DON-Stroy was founded in 1994 and is owned by Maxim Blazhko and Dmitry Zelenov. It unites about 30 companies for the construction and sale of residential and commercial real estate.
The owner of the company was born and raised in the wonderful district of Shchukino, not far from the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station. His parents still live here - father Evgeny Dmitrievich, mother Olga Lvovna. Here Maxim Evgenievich Blazhko graduated from school No. 1212 (a German school with a mathematical bias).
Maybe that's why Shchukino became the favorite area of Don-Stroy? Here is what they write about themselves:
The history of DON-Stroy begins in 1994, when, as part of the comprehensive reconstruction program for the Shchukino district, the company began construction of commercial and municipal housing and facilities social infrastructure. For several years, a number of business-class residential complexes (Novaya Zvezda, Severnaya Zvezda, Elsinore, Sokolovsky-10) were built in the area, forming the Constellation quarter. The first commercial building at st. Marshal Vasilevsky, 13, bldg. 3 was commissioned in 1997.
In 1999, with the start of large-scale construction residential complex"Scarlet Sails" on the banks of the Moscow River, the company creates the new kind elite housing - a unique facility with a powerful infrastructure and a large landscaped area. This concept was reflected and developed in subsequent projects, forming a new class of metropolitan real estate - Premium. This category includes the Vorobyovy Gory residential area on Mosfilmovskaya Street and the Triumph Palace complex on Sokol, built in 2000-2005, as well as the House in Sokolniki and Seventh Heaven, which are being implemented today.
What is a "large landscaped area" with a powerful infrastructure, you can see by walking through these new buildings in the Shchukino district. All these architecturally amazing houses were built on the site of the demolished Khrushchev houses, or simply on the site of public gardens, sports grounds, with the capture of the surrounding front gardens, and their height simply suppresses everything around. The house on Biryuzova, 41 is being built on land seized by force. Here it is, it turns out, what a developed infrastructure. It is impossible to live in these houses, because there is simply nowhere to walk. Previously, you could sit at the houses. The houses were surrounded by two rows of trees that protected from noise and gas pollution, flowers were bred in the front gardens. The area was green, cozy, habitable. And now the facades go directly to the busy highways. As soon as you step out of the door, you immediately find yourself on the road! I can’t imagine how it is possible to give birth and raise children in such houses, because there is nowhere to go with a stroller! And if you roll it out, then from the first step you can fall under the car.
Municipal assemblies more than once passed unanimous decisions on the inadmissibility of such construction. But all in vain.
Construction at each address caused scandals and protests among local residents. Roads were blocked, thousands of rallies were convened. Nobody wanted to be in the shadow of the new rich. Thousands of signatures were collected under the letters. Letters were sent to the mayor. The people fought as hard as they could. One example, at Sokolovskogo 1. During construction, 600 trees were cut down. And now there is nowhere to plant even one tree - everything is occupied by the house itself, and parking. A five-story house demolished on this site (it was called experimental) surrounded a real garden. On the courtyard side there was an extensive recreational area, which once also housed a sports ground. But most importantly, there were groves of lilacs and bird cherry. The bird-cherry grove grew so large that it was impossible to climb through the palisade of thin trunks. In spring, the aroma of cherry blossoms covered the entire yard. More than one couple in love found solitude here. The bird-cherry orchard was cut down, not even used for firewood, as Chekhov's "cherry orchard" once was. Now there is nothing of this at all, and on an absolutely bare place he perched, crushing everything around him, a 21-story giant. Read 70 meters high. But the distance to the nearest houses remained the same, 15 meters. Yes, and the house violated the row, crawling out onto the roadway.
The company was accused of building with violations, seizing land and in an emergency at construction sites, during which people died. During the fire in the Scarlet Sails complex, 10 people died (according to unofficial data - 64)
The activity of this company is distinguished by one common property - criminality! Don Stroy leads endless courts... But the company gets away with everything. Maybe because Evgeny Dmitrievich Blazhko is the son-in-law of Vladimir Iosifovich Resin, the main person in the City Hall, in charge of Moscow construction.
Our new President launched an uncompromising fight against corruption. But Resin is beyond suspicion, because he, being confidant Medvedev in Moscow, provided him with very good numbers during the elections! He was responsible for the work of the election headquarters.
