building was owned by Ukrainian businessman,
Dmytro Firtash
Dmytro Vasylovych Firtash ( uk, Дмитро́ Васи́льович Фі́рташ; born 2 May 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman who heads the board of directors of Group DF. He was highly influential during the Yuschenko administration and th ...
.
Gallery
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БЦ Парус Київ фрагмент фасаду.JPG
БЦ Парус Київ Центральний вхід.JPG
БЦ Парус Київ вид з вулиці Мечникова.JPG
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Europe
This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding 190 meters. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, Paris, London and Moscow contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction ...
Notes
a.
The figure is the total area of ground floors only. The total
gross building area (GBA) of Parus, including underground parking garage comes to ca. 75,000 sqm (ca. 807,300 sqf).
References
External links
Parus Business Center home page
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Buildings and structures in Kyiv
Skyscrapers in Ukraine
Buildings and structures completed in 2007
Office buildings in Kyiv
Pecherskyi District
Skyscraper office buildings