A large number of questions and doubts from specialists and the public certainly accompany any development project, especially in St. Petersburg. If we are talking about the development of large territories, then the number of unclear points grows in proportion to the scale of the plan, and the lack of a sufficient amount of information leads to the fact that projects are overgrown with rumors and speculation.

A large number of questions and doubts from specialists and the public certainly accompany any development project, especially in St. Petersburg. If we are talking about the development of large territories, then the number of unclear points grows in proportion to the scale of the plan, and the lack of a sufficient amount of information leads to the fact that projects are overgrown with rumors and speculation. As part of the special project “Real Estate”, RBC is opening a new section - “Project of the Decade”. In this section, we will talk monthly about the most resonant projects for the development of territories in St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas of the Leningrad region and will try to reveal the essence of each of the projects as accurately as possible and draw out its details in detail.

The first on the list will be the Yuzhny satellite city project, which is being implemented in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg by the Start Development company. Now the investor is going through one of the important stages of implementing the plan - public hearings on changes to the General Development Plan of the city, as a result of which adjustments will be made to this document and the “portrait” of the satellite city will become finally clear. We will tell you in more detail about what satellite cities are, who will build roads and utility networks on a vast territory and with what money, as well as what is the opinion of experts - real estate specialists, urbanists - about the prospects of this plan, what they see as its advantages and potential pain points.

"Southern" in numbers:

Land area - 2012 hectares
housing area - 4.9 million square meters. m
area of ​​commercial and industrial real estate - 1.5 million square meters. m
number of inhabitants - 134 thousand people
number of jobs - about 21 thousand.
volume of investments - 176 billion rubles.
implementation period - 19 years

Chronology of events:

year 2009- acquisition by Start Development of a land plot for Yuzhny
April 7, 2011- the Yuzhny project received the status of a strategic investment project of St. Petersburg
February 7, 2012- the Yuzhny project was included in the list of priority investment projects approved by the Russian government
July 25, 2012- an agreement was signed between “Start Development” and the administration of St. Petersburg on the implementation of the strategic investment project for the creation of the satellite city “Yuzhny”
October 18, 2012- the commission on amendments to the General Development Plan of St. Petersburg approved proposals to make adjustments to the document in connection with the implementation of the Yuzhny satellite city project and recommended them for submission to public hearings
March 28 - April 2, 2013- public hearings were held in all districts of St. Petersburg to amend the General Plan of St. Petersburg related to the implementation of the Yuzhny satellite city project
May-June 2013(tentatively) - after amendments are made and the satellite city project is approved by the Commission for the General Plan of St. Petersburg, the adjustments must be approved by the Legislative Assembly and signed by the Governor of St. Petersburg.

What is a satellite city?

A satellite city is usually understood as a settlement located near another metropolis. According to the logic of the name, satellites are a single whole with the object that they “accompany”, they are located within its administrative boundaries, but at the same time they can exist independently of it. The formation of satellite cities is an almost inevitable future for any large city, which sooner or later will run out of land for residential development and territories on which new production facilities could be located for the further development of the city economy.

In the case of the Yuzhny project, the initial plan arose precisely based on these factors. The development of the southern territories of St. Petersburg was included in the “Start Development” strategy, since it is here that it is possible to create the main product for the company - the development of land for comfortable and affordable housing. In 2009, based on the results of market monitoring, a plot suitable for these purposes was acquired - a large area (2012 hectares), without encumbrances, without the need to destroy or wash anything, near St. Petersburg, on the road to Moscow and close to developing industrial sites.

Who will build the satellite city "Yuzhny"?

The general developer of the territory will be the owner of the land - the management company "Start Development". Having sufficient experience in the real estate sector, in this project the company will be responsible for preparing the concept of the satellite city, coordinating it with the authorities (including amendments to the General Plan), and developing infrastructure. Other development companies will directly conduct development on the territory - they will receive already prepared engineering land plots for the implementation of their projects under a single concept, but it is possible that up to 30% of the total area will be developed by Start Development independently.

Information about the developer:

Management Company "Start Development" has been operating in the real estate market since 2007. The project portfolio includes the low-rise Golden Keys district, plots for summer cottage construction in the Tayberry project, land plots in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region and the Pushkinsky district of the city for housing construction, the Doni-Verevo industrial park project and other commercial real estate objects. The total volume of the company's land bank is more than 40 million square meters. m.