There is a literary example of how a non-commissioned officer's widow flogged herself. In this case, I don't think it will happen again. Therefore, Don-Stroy is now building freely at Biryuzova, 41 - new house.
Garages (private property) were demolished to clear the construction site. It seemed to me. That in the society that is now being built, private property is sacred and inviolable. Not really. Corruption and lawlessness are inviolable. Moreover, some garages were demolished right with the cars standing in them. The police watched this action indifferently. Construction is being carried out on the site of a karst fault that could swallow the entire area. During the excavation of the pit, radioactive burial grounds of the Institute of Atomic Energy named after V.I. Kurchatov. Nothing stopped the company. Now the unfinished house has visibly squinted, work has been suspended ... The workers are busy patching up the cracks that spread from the construction site to nearby houses. The court, which considered the illegal demolition of private property, decided to compensate the losses of citizens. Yes and only. Moreover, garages are of course not rated by market value, but like some kind of wrecked sheds. The demolition of the illegally built house was considered “inappropriate”.
You will not envy the inhabitants of the surrounding houses. Construction is being carried out dangerously close to their homes. And the foundation pit was dug so deep that all the surrounding earth crawled. The funny thing is that the construction site appropriated someone else's address. After all, on Marshal Biryuzov Street, 41 houses have been standing since 1955. And it's full of residents. And now his double is selling apartments. On beautifully drawn architectural designs, the new house is surrounded by a pine forest, and there are no houses nearby! Promising hint!
The “Program for the Comprehensive Reconstruction of the Shchukino District”, in fact, simply does not exist. The residents don't know anything about it. There is only a construction company, which is the program itself. A program dangerous for Shchukino and its inhabitants. So Don-Story, like its owner, an excellent student of mathematics, does not have to wait for reciprocal love.
If there is still some small park near your house. Keep in mind, the park is in danger. At any time, it can be seized by builders of “business class” housing and formed a new class of metropolitan real estate - Premium.
Court of Arbitration Moscow foreclosed on 33% of Complex-Stroy LLC and 100% of Diorit Firm LLC, follows from judgment. These firms, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, own Stroy-Complex LLC, the owner of the rights to the Neskuchny Home & Spa multifunctional complex under construction in 5th Donskoy Proezd. The project is being built by the development company Gorn Development, created by the co-founder of Donstroy Maxim Blazhko. As part of the project, 437,000 sq. m, of which 190,000 sq. m - housing. The first stage of the 69-storey tower with 38,200 sq. m.
The plaintiff is Vnesheconombank (VEB), to which, as stated in the case file, Blazhko's companies owe more than 7.6 billion rubles. The total claims of the bank against the businessman now exceed 12 billion rubles.
Funds for the construction of Neskuchny Home & Spa by Blazhko's structures were raised in 2007. Then they received 5.6 billion rubles from Svyaz-bank (now part of the VEB group). In 2012, the parties entered into an amicable agreement, and VEB forgave Blazhko 2.7 billion rubles. debt. But in the summer of 2017, Gorn Development again defaulted on the loan, two sources close to the developer and VEB told Vedomosti earlier. In January 2018, these same people said that Blazhko's company was trying to negotiate a debt restructuring. According to them, the transfer of a stake in Neskuchny Home & Spa to the state bank was discussed.
Negotiations on the settlement of debt obligations are still ongoing, these Vedomosti interlocutors are now saying. One of them recalls that VEB recently changed its management, the bank was headed by the former First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Shuvalov. Now, according to the interlocutor of Vedomosti, the bank is aimed at selling non-core and distressed assets, so even if VEB enters the capital of the company that owns Neskuchny Home & Spa, it will be temporary. Representatives of VEB and Gorn Development declined to comment.
From the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, it follows that the property recovered on the debt of VEB will be sold at public auction. The initial cost of 33% of Complex-Stroy is 767.2 million rubles, 100% of Diorita is 72.1 million rubles. The difference between the amount of the debt and the sale price of the deputy head of the practice of property and liability relations of the legal service "Amuleks" Galina Gamburg explains that this is the value of the shares of the parties agreed in the pledge agreements. The proceeds from the sale will be used to pay off the debt. If the shares are not sold at the first and repeated auctions, they can go to the bank, says Dmitry Kletochkin, partner at Rustam Kurmaev and Partners.
