4% increase in the number of buildings completed in 2009

2010-02-22

Last year, the total number of buildings completed in Russia increased by 4%, to almost 230,000. Approximately 95% of these were residential buildings, and of the non-residential buildings most were commercial.

In 2009, 229,555 buildings were completed in Russia, in comparison with 220,753 a year before. The share of residential buildings as a proportion of the total number has been increasing continuously in recent years and now, at 95%, the figure is almost 5 p.p. more than it was six years ago. There was a 4.3% reduction in the total floor space of new buildings, despite their growing number, to approximately 89.8 million m². This was mainly a result of the relatively marked reduction in the total floor space of housing built (-5.6%), whereas there was a slight increase in the total floor space of non-residential buildings.

In the non-residential subdivision, the total number of units completed increased by more than 6%, and this was accompanied by a 1.8% increase in the total floor space of buildings put into use. There were slightly more commercial buildings completed than there were a year ago, and with 4,519 units built (including 632 “administrative”, i.e. office, buildings) such buildings dominate the non-residential arena. During the course of 2009, the number of healthcare and agricultural buildings rose by 29% and 43%, more rapidly than any other kind. The number of “other” completed buildings (relating to religion, sport, transport, communication, etc.) fell by more than 3% last year.

The Volga Federal District led the field in terms of the number of buildings completed in 2009 and was followed by the Central and Southern federal districts. In the Central Federal District, however, the total floor space of buildings was 58% greater than that of the Volga FD. Among the federal subjects, the Moscow Province leads, with almost 19,000 completed buildings, followed by the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Krasnodar Territory. In the Moscow Province, however, the floor space of buildings completed exceeded that of the other two regions, which again indicates that buildings put into operation in the Central FD are usually larger than those in other parts of Russia. In Moscow, the number of buildings commissioned was low in comparison with other cities and regions, but the structures actually built were very large, 6,820 m² on average, whereas the Russia-wide average was 390 m². In St. Petersburg, there were almost 1,000 more buildings completed than in Moscow last year, but their total floor space was one-fifth less.




Robert Obetkon
Senior Construction Analyst
PMR Publications
robert.obetkon@pmrpublications.com