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The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow-City, is an under-construction commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third Ring Road at the western edge of the Presnensky District in the Central Administrative Okrug. Construction of the MIBC takes place on the Presnenskaya Embankment of the Moskva River, approximately west of Red Square.

The complex is home to the highest numbers of skyscrapers in Europe. The Government of Moscow first conceived the project in 1992, as a mixed development of office, residential, retail and entertainment facilities. An estimated 250,000 – 300,000 people will be working in, living in, or visiting the complex at any given time. By 2016, twelve of the twenty-three planned facilities of the MIBC were already built; seven buildings were under construction; and four were in the design stage.

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General description

History

Before construction began, the area was a stone quarry and industrial zone, where most of the buildings were old factories that had been closed or abandoned. A public company, CITY, was created in 1992, to oversee the initial creation and development of Moscow City as well as its subsequent usage. CITY is also a general contractor and both landlord and lessor. Overall responsibility for the architectural planning and design of Moscow City belongs to the architectural studio No. 6, which is a part of the large Moscow practice Mosproject-2 named after Mikhail Vasilyevich Posokhin. This group, headed by Gennady Lvovich Sirota, who is officially the Chief Architect of Moskva-Citi, is in charge of overseeing the design of the complex as a whole and agreeing the details of individual projects. Each building lot has its own investor and architect. By 2014, the volume of investments in Moskva-City was approximately $12 billion.

Management

Established in the spring of 1992, the PJSC City Company manages the creation and development of the MIBC. On 30 December 1994, the Government of Moscow authorized PJSC City to act as the managing company for the MIBC and to negotiate with third parties to help develop the MIBC. As of February 2014, the company was owned by the Solvers Group, led by Oleg Malis.

Buildings

File:Moskva_city.svg, center, 550px, The plots of Moscow-City
poly 1641 833 1642 834 1680 899 1659 916 1779 1118 1798 1101 1843 1153 1780 1200 1739 1146 1757 1133 1638 928 1621 941 1582 869 Bagration Bridge
poly 1173 482 1174 483 1395 379 1430 436 1220 562 One Tower
poly 1484 465 1485 466 1850 253 1818 182 1891 140 2106 507 1749 800 1674 792 Expocentre
poly 1586 721 1587 722 1638 804 1566 845 1517 766 Evolution Tower
poly 1512 770 1513 771 1620 952 1511 1022 1412 828 Evolution Tower
poly 1407 832 1408 833 1512 1023 1399 1090 1288 900 Imperia Tower
poly 1501 583 1502 583 1581 710 1451 783 1372 662 Central Core
poly 1368 663 1369 664 1449 786 1287 883 1209 756 Central Core
poly 1205 758 1206 759 1281 882 1143 963 1099 964 1060 930 1049 894 1056 860 1069 841 Central Core
poly 1283 901 1284 902 1396 1094 1224 1170 1157 976 City of Capitals
poly 1149 979 1150 980 1215 1172 1132 1193 1059 1192 996 1167 948 1129 973 1097 983 1097 1076 969 1107 984 1141 983 Naberezhnaya Tower
poly 1017 720 1018 721 1066 812 1039 838 1027 877 846 874 843 818 Eurasia (building)
poly 1196 613 1197 614 1248 697 1077 805 1030 713 Federation Tower
poly 1319 518 1320 519 1381 621 1260 697 1232 650 1277 623 1241 566 Mercury City Tower
poly 774 289 775 290 838 315 823 388 836 614 798 627 766 602 755 536 753 377 Northern Tower
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List of building complexes

Roof height, max height, and floors apply to the tallest building of the respective complex. Completion of construction applies to the building in each complex completed last.

Building gallery

File:Tower 2000 in Moscow.jpg, Tower 2000
File:Moscow International Business Center A 02.jpg, Evolution Tower
File:Moscow International Business Center A 06.jpg, Imperia Tower
File:Central Core of Moscow-City.jpg, Central Core
File:City Of Capitals 20th October 2012.JPG, City of Capitals
File:Nabereshnaya Tower2016.jpg, Naberezhnaya Tower
File:IQ-querter1.jpg, IQ-quarter
File:Eurasia1-Moscow-city.jpg, Eurasia
File:Federation-Tower in July, Moscow.jpg, Federation Tower
File:Wikitrip to Moscow International Business Center 2016-03-22 049.JPG, Mercury City Tower
File:Oko towers1.jpg, OKO
File:Neva Towers5.jpg, Neva Towers
File:Nothern tower, Moscow.jpg, Northern Tower
File:Вид из башни Око.jpg, alt=Вид из башни Око by Oldypak lp, View from the OKO Tower

Transport

Pedestrian

The Bagration Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that goes over the Moskva River. It connects Tower 2000 and the rest of the MIBC complex.

Road

Major thoroughfares that connect to the MIBC are the Third Ring Road, 3rd Magistralnaya street, and the Presnenskaya Embankment.

To correspond with the growing MIBC, new highways and interchanges were built to connect the MIBC with the main transport arteries of the city. These projects include the ten-lane Dorogomilovsky Bridge of the Third Ring Road over the Moskva River, the Third Ring Road interchange with Kutuzovsky Avenue, and the extension of the Presnenskaya Embankment. Existing roads were reconstructed and rearranged.

Rapid transit

The MIBC is served by two metro lines, and three stations, and was for a time served by a further station and line. Two of the stations are named Delovoy Tsentr (Russian for "business center"). Vystavochnaya (formerly known as Delovoy Tsentr) and Mezhdunarodnaya are on the Filyovskaya line, while Delovoy Tsentr is on the incomplete Bolshaya Koltsevaya line. The first Delovoy Tsentr was on Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line since 2014, but was closed after four years operation, pending further development of the line.

The MIBC in addition is served by the Moscow Central Circle urban rail, with a station also named Delovoy Tsentr which opened in 2016. There are also plans to install a high-speed rail system between the MIBC and Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Accidents

* On 2 April 2012, a fire occurred on the 67th floor of Federation Tower East/Vostok while it was under construction. 25 fire-fighting units and 4 helicopters of the Moscow Aviation Center responded and took four hours to extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured.
* On 25 January 2013, a fire occurred on the 24th floor of one of the skyscrapers at the OKO complex while it was under construction.
* On 12 January 2014, a fire occurred on the 15th floor of a 17-story building on Testovaya Street while it was under construction. The fire was extinguished and nobody was injured.
* On 9 July 2014, a fire occurred on Evolution Tower. The fire was extinguished and nobody was injured.
* On 18:45 on 31 August 2015, a fire occurred on the 33rd floor of Federation Tower East/Vostok due to the ignition of construction materials.
* On 13 April 2016, a worker fell to his death on the Naberezhnaya Tower, presumably from the hundredth floor.
* On 18 June 2017, roofer Sergey Delyashov climbed on Eurasia/Steel Peak and was later rescued.

See also

Other commercial districts in Russia:

* Lakhta Center
* Yekaterinburg City

Building comparisons:
* List of tallest buildings in Moscow
* List of tallest buildings in Russia
* List of tallest buildings in Europe

References

Notes

External links

Official IBC siteOfficial Federation Tower siteCitytowers ForumMy Moscow City

{{Moscow-City

Financial districts in Russia
Central business districts in Russia
Skyscrapers in Moscow
Government of Moscow
Economy of Moscow
Mixed-use developments in Russia