Where does Yuzhny have water, electricity and roads?

In accordance with the agreement that Start Development signed with the administration of St. Petersburg in June last year, issues of providing the territory with infrastructure will be resolved jointly. The investor will be responsible for the creation of water supply, sewerage, heat and electricity networks, as well as streets and roads of local importance, and the city will cost main citywide and regional roads and social infrastructure facilities (it is planned to build 37 kindergartens, 16 schools, 21 sports and leisure centers, 9 medical centers). The total cost of infrastructure is estimated at approximately 30 billion rubles. For example, it is planned to expand the Kievskoye highway and repair the Starogatchina highway.

One of the issues, namely with water supply and sewerage, has been essentially resolved by Start Development: in August 2011, Start Development became the owner of 75% minus 1 share of the Leningrad Regional Utility Systems (LOKS) company and in a little more than a year carried out work to restructure the company and bring it out of the crisis. Now, having prepared the contractual basis for Yuzhny, the developer has put LOX up for auction in order to find a specialized company that will continue to operate the networks. It is possible that a number of projects for the construction of infrastructure facilities will be solved in Yuzhny on the basis of public-private partnership.

The reconstruction of the M-20 highway in the section from the road to Pushkin to the Don, as well as the M-10 highway in the section from the Ring Road to the village, has been completed. Yam-Izhora within the administrative boundaries of the city
A promising highway is the planned ring highway KAD-2.
It is planned to build a latitudinal highway in the direction Volkhonskoye Highway - Petrozavodskoye Highway, as well as the first stage of construction of the continuation of Vitebsky Avenue
The General Plan of St. Petersburg provides for the construction of a light rail line from the station. metro station "Zvezdnaya" along Pulkovskoye and Kievskoye highways to the satellite city "Yuzhny" (the project has not yet been approved)

Is low-rise or multi-storey development planned for Yuzhny?

Cottage, low-rise and mid-rise buildings are planned for the project area. In the central part of the site there will mainly be buildings up to 30 meters high, in the outer zone - up to 15 meters. The developer will offer construction companies different options for plots: from 10 hectares, which may be of interest to large construction companies, to 1-5 hectares for medium and small developers.

Who will live and work in Yuzhny?

On the territory of Yuzhny, 126 hectares are provided for the location of production facilities. About the same amount is located on the territory of the Leningrad region, adjacent to Yuzhny from the village of Doni. Several large telecommunications and radio electronics companies, as well as automakers, are considering the possibility of locating their facilities in Yuzhny. The main thing that should attract production to a satellite is the presence of prepared sites in a good location (close to the airport, main highways, port). Potential home buyers in Yuzhny will include residents of St. Petersburg who want to improve their living conditions, as well as buyers from the regions.

Andrey Tetysh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ARIN: The size of the project is the main “pain point” and at the same time the main advantage

What, in your opinion, are the main pain points of the project?

The main pain point and at the same time the main advantage is the size of the project. Traditionally, we do not have a good Russian and Soviet school of urbanism suitable for solving a problem of this level. In Soviet times, we solved more applied problems, the degree of determinism was higher. The state, as a single customer, told us what would happen, where it would happen and when it would happen. Today, the level of uncertainty and the speed of change are higher. Therefore, when developing such projects, we must create an environment, and not design exclusively specifics. That is, on the one hand, there must be so much specificity that the project is recognizable, and on the other hand, there must be a certain degree of freedom in this specificity. You need to think through the solution in all its many options. However, we currently do not have such an approach. As for infrastructure - transport, social, engineering, etc. – these are also problem points. They must be subject to the requirements of the environment.

How can you solve or prevent these pain points from potentially becoming a problem?

To solve these problems you need two things. Firstly, the quality of the conceptual idea of ​​the territory development project itself and its connection to specific details: territory, location, engineering, etc. Secondly, involving as many people as possible in the creation of a new environment. A kind of formation of a “group of fans” of the project, ensuring their participation in dialogue and public hearings. This is an extremely important part of shaping the urban environment, and it needs to be addressed now. However, today there are only ordinary construction processes - this is how the problem of only one house is solved. At the same time, this size of the project makes it possible to create a living environment of the 21st century, the opportunity to create one of the most prestigious satellite cities near St. Petersburg. This is a challenging task, in which it is not just about launching new trams.