Neskuchny Home & Spa is Blazhko's last major active project. The businessman is known as a co-founder of the Donstroy holding, one of the largest developers of premium real estate in Moscow. In 2010, in the course of restructuring Donstroy's debts to VTB, Donstroy Invest, which was engaged in housing construction, was spun off from the holding. It was eventually headed by top managers of VTB. Who owns it now is not known, market participants associate Don-Stroy Invest with VTB.
The commercial real estate projects that remained with Blazhko were also gradually transferred to creditors. The project of a multifunctional complex (267,000 sq. m.) at the intersection of Zvenigorodskoye highway and 3rd Silikatny proezd, as Kommersant reported a year ago, was supposed to go to the creditor - the bank " Russian capital". The Nordstar Tower business center on Begovaya and the Schuka shopping and entertainment center on Schukinskaya went to Riverstretch Trading & Investments (RT&I): Blazhko's structures owed it about 30 billion rubles, which RT&I bought from Sberbank. Who is behind this company is also not known, market participants said that it acts in the interests of Rosneft and the Region Group of Companies. Neither company has confirmed this. Blazhko's structure was also going to build up 4,700 hectares in the Ruzsky district of the Moscow region. There it was planned to build a whole city on 8 million square meters. m worth 300 billion rubles. The fate of this project is not known.
A wide range of people became aware of the domestic construction and development company Don-Stroy due to its bankruptcy, as well as the situation around the "House on Mosfilmovskaya" in Moscow. At the same time, the public drew attention to one of its leaders - Maxim Blazhko. In the article we will get to know both the developer himself and his company better.
Biography
Mass media present Maxim Blazhko as a successful developer with twenty years of experience. He was born in the capital on September 2, 1969. He graduated from the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute. I chose training in the specialty "Search, exploration of radioactive rare elements."
In the nineties, he worked in Kazakhstan directly in his specialty. Further career and professional activity Maksim Blazhko developed in the following way:
- In 1994 he created well-known company"Don-build".
- Since 2006, he has been the chairman of the board of a management company called DS-Holding.
- General Director of Nordstar Development Corporation.
- Since autumn 2016 - CEO of GORN Development.
Professional success
Since the early 2000s, more than 20 residential high-rise complexes have been built under the leadership of the developer. Their total living area exceeds 3 million m 2 . These business-class and premium-class projects have set quite a high bar for all Russian development.
Among the projects of Maxim Evgenievich Blazhko, one can single out the first residential skyscrapers in Moscow. it the following buildings:
- Housing complex on Aviatsionnaya street, 77-79.
- Residential complex in Chapaevsky lane, 3.
- House on Mosfilmovskaya street, 8.
- Housing complex on Rusakovskaya street, 31.
Since the fall of 2016, Maxim Evgenievich Blazhko has been the CEO of GORN Development. It is considered a full cycle private development company. Her specialization is the construction of premium residential real estate in the capital. Already in 2016, this company began the implementation and management of a large residential complex "NESKUCHNY HOME & SPA", which belongs to premium class buildings.
Awards
Telling the biography of Maxim Blazhko, it is also necessary to list the main awards of the developer:
- State award, medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow" (awarded in 1997).
- Order of Merit for the Church (awarded in 2001).
- Title "Honorary Builder" Russian Federation(obtained in 2005).
- Order of St. A. Nevsky "For Labor and Fatherland" (awarded in 2007).
- The inclusion of Maxim Blazhko (a photo of the hero of our story is also posted in the article) in the rating news agency"Kommersant". These are the TOP-1000 most successful professional managers in the Russian construction area. I must say that Maxim Blazhko entered the TOP-10.
personal fortune
Many have read the news about how the founder of Donstroy, Maxim Blazhko, is losing largest project. But is everything so bad? At the beginning of 2007, the personal fortune of the Russian developer was estimated at $550 million. In addition, Maxim Blazhko took 94th place in the ranking of the 500 richest Russian millionaires, compiled by information resource"Finance".
Personal life, hobbies
Maxim Evgenievich is married. His family is considered to have many children - the developer has four children. The businessman has two main hobbies. This is diving and skiing.
