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Deniz Mall, Baku, Azerbaijan Atyrau Mall, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Developer, Pasha Construction Developer, JM Captial

Port Baku Tower 2, Baku, Azerbaijan UNIC Shopping Centre Plaza, Chisinau, Moldova
Developer, Pasha Construction Developer, FPC Rogob SRL

arranged over 5 levels: the lowest predominantly housing car parking and perimeter retail. The hotel is positioned above. Situated next
to Perm’s central park esplanade, the development will connect to a new tram stop as well as bus and cycling routes. Construction has
commenced during the second half of 2019 with completion due in the third quarter of 2021.
Projects across remaining CIS countries
Located on land reclaimed from the Caspian Sea, Deniz Mall is a 120,000sq m entertainment, leisure and dining destination over five floors.
Since its opening in June last year it has become Azerbaijan’s premier entertainment venue after designs by Chapman Taylor and development
by Pasha Construction. The ‘flame’ tower is the centrepiece of eight star-shaped wings inspired by Azerbaijan’s national emblem. Chapman
Taylor designed the original building as a congress centre in 2007, and now the building has been repurposed, keeping the same design,
to become Azerbaijan’s premier entertainment venue. Their redesign for the interior was planned to harmonise with the exterior design,
ensuring a single homogenous concept for the centre.
The building houses a family-orientated day-out experience, including world-class entertainment venues, serving a much-needed role for
the city and the surrounding region.
Another collaboration by architectural design firm Chapman Taylor and developer Pasha Construction will see the 135,000sq m, office-led
Port Baku Tower 2 come to fruition. The project was conceived as a sculptural completion of the wider Port Baku development in Azerbaijan.
The new mixed-use tower is an evolution of the original Port Baku Tower 1 design, completed in 2011, forming a “bookend” to the eastern
aspect of Port Baku. As well as office space, the second tower will be home to retail and leisure offerings and its sculptural, curving façades
and inclined upper levels will create an elegant addition to the Baku skyline. The podium to the west of the tower mirrors the tower’s angled
base and provides restaurant and retail offers to generate a vibrant circuit to draw people from the popular Fashion Avenue to the west. The
final completion and opening dates have not yet been finalised.
Chapman Taylor has created a well-received concept design for a major new shopping centre in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, the first of its kind
in the city. Atyrau Mall will offer 30,000sq m of retail, leisure and entertainment to the city, which is rapidly expanding due to the proximity
of Kazakhstan’s largest oil field in the Caspian Sea. The exciting new destination, which doesn’t have a launch date yet, will be capable of
accommodating more than 350,000 people, and will become a dynamic and popular venue in which people can spend their leisure time as
well as shopping. With a mix of regional and international brands, the development will consist of a circuit of bright and colourful, naturally lit
retail malls punctuated by dramatic domed atrium spaces which will host F&B, entertainment and exhibition spaces as well as offering spaces
in which shoppers can dwell.
Chapman Taylor is designing the phased redevelopment and extension of UNIC shopping centre in Chisinau, Moldova, including the
regeneration of the adjacent public square. Phase 1A, which is currently under development, creates a new mall in the existing lower shopping
level, connecting via a new escalator to the upper shopping level. The lower shopping level is also being extended, while a new car park is
being developed at the front of the building. The upper shopping level will host a range of new F&B offers to encourage people to dwell
longer. Phase 1B of the project will also modernise the public square in front of the centre, providing a vibrant, open space for visitors and
local residents to enjoy, as well as creating a new venue for events and pop-up offers. In addition, a new extension to the lower shopping level
will be created at the front of the centre.
Developer Dana Holdings’ largest and most ambitious construction scheme to date is the biggest single development project in the whole
of Europe: dubbed Minsk World, the multifunctional residential complex located in Belarus is a game-changer for the country’s economy. The
main features of Minsk World are the international financial centre, the exhibition centre, a sports complex, a central park and a shopping
centre. Minsk World today is a construction site spanning more than 340ha! More than three million square meters of residential and
commercial real estate will be built here. While parts of the scheme are now open, the overall project completion date is 2027.

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