Director of the Institute of Territorial Planning "Urbanica" Anton Finogenov: The main risk for the project is the state's failure to fulfill its obligations on infrastructure

What conditions are important to take into account for the Yuzhny satellite city project to be implemented successfully?

In my opinion, the project developer realizes that for the successful implementation of the Yuzhny satellite city, he will need to turn the existing restrictions on the construction of the city into opportunities for its dynamic development. Firstly, there are currently few points of attraction in the project area - there are practically no places where labor is used, nor large settlements. The developer is preparing to create such attractors independently - not only through the developing Doni-Verevo industrial zone, but also through the targeted invitation of a number of large innovative companies to the territory. Secondly, the development of Yuzhny will have to set a new territorial trend for large-scale development in the St. Petersburg agglomeration, since the project is located to the south of the already existing mass construction zones. Thirdly, the engineering infrastructure in the territory is, of course, underdeveloped, and the developer will have to solve many issues from scratch - laying networks, roads, while simultaneously providing not only his own needs, but also the needs of neighboring towns and villages.

Certainly. Thus, some distance from the ring road creates a more favorable environmental situation. The presence of a railway line and two stations on the project territory already makes it possible to get to the center of St. Petersburg - the Baltic Station - in less than 30 minutes. In addition, about 800 thousand people live within 15-20 km from Yuzhny - and it is they who can form the primary demand for housing and become users of all those objects of attraction that will be created in Yuzhny. Accordingly, in order for the advantages to “play out”, it is necessary to competently deal with the existing “cons” and not in words, but in deeds, create places of employment, a high-quality living environment, public service facilities, and public transport.

What are the main risks for the implementation of the project?

The main risk for the implementation of the project may be the same factor that has turned many other projects of satellite cities into just more areas of mass residential development - the state's failure to fulfill its obligations to create basic transport and engineering infrastructure. Nowhere in the world are there successful projects of not only mass, but also high-quality residential construction, where the developer will solve absolutely all the issues independently.

Director of the Center for Applied Research of the European University in St. Petersburg, researcher at the Center for Independent Sociological Research, sociologist and urbanist Oleg Pachenkov: The experience of unsuccessful projects of satellite cities in Russia and abroad will help to avoid similar mistakes

What do you see as the main dangers when implementing such a large project?

It is important to understand that the project will be implemented in the long term. The lack of successful experience of similar projects (satellite cities) in Russia is, yes, potentially a problem. On the other hand, the experience of unsuccessful or relatively successful projects with us allows us to understand what mistakes should not be made and what we should strive for. The experience of such projects implemented abroad will also help - also with varying degrees of success.

I see the main dangers for the project as follows. For example, if the state promises support and abandons the project. We see analogues in other projects in Russia and even in St. Petersburg, for example, unfulfilled promises on transport infrastructure greatly let down the satellite city "Academic" in Yekaterinburg and the Baltic Pearl project in St. Petersburg, reducing their quality and creating problems for investors. It is also dangerous if the concept of a satellite city is left to its own devices and is not followed during implementation - before the project begins to function and reproduce itself. The danger also lies in the situation if any of the key aspects of the development and growth of the satellite city (employment, infrastructure and environment) are sacrificed and implemented in poor quality. As the experience of satellite city projects in Russia and in the world shows, this will lead to the degradation of other aspects and gradually the entire project as a whole: low-quality employment will have a bad impact on the environment, poor urban environment or infrastructure, including transport, will push away potential high-quality workers and prestigious jobs, will not allow the city to be actively populated, which will lead to its financial failure, and so on. It is extremely important that the project of the satellite city is focused on the needs and potential of St. Petersburg and the agglomeration, on their concept and strategy - and in fact there are none. And if they are not created, if the city itself does not clearly fix its priorities, then the authors of the satellite city will not be blamed for the fact that the satellite city does not work for the development of areas that are strategically important for the city...