"Don-stroy"
“The founder of Donstroy, Maxim Blazhko, is losing the largest project ... So what happened? Let's talk about everything in order.
"Don-stroy" is a domestic development and construction company. A few facts about her:
- Founded: 1994
- CEO (currently): Alena Deryabina.
- The headquarters is located in Moscow.
- Turnover: $578 million (as of March 2006).
- Operating profit of the company: 7.6 billion rubles (according to 2016 data).
- Net profit companies: $102.8 million (as of March 2006).
Company development history
The biography of Maxim Blazhko is directly related to Don-system. Initially, this corporation, founded in 1994, belonged to two business partners - Maxim Evgenievich and Dmitry Zelenov.
Until 2009, it included many different structures that could implement not only residential, but also commercial projects - retail, office. In 2009, in connection with the restructuring of loans (they were previously provided to the company by a well-known Russian bank VEB - today VTB) residential projects were placed in a separate block. They became CJSC "Don-stroy-invest".
Further, housing projects began to be implemented under the Don-stroy brand. The shareholders of Don-Stroy-Invest are five legal entities. Any of their personal information is not disclosed. As for commercial real estate projects, they were left to Dmitry Zelenov and Maxim Blazhko. These are structures called "DS Holding" and "DS Development".
Activity of the company
"Don-Stroy" by Maxim Blazhko is a well-known organization. It is one of the ten largest developers in the capital. Its main specialization is the construction of business-class residential complexes. During the activity of "Don-stroy" Maxim Evgenievich Blazhko built more than 30 such residential complexes. Their total area was 2.5 million m 2 . Among the most significant buildings are the following:
- Triumph Palace is a residential skyscraper located in the Khoroshevsky district of the capital. Until 2007, it was he who was considered the tallest residential building in all of Europe.
- "Scarlet Sails" is a high-rise residential complex in Moscow, consisting of 5 buildings. The first building was erected in 2001. The construction was completely completed in 2017. The residential complex is located on the picturesque bank of the Moskva River.
In 2013, the company begins a large-scale project to build the capital's Shelepikhinskaya embankment. In the same year, a no less grandiose project was launched to renovate and reconstruct one of the oldest Moscow factories, the Hammer and Sickle.
For the same 2013, the total investment in the company's projects amounted to 14.9 billion rubles. These amounts were used to build 4.2 million square meters. meters of housing.
Among the latest remarkable projects of the company "Don-Stroy" are the following:
- The last hulls of the "Scarlet Sails".
- "Heart of the capital".
- "Falcon Fort".
- "Setun Valley".
- "Maple House".
- "Grand De Luxe on Plyushchikha".
- "Smolensky De Luxe".
- Barrine House.
Today, organizationally, the company is a large holding, which includes 30 companies. The company also owns a diversification project (expanding the possibilities, scope, range of the holding) "Scarlet Sails". it commercial network which was founded in 1999. It belongs to the mother of Maxim Evgenievich - Olga Blazhko.
Logo
The company "Don-Stroy" has changed several logos.
- Three transparent buildings, which were bordered by a red border. Below was the word "Don". Even lower - a red detail with the inscription "Build". Logo 1994-2010
- Laconic logo: the word "Don-Stroy", white letters on a red background. The font has changed compared to the previous one. The logo did not last long - from 2010 to 2011.
- The next logo is a schematic depiction of a gray city. At the bottom of the picture was written "Don-stroy". The letters are also grey. The font has been changed again. The logo was also chosen for a short period - from 2011 to 2012.
- The last logo is sketchy buildings formed from three white stripes. Below (in some cases on the right) is the word "Don-stroy". The letters are white and the font has been changed again. This logo is valid from 2012 to the present.
Problems with law enforcement
In August 2008, the investigative committee under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs initiated a criminal case against the leaders of the company associated with the brainchild of Maxim Blazhko. This is LLC Construction Trust Don-Stroy. The company was one of the structures of the company, acted as a contractor for the construction of elite housing complexes.
The essence of the claim was that the management of Don-Stroy Construction Trust was suspected of illegally refunding VAT (value-added tax), which was transferred to companies that, according to investigators, had signs of fictitiousness.
