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Knight Frank to hold the 6th Annual Russian Warehouse & Industrial Property Conference.

25 August 2010 

The 6th Annual Conference, “Russian Industrial Property 2010”, will be held at the Lotte Moscow Hotel in Moscow on September 23, 2010. The Conference organiser is Knight Frank. More than 250 warehouse property experts will gather this year, as in previous years, to discuss segment prospects and forecasts for 2011.

Issues for discussion by expert panels at the 2010 Conference include:

Developments and trends on the Russian industrial & warehouse market in 2009-2010;
Leasing policy of modern warehouse developers;
Supply and demand in the Class А warehouse segment;
Overview of the 3-PL market: how are logistics operators faring in the changed environment;
Analysis of the market for industrial land.

The Conference will be attended by investment and financial companies, owners, developers, landlords, logistics operators, consultants, valuers and management companies, as well as companies in the FMCG sector.

Knight Frank has been the leading real estate operator on the Russian warehouse & industrial market in recent years. We hold this Annual Conference to give all market operators the opportunity to discuss key trends in the industrial & warehouse property and 3PL segment.

The Conference will include an open discussion of important issues for owners and tenants, as well as considering actual transactions in 2010.

The general sponsor of the Conference is the UK fund, Raven Russia, which specialises in Class A warehouse investments in Moscow and Russian regions.

In 5 years of successful work Raven Russia has invested more than $1.5 billion in acquisition and construction of facilities. The company’s portfolio of completed warehouse projects consists of 1 million square metres in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Novosibirsk.

The Conference will be supported by leading Russian business and trade media: Commercial Real Estate, RBC Daily, Kommersant FM, Arendator.ru, and others.

Raven Russia is the market leader in the warehousing sector of Russia. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Raven Russia is focused on the acquisition and development of high quality class A warehouse complexes in the major cities across Russia, and their subsequent leasing to Russian and international tenants. The company holds its investments for the long term.

During 5 years of its successful operation on the Russian Real Estate market Raven Russia has committed in excess of $1.5 bln to the acquisition and construction of its assets. The company has a portfolio of 10 Grade A warehouse projects of circa 1 million square metres in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Novosibirsk.

In addition to its already completed properties, Raven Russia holds 411 Ha of land across Russia, Belarus and Ukraine and has capital for future developments including Build to Suit.

The company’s major tenants are Auchan, X5 Retail Group, Bacardi, DSV Solutions, Gradient, Gates, Samsung, Avalon Logistics, Nippon Express, Stockmann, Schneider Electric, Itella, Oriflame, Major, FM Logisctics, Seacon Logistics, L’Occitane, Roto Frank, Moron, Gorenje etc.

More information about Raven Russia projects: www.rrpa.ru

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+380 (44) 545-6122
Yaroslava Chapko
Business Development Director.