Head of the project direction of the Center for Strategic Research "North-West" Foundation Dmitry Sanatov: The main thing is that the developer's plans are implemented in strict accordance with the existing concept

What is the main problem that a developer might encounter when implementing a project on such a large territory?

The main problem that the project may encounter is the quality of implementation of the plans. The fact is that the project has been developed with dignity in its conceptual part. There are solutions to possible transport problems, an industrial park project is being implemented in which residents of Yuzhny will be able to work, solutions have been announced in the field of green and energy-efficient technologies, and much more. But we must understand that the implementation of many of these solutions is beyond the competence of the developer company. Much depends on the policy of city authorities. Probably, for successful implementation, the company will have to solve complex issues of finding effective contractors and organizing control over their activities. It will be necessary to keep the project within the outline of the initially stated goals, even if market conditions change.

There are substantive questions about the innovations of the Yuzhny project themselves. For example, the Doni-Verevo industrial park located nearby - what level of wages can be offered there so that residents of the area can pay for housing using “green technologies”? Or light rail transport - will there be funds in the city budget for this project? The announced construction of Ring Road-2, which should be a serious help in solving the city’s probable transport problems - will it be implemented by 2025, when Yuzhny reaches full capacity? Is there a roadmap for introducing social facilities or will the full set of declared social facilities be created only by 2025?

The strength of the project is the financial security of the developer company, and also, despite all the criticism, it is a good attempt to implement the project comprehensively in the full sense of the word. For example, there is a job creation solution that comes before housing construction. It is important that the project does not grow spontaneously and does not contribute to the sprawl of the city. So that long-outdated Soviet standard layouts and monotonous architectural solutions are not reproduced, turning life in other construction complexes in St. Petersburg into a dull existence. The dullness and monotony of complex projects can not so much scare off future residents (given a housing shortage, demand will certainly be high), but rather set a trend for the emergence of a number of social problems in the future, which all large-scale construction projects face. It is important that this does not happen.

Is the satellite city of Yuzhny destroying an ancient village?

The village and station Aleksandrovskaya (Pushkinsky district) risks finding itself in the middle between the future circular highway and the whole city of new buildings that are going to be built south of the highway. Local residents fear that sooner or later they will be asked to make room in order to build a new road to new buildings. To avoid this, local activists are asking for the master plan to be adjusted.

PHOTO by Dmitry SOKOLOV

Aleksandrovskaya (population - 2.6 thousand people) is located between the Kyiv highway and Aleksandrovsky Pushkin Park. As we have already said, to the south of the village they are going to build a satellite city, known under the project name Yuzhny (the population of which, according to estimates, by 2035 could reach 134 thousand people). It will be located in the fields between the village of Doni, Novokondakopshin and the Pushkin military airfield.

At first, Yuzhny will be connected to St. Petersburg only by the Kyiv highway and the Warsaw railway. But, in accordance with the general plan, another exit should appear - a backup for the Kyiv highway. The route will lead from the new buildings to the north, through Aleksandrovskaya, and will enter the still non-existent southern latitudinal highway (which is planned to be named Ust-Slavyanskoye Highway).

On the territory of Aleksandrovskaya, this alternate is drawn in a narrow corridor along the Warsaw Railway. Local activists believe that there is not enough free space there to build a six-lane road without taking land. This applies, in particular, to homeowners on New Places Street, which runs along the rails.

If, in order to avoid land disputes, the authorities decide to build a multi-kilometer overpass, this option will also not be the best. The project will be very expensive. And he will still destroy the usual way of life of the villagers. And for what? Public activist of the Pushkinsky district Alexander Belyaev, in a conversation with a correspondent of St. Petersburg Vedomosti, noted that the new highway is needed primarily to serve the satellite city. “Why should the residents of Aleksandrovskaya move somewhere for the sake of new residents in Yuzhny?” - the social activist wondered.

At the same time, he does not fully understand the effectiveness of the new road, because, judging by the general plan, the Southern Latitudinal Road itself is going to be built in the coming years only in the western part, which will not allow it to become a full-fledged bypass road for the southern suburbs, and it is still pointless to divert traffic to it. It would be much more useful for the city now to focus on the Southern Latitudinal, including in the immediate plans the construction of an overpass across the Vitebsk railway line, our interlocutor believes.