However, in September 2009 the case was suspiciously suspended. According to the press, this was due to a strange deal. The media wrote that in the fall of the same year, Andrey Khorev, 1st Deputy Head economic security under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, he received, through intermediaries, an elite apartment (room area - 100 sq. M.) in the residential complex "House on Smolenskaya Embankment" through intermediaries. The structure, by coincidence, was erected by the "Don-system". What is the outcome of this case? In September 2012, it was finally closed.
"Don-stroy" and the public
Relations construction company Maxim Blazhko and the public are rather contradictory. Residents of Moscow accused Don-Stroy of illegally seizing the territory for construction. Rallies were held more than once in order to stop the actions of the holding. There was also a report in the media that during one of these public speeches, the protesters were beaten up by armed citizens. One of the high-profile rallies took place in 2012 in Khamovniki. People opposed the illegal construction of the Komsomolsky de Luxe apartment hotel by Don-Stroy. They wanted to erect the building on the site of the Travnikov Garden. The latter is one of the unique places in the capital - 13 species of plants listed in the Red Book are planted there. There are many other amazing, rare plantings in the garden.
Crisis and bankruptcy
In 2008-2010 more than once it was said about the debts and bankruptcy of Maxim Blazhko. This is due to the fact that in 2009 Don-Stroy faced difficulties in repaying previously taken loans. It all ended with the fact that in August 2009 it was announced that a serious financial condition The company led to the restructuring of the debt to VTB Bank, where Don-Stroy took out a loan for its development. The amount was 500 million dollars. Due to the fact that the company could not repay the loan, it had to transfer to the bank a controlling stake in CJSC Don-stroy-invest (as you remember, this is a subsidiary of Don-stroy, which owned the developer's housing projects) for only symbolic 500 rubles. Thus, Maxim Evgenievich Blazhko handed it over to VEB ("Vnesheconombank").
In September 2009, another news became known. Controlling stake subsidiary"Don-stroya", LLC "DS Development" (engaged in both construction and management commercial real estate), together with the Nordstar Tower business complex built by Don-Stroy (a high-rise office center on the border of the Northern and Central districts of the capital, second only to Moscow City in height), were transferred to Sberbank. The reason is the same - repayment of debt to banking organization. The controlling stake was also transferred for a symbolic sum - "several hundred rubles".
In January 2010, news was announced about the restructuring of the debt of Maxim Blazhko's construction company to Sberbank. Its size amounted to 20 billion rubles. Eleven of them were repaid by transferring the Nordstar Tower business complex to the bank. The payment of the remaining 9 billion rubles was postponed as agreed. Thus, the debts of Maxim Blazhko were repaid.
Developer's debts
After the transfer of Don-Stroy-Invest to the new owner, the affairs of M.E. Blazhko were not fully settled. In 2017, the entrepreneur tried to challenge the recovery of 1.7 billion rubles from him in favor of this structure. At the same time, he demands 500 million rubles from Maxim Blazhko himself.
The entrepreneur filed three appeals with the Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow against the recovery of 1.74 billion rubles from him. The claimants here were the controlled groups of Don-Stroy-Invest - SK Don-Stroy and Beleran. The documents say that Blazhko received these funds (1.7 billion rubles) from these companies under loan agreements. But at the same time, the date of their conclusion, as well as intended use loans are not specified. The developer's lawyers are confused in their explanations: someone says that the entrepreneur did not receive the loan amount at all, and someone says that he negotiated with the plaintiffs to resolve the problem.
In addition, in April 2017, another group controlled by Don-Stroy-Invest, LLC Asol, applied to the Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow to recover 17.7 million rubles from the businessman. However, the claim was denied by the court due to the expiration of the limitation period. In response to the refusal, the same groups belonging to Don-stroy-invest (Asol, Beleran, SK Don-stroy, Euroinvest Settlement Council) filed seven more claims.
According to the representatives of the groups, financial obligations Blazhko came before them even at the time when they were under his control (before the transfer of VEB). But this is not the only duty of a businessman. In 2014, the Russian Capital bank issued River Tower LLC (one of the developer's structures) 1.7 billion rubles. The debt was not repaid on time. In 2017, the bank estimated the debt of Maxim Evgenievich to him at 2.3 billion rubles.
"House on Mosfilmovskaya"
The high-rise building on Mosfilmovskaya Street is one of the most famous capital projects of this development company. After reports of the bankruptcy of Maxim Blazhko, the situation around this building was the most discussed.
