Wildberries began negotiations with businessman Robert Uzilov about leasing the former warehouse complex of the Swedish IKEA, which is located in Yesipovo near Moscow. About this RBC reported two sources familiar with the parties’ plans.
RBC learned about Wildberries’ plans to rent a former IKEA warehouse in the Moscow region
Author: Bogdan Muzychenko
According to the publication’s interlocutors, the terms of a possible agreement are now being discussed, including the features of the site. Other details are unknown to RBC sources.
Wildberries declined to comment to RB.RU. Uzilov’s representative told RBC that “negotiations are underway with potential partners,” emphasizing that the parties are considering different scenarios and possibilities for developing the asset.
We are talking about a former IKEA warehouse with an area of 180 thousand square meters. m, the owner of which Uzilov became in November. At the same time, the businessman’s representative confirmed this information to RBC, but refused to comment on any details.
According to the publication, the deal was approved by the government commission for control of foreign investments, headed by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. The purchase met the established requirements, including a mandatory discount and a voluntary contribution, noted one of RBC’s interlocutors.
The head of the warehouse and industrial real estate department at CORE.XP, Anton Alyabyev, estimated the market value of the former IKEA warehouse in Esipovo at 16–18 billion rubles.
The Swedish furniture retailer announced its intention to leave the Russian market in 2022. In August of the same year, IKEA held its last inventory sale, and in March 2023 it sold its last facility in the country.
According to RBC, Wildberries has 136 logistics facilities in total. Their total area is 2.5 million square meters. m, and the number of goods in warehouses is more than 500 million units. On November 14, the marketplace’s press service reported that the company plans to build a logistics center in Ufa for 9 thousand jobs.
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Source: rb.ru