Activists from Aleksandrovskaya tried to convey their ideas to the authorities at hearings held in June on changes to the general plan. "This decision (with the construction of a route - a backup of the Kyiv highway through the village. - Ed.)will only worsen the transport situation on the key radial highways of the Pushkinsky district due to pendulum migration and traffic flows from the satellite city of Yuzhny", says the explanatory note prepared by the villagers.

Citizens submitted an amendment according to which a strip of land in the village along the Warsaw Railway is transferred from the highway zone to recreational purposes (after which, for example, it is simply planted with trees). If we imagine that the proposed changes are suddenly approved (note that the decision is unlikely to be made before the end of this year), this will not allow the construction of the highway here. Local residents are asking for an alternative route for this alternate route for the Kievskoye Highway in the section from Krasnoselskoye Highway to Saritskaya Street (bypassing Aleksandrovskaya).

Acting Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure Andrey Semchankov, in response to residents’ appeals, noted that the capacity of the Kyiv Highway is almost exhausted. The new route will reduce the load on the existing road network, “including during the development of the satellite city of Yuzhny.” Indeed, as a result of its construction, the population of the territories south of the village of Aleksandrovskaya will increase significantly, the official noted. He did not rule out that when the road is built, areas “directly falling within the development zone” could be seized. But it’s too early to talk about this before design, the timing of which has not yet been determined. Semchankov did not say whether other options for the passage of the new highway are possible.

The investor in the construction of Yuzhny is the Start Development company, which, according to the website www.kartoteka.ru, is controlled by the offshore company Teriks Associates Holding Limited (registered in the British Virgin Islands) and by general director Sergei Khromov. As this company told St. Petersburg Vedomosti, construction has not begun as of today; design and survey work continues. They plan to enter the site in 2019.

The company does not agree with the point of view that the backup of the Kyiv highway, laid through Aleksandrovskaya, is intended to solve the transport problems of Yuzhny (the investment project is being implemented not so close to the village, the company believes). This will be primarily an important route for the city, facilitating travel to the suburbs, businessmen say. The project itself for the new development of territories is focused on railways, high-speed trams (which, we note, do not exist yet) and the internal road network.

That is, according to the investor, people will not create large flows leaving the new building blocks for St. Petersburg, but, on the contrary, residents of the surrounding area will flock to this suburb to work. This will supposedly happen due to the fact that many innovative enterprises will be built in Yuzhny. As for building a route through Aleksandrovskaya, its route is still approximate and will be clarified. And in general, modern technologies make it possible to build roads in dense buildings, entrepreneurs assure.

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Satellite launches into a field

Builders of the satellite city of St. Petersburg will go to the site in six months to begin laying communications for the first quarters. When planning to build thousands of square meters in the middle of fields, the investor claims that he has calculated everything. Experts note that the load will once again fall on the only Kiev highway in the district - the city does not yet have the opportunity to lay new highways.

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They are going to build the Southern one in the empty spaces between the village of Doni, Novokondakopshin and the Pushkin military airfield. The city will be located on both sides of the Kyiv Highway, which will become the main exit to St. Petersburg. But, as we have already said, the load on this route will already increase in the future with the commissioning of the large residential complex “Planetograd” near Pulkovskaya Mountain.

They want to build 1.5 million square meters in this residential complex by 2026. meters of housing. The southern one will be even larger. As Sergei Khromov, general director of the investor company Start Development, told St. Petersburg Vedomosti, by 2035 it is planned to build 4.3 million square meters there. meters of housing and about 1 million sq. meters of commercial real estate. The development will reach 33 meters in height, although "about half of it will be 4 to 5 storeys or lower." Our interlocutor noted that 122 hectares will be allocated for production, and local enterprises will be able to provide 60 thousand jobs.

It’s worth making a reservation here: according to ITMO University calculations, the population of Yuzhny by that time will be 134 thousand people. This is more than the current population of Pushkin (about 106 thousand people). Thus, the 74 thousand residents who remain unemployed in Yuzhny will be forced to somehow go to work in St. Petersburg every day and return back.

ITMO’s scientific interest in the project is not least due to the fact that on the territory of the satellite city it is also planned to build an “innovation city of science and technology” at the university. According to Sergei Khromov, the ultra-modern educational and scientific campus will unite educational buildings, laboratories, residential areas and sports complexes on 100 hectares. Obviously, this project will create additional traffic.