About multistory housing complex the general public learned in the summer of 2010. Then the Moscow government, as part of the work on the project to combat unauthorized construction under the mayor of the city, decided to demolish the upper part of the building. Of course, it was not taken from heaven. It turned out that the builders ignored the permission issued to them, illegally adding 8-9 floors to the height of the building (about 40 meters)!
At the end of July of the same year, the dismantling of both the roof of the building and its upper illegal floors was actually started. The Vedomosti newspaper then reported interesting fact: it was at these unauthorized levels that the leaders of Don-Stroy, M. Blazhko and D. Zelenov, wanted to settle. But the timely intervention of the city authorities was intended to deprive developers of two-level penthouses, each of which was at least 1000 m 2 in area.
However, in the spring of 2011, the Moscow government suddenly changed its mind. The upper floors of the "House on Mosfilmovskaya" were still preserved. At the end of the same year, the skyscraper was put into operation.
Another unpleasant news was connected with the "House on Mosfilmovskaya". The Don-Stroy company lost the court case against him. The essence of the proceedings was that the co-investor this project(a structure associated with the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works) demanded that the penalty be returned to him due to the failure to meet the deadlines for the construction of the facility. "Don-stroy" returned 103 million dollars (forfeit + the amount invested by that company).
At the same time, the project "Houses on Mosfilmovskaya" was highly appreciated:
- The building project was included in the top thirty of the best Russian architectural projects recently (according to the rating compiled by the Afisha magazine).
- The project "Houses on Mosfilmovskaya" took fifth place in the prestigious Emporis Skyscraper Award 2012.
Maxim Blazhko is a rather controversial figure in Russian business. On the one hand, the entrepreneur has honorary personal awards, his company implements large-scale projects that are highly appreciated by specialists. But on the other hand, the public accuses the businessman of illegal construction, he himself is involved in many court cases related to non-repayment of large loans.
Biography:
In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Search and Exploration of Rare Radioactive Elements of the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute.
By assignment, he worked as a geologist in Kazakhstan.
Since 1991 - commercial director of the Komek company.
In 1994 he founded the Don-Stroy company.
For 2006 - the chairman of the board management company"Don-Stroy Holding" (Moscow). Co-owner of the Don-Stroy holding together with Dmitry Zelenov.
As of October 2006, Don-Stroy is one of the five largest developers in Moscow. From 1994 to 2006 built 30 residential complexes with total area about 1.5 million sq. m.
General Director of UK GORN LLC, RiTa LLC, Multiservice LLC, Stroy-Complex LLC, NSD LLC, BC NORDSTAR LLC, Regional Trade Network AP LLC.
Married, three children.
He enjoys diving and skiing.
Dossier:
The Don-Stroy development company is to demolish the upper floors of the House on Mosfilmovskaya, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said in an interview with the Rossiya TV channel. [...] The height of the building, which should not be exceeded, was agreed with the chief architect of Moscow, Alexander Kuzmin, Luzhkov noted, but Don-Stroy nevertheless exceeded the maximum height. “Here, according to what has been agreed, cut it off, everything else, how many floors there will be - 10-20 - cut off. You won’t get any other options for what you will eventually build and what will require appropriate city decisions, ”the capital’s mayor emphasized. [...]
At first glance, the main victims of the scandal are home buyers who have lost their purchased apartments, and the developer company, which will have to return their money, possibly with compensation for moral damage, lost profits, and something else.
However, according to Slon.ru, five of the disputed eight floors did not enter the free sale. The most prestigious and expensive square meters, as one of the realtors working with Don-Stroy told Slon.ru, citing information obtained from the company, were bought by the founders of Don-Stroy, Maxim Blazhko and Dmitry Zelenov. True, there is no penthouse among the redeemed areas, only three floors have been sold to private individuals.
Investing in your own projects is a fairly common practice among developers and realtors: they can choose the most interesting areas and purchase them for low prices, and after obtaining ownership - to resell much more expensive. Moreover, as the interlocutor of Slon.ru noted, in other projects of the company, a fair number of apartments are also reserved for Blazhko and Zelenov.
Compromising evidence.Ru,07/06/2010
The director of the HOA "Avalon" Yanina Viktorovna Grebenshchikova applied to the capital's arbitration with a demand to declare the company "Northstar Tower" bankrupt. A member of the HOA of the plaintiff Grebenshchikova is the ex-owner of the developer "Don-Stroy" Maxim Blazhko. Nordstar Tower owns the 42-storey business center Nordstar Tower on Begovaya Street, which Blazhko is also considered to be the beneficiary. In Moscow, Grebenshchikova owns BC Nordstar LLC and Gorn LLC. The latter legal entity, in turn, controls Nordstar Development LLC, previously established by Maxim Blazhko and his Don-Stroy partner Dmitry Zelenov. In the registers, Blazhko is listed as the general director of Gorn.
Grebenshchikova's lawsuit is connected with the conflict between Maxim Blazhko and the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin. Self-bankruptcy is necessary for the developer to prevent the loss of control over the Nordstar Tower. In June 2016, the first deputy of the board of Sberbank, Maxim Poletaev, announced that the business center was being transferred to the legal entities of Rosneft. The bank sold to the oil company the debt of Nordstar Development, which was secured by the business center. Surrounded by the head of Sberbank, the leader of the rating "Gays in the elite of Russia" German Gref, the debt is estimated at $130 million. Maxim Blazhko failed to service credit line than Rosneft took advantage of.
Disagreements arose when the developer Blazhko refused oilman Sechin's request to downgrade rent. The Nordstar Tower houses the offices of the TNK-BP corporation controlled by Rosneft, the amount of the contract was originally indicated in foreign currency. Oil company wanted to revise the conditions, taking into account the devaluation of the ruble, but they did not meet her halfway. At the end of 2015, TNK-BP was in arrears in lease payments, and Blazhko, through Northstar Tower, filed two lawsuits with the Moscow Arbitration Court for about $10 million. This August, Northstar Tower filed another lawsuit against Rosneft demanding conclude an agreement on Blazhko's terms.
RUCOMPROMAT.com, 14.10.2016
Rossiyskiy Kapital Bank has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Arbitration Court demanding that Maksim Blazhko, the founder of the Donstroy development company, be bankrupted, Kommersant writes. The case card says that the corresponding application was filed on October 14th.
In the summer of 2016, Russian Capital filed for bankruptcy of the River Tower company, which is 90% owned by Blazhko. The company's debt to the bank was about 4 billion rubles. In early October, the parties tried to settle the dispute. It was, in particular, about the transfer to the bank of the River Tower project for the construction of a multifunctional complex with a total area of 267,000 square meters at the intersection of Zvenigorod highway and 3rd Silikatny passage.
the insiders,October 20, 2016
In the seven and a half years that have passed since the transfer of control over Don-stroy invest to VTB structures, one of the founders of the company, Maxim Blazhko, has not been able to resolve financial disagreements with the new owner of the business. Now the entrepreneur is trying to challenge the recovery of almost 1.7 billion rubles from him personally in favor of the structures of Don-Stroy Invest. About another 500 million rubles from him is preparing to demand another creditor - the state bank "Russian Capital".
According to Kommersant, Blazhko filed an appeal against three decisions of the Khoroshevsky city court to recover 1.74 billion rubles from him. This is stated in the materials presented in the file of the court. The plaintiffs in these cases were SK Don-Stroy JSC controlled by the Don-Stroy Invest group (two claims totaling 997.7 million rubles) and Beleran LLC (742.4 million rubles). As follows from the materials of the court, these funds were previously received by Mr. Blazhko from the plaintiffs under loan agreements, the date of their conclusion and special purpose are not specified. Lawyers of Mr. Blazhko himself in one of the court proceedings indicated that he actually did not receive the loan amount, and in another - that he was negotiating the settlement of these debts. Representatives of Don-Stroy Invest and Mr. Blazhko himself did not answer questions yesterday.
Kompromat1, 05/18/2017
Renovation program of the old housing stock Moscow, initiated by the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, sometimes faces the most unexpected difficulties, in particular, with unscrupulous business interests of developers. So, former owner of the Don Stroy company, Maxim Blazhko has developed a project for the Neskuchny Home & Spa elite residential complex, for the construction of which he intends to send several thousand Muscovites living on the “spot” of its development outside the Moscow Ring Road.