The general director of the investor company assured that all infrastructure and all movements of future residents of Yuzhny are also calculated in the mathematical model prepared by ITMO. In particular, it is planned to build a high-speed tram - its project has allegedly been approved. “The transport situation in the Yuzhny area is very good. Two railway stations, a six-lane Kiev highway, a road interchange and entrances already exist,” Khromov believes.

What is not yet there, they say, will appear. Thus, ITMO’s concept involves the creation of a new station in the center of Yuzhny in addition to the Kondakopshino and 29th Kilometer platforms. By the way, to the north on the same Warsaw railway they are soon planning to create another stop - for new buildings in the Pulkovskoye residential area, which are being built near Expoforum.

And the master plan provides for the construction of a new highway for the needs of new residents - a kind of backup to the Kyiv highway, which will go from Yuzhny to the north, through Aleksandrovskaya, and will lead to the southern latitudinal highway that does not yet exist.

However, public activist Alexander Belyaev, who traditionally criticizes Yuzhny, noted in a conversation with us that all these plans are very far from reality.

The city, in his opinion, has not yet done anything to build new roads along which it will be possible to get to Yuzhny. But Russian Railways does not officially confirm plans to create a stop station. Belyaev believes that Smolny already has enough road construction projects for the future (the city government even publishes lists of new outskirts where the highway urgently needs to be built). But building a new route through the village of Aleksandrovskaya is not a cheap matter; there will not be any problems with the purchase of land from private owners. So it is unlikely that a second full-fledged exit from Yuzhny will be created in the foreseeable future. The developer will probably try to allow car traffic to transit through Pushkin and Pavlovsk (which may cause protests from their residents). But the main burden will still fall on the Kiev highway, Belyaev has no doubt. “Yuzhny will be like in a vice - it is remote from the city, and there are no normal exits from it,” our interlocutor predicts.

“Transport accessibility is one of the problems of this project,” Alexey Belousov, vice-president of the association of builders of St. Petersburg, expressed his opinion in a conversation with a correspondent of St. Petersburg Vedomosti. This problem is especially relevant in connection with the high population density expected in Yuzhny, the expert believes.

In turn, Professor of the Department of Transport Systems of St. Petersburg State University of Civil Engineering Andrei Gorev believes that the accessibility of Yuzhny by public transport can be ensured provided that the railway capacity is increased. But car drivers will have to sit in traffic jams. “It is impossible to ensure unhindered movement for so many cars,” Gorev believes.

Meanwhile, according to Sergei Khromov, the Yuzhny project is gradually being implemented. For now - “in the documentary part”. The general plan and Land Use and Development Rules have been approved. The first project for planning the territory around the village of Lesnoye has been prepared. Public hearings on the project will be held in about a month.

By the end of this year, a competition for the architectural concept of the ITMO campus will be announced. And at the beginning of next year, according to the general director of the investor company, the construction of utilities for the satellite city will begin. The construction itself will last at least a decade and a half. “The city as an urban project has no completion date. We have planned to complete the main planned volumes by 2032,” said Sergei Khromov.

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The satellite city "Yuzhny" is an investment project for the integrated development of the territory, one of the largest development projects implemented in Russia, and its area is comparable to the historical centers of many European cities, 2000 hectares in the southern part of St. Petersburg, between the federal highways M20 and M10. The concept of the project was developed and implemented by Start Development; leading architectural bureaus Urban Design Associates (USA) and Gillespies (Scotland) were involved in the work on the project.

As part of the formation of a new urban environment, in conjunction with environmental measures, it is planned to create a large mixed-type urban project. Housing construction will be accompanied by large-scale development of social and communal infrastructure, which will create a full-fledged living space in close proximity to the place of residence. On the territory of the future satellite city "Yuzhny" social and engineering infrastructure facilities will be created: 58 kindergartens, 27 schools, 10 sports and leisure centers, 12 medical centers, as well as service enterprises, life support services and everything that guarantees the normal existence of people. The total investment for the implementation of the project will be at least 179 billion rubles, which, according to representatives of the press service of Start Development Management Company LLC, will ensure the receipt of tax payments to the city budget in the amount of 5.4 billion rubles.

The future satellite city is located on the territory of the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg. The area of ​​housing being built is 4.5 million square meters. m. Pulkovo Airport, Ring Road, is located 15 km along the Kievskoye Highway from the future residential area “Yuzhny”. By personal vehicle, the road to the Ring Road will take about 10 minutes, and residents can reach the city center in less than an hour using personal or public transport.

The approximate number of residents who will live in the new residential real estate of the satellite city will be about 171.5 thousand people.

The ultimate goal of the Yuzhny project is to improve the living conditions of economy and middle class families through the construction of high-quality, environmentally friendly and affordable housing. The result of the project is predicted to significantly improve the social and demographic indicators of St. Petersburg due to labor migration and increasing the birth rate, as well as providing labor resources for the rapidly developing third industrial and logistics belt of St. Petersburg.

On April 7, 2011, Decree of the Government of St. Petersburg No. 438 was issued on the strategic investment project of St. Petersburg “Creation of a satellite city Yuzhny in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg.” The START Development company plans to begin construction in 2014 and complete the project in 2028.

“Yuzhny” is not a village with a strictly planned number of buildings, so the management of “START Development” hopes that the city will develop and grow for centuries together with St. Petersburg. Large-scale construction will begin in 2014, and the boundaries of the investment project are limited to 2028. By this time, real estate of various types will be built on its area, including townhouses and cottages.

The concept of the project implies cluster development of the territory, which is the basis for effective economic development of the Pushkin region, as it allows increasing the competitiveness of the region by providing it with shops, hospitals, schools, places of employment, as well as leisure and recreation facilities.

The project is interesting, thoughtful, functional. The city will be built from scratch, and this will allow us to avoid possible miscalculations and do everything as it should ideally be. This is an absolute plus for residents. I am glad that the developer does not plan to build entirely multi-storey buildings, leaving space for the usual low-rise buildings.

In our opinion, the biggest risk of this project is the danger of untimely completion (or failure at all) of a number of urgent tasks, without which the new city will not take place. Moreover, the solution to these problems depends not only on the company "Start Development" which will build Southern. Roads, engineering infrastructure, construction of social facilities - a developer cannot do all this without the state. The authorities of St. Petersburg said yes, but who can look into the future and give an absolute guarantee that at some point budget funds will not be redistributed in favor of some other, more important object at that time? Maybe? Maybe. Will this affect fate? Southern? Certainly.

Take the same transport component. The emergence of a new city will aggravate the situation on the Kiev Highway, which is already unable to cope with the flow of cars. This is one of the reasons why construction is against Southern Some residents of Pushkin and Pavlovsk speak out. The problem could be solved by an alternative new route to St. Petersburg. Will she? Depends on the city administration. Transport problems of residents Southern could be solved by a ground express, the route of which, according to the project, enters the future satellite city. But the situation with the ground express was stuck during the global economic crisis in 2009 and has not yet been clarified.

It is impossible to solve social issues without the state. The new city needs new infrastructure, the creation of which should be financed by the authorities of St. Petersburg. Moreover, it must be built in stages, along with the construction of houses. Otherwise residents Southern will become an additional burden for the social sphere of the neighboring Pushkin.

Another question: jobs for future residents of the satellite city. It is expected that a number of large industrial companies will open their sites here, providing people with work and income. Let's hope that there will be no problems with this, although the economic situation may change and the city will be missing some potential employers.

The environmental component of the project remains open. Building a city requires cutting down trees. It is obvious that landscaping and planting of trees and shrubs will be carried out in the city. But, of course, it will not be possible to completely restore what was lost. Moreover, given the considerable period that construction will require Southern, the new settlers will have to live for a long time in not the best conditions.

It is too early to discuss house designs, apartment layouts and the like, since the developer does not disclose specific information. In the company's sales department "Start Development" It is reported that sales will begin no earlier than 2016. Construction of houses in South hasn't started yet. Of the new projects that are currently being implemented in close proximity to the future satellite city Southern, you can call it a low-rise residential complex, this is an expensive object (townhouses from 11 million rubles). There is no point in focusing on it based on price. Apartments in South, given the scale of construction, will, of course, be more affordable.