According to the publication Novaya Pressa, Blazhko offered the residents of Leninsky Prospekt housing in Shcherbinka. Naturally, potential migrants did not like this prospect, which they immediately announced on social networks. After that, people's gatherings followed, from which officials of the mayor's office became nervous, because this undermines all confidence in the city program. Blazhko was ordered to provide the IDPs with new housing within the same area, but, based on the specifics of the developer's new project, this is hardly possible.
The fact is that "Neskuchny Home & Spa" consists of 5 skyscrapers of different, but everywhere considerable, number of storeys, i.e. has a construction density 3-4 times higher than the average density of Moscow new buildings. That is, in fact, the complex is a gigantic real estate object, both business and premium class, completely unprovided with the necessary infrastructure. The construction of such an object in the center of the capital is very doubtful, so, most likely, the "Non-boring Home & Spa", even if it leaves the pages project documentation, will become long-term construction.
However, he has little chance of doing so. The owner of the construction company Maxim Blazhko is burdened with multibillion-dollar debts: the size of his corporate debt exceeded 60 billion rubles, and personal - 2.2 billion. Most of his assets went through bankruptcy proceedings, and their property was transferred to creditors as collateral.
Terrarum.ru,May 25, 2017
Last week, the ex-owner of the Don-Stroy construction holding, Maxim Blazhko, on the sidelines of the ARCH Moscow international exhibition, mentioned Vnesheconombank as his main financial partner under the project of construction of residential skyscrapers quarter "Neskuchny Home&Spa". Apparently, the reference to cooperation with a reputable bank, according to the developer, should add solidity to his project and reassure potential investors about the prospects and financial stability future construction.
Indeed, it is difficult to imagine, especially for a less sophisticated buyer of an apartment, that the largest National Bank could get involved in a development adventure. Meanwhile, it is in this context that many real estate market experts are already talking about the Neskuchny Home & Spa residential complex - and main reason there are just doubts that the developer has enough resources to implement the project.
Maksim Blazhko and VEB are indeed connected by strong financial relations: the ex-owner of Don-stroy is a bank debtor on a loan that his company took back in 2007 to purchase a site where the construction of skyscrapers is now planned, and has still not been able to pay off it. The loan amounted to $288 million. For several years, VEB unsuccessfully sought to repay the debt, until it came to a settlement agreement. In accordance with it, the bank forgave Blazhko almost half of the debt - more than 2.7 billion rubles, and payments for the remaining 2.8 billion rubles were restructured until December 2019. The bank is still pledging the shares of companies associated with the Neskuchny Home&Spa residential complex project, including 99.95% of the shares of Stroy-Complex LLC, the developer of the project. Blazhko himself acts as a guarantor.
According to experts in the construction market, own funds Blazhko simply does not have the money to implement his only project of the Neskuchny Home&Spa residential complex. The total debt of his companies is about 60 billion rubles. All of its main assets are at the stage of bankruptcy, pledged by the Nordstar Tower business center (the Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed the debt of JSC Nordstar Tower in the amount of more than 32 billion rubles) and the Shchuka shopping mall in the short term, most likely, will go to creditors. Considering that VTB and Rossiyskiy Kapital have personally filed claims in the amount of almost 2.5 billion rubles against Blazhko, we can say that the developer is closer than ever to bankruptcy.
The company owned by the entrepreneur began to build a complex of 200-meter skyscrapers in the Neskuchny Sad residential complex, destroying the infrastructure of the area and not relocating residents
How Maxim Blazhko destroyed the infrastructure of the microdistrict, demolished the only store within walking distance, destroyed the recreation area and the playground, clogged a foundation pit at arm's length from the fourth and seventh buildings. And for this, it is planned to take away from residents, both owners and tenants, thirteen houses no more than five floors and the ground below them.
The Moscow Arbitration Court scheduled April 26 the main hearing on the claim of the state corporation Vnesheconombank (VEB) to recover more than 10.5 billion rubles from the developer Maxim Blazhko, former co-owner of Donstroy .
It was this man who took hostage more than a thousand Muscovites living on their misfortune in thirteen capital brick houses on the 5th Donskoy passage of the capital in the complex of houses at number 21.
How property is taken
In Moscow, scandals are getting louder when residents are resettled, who do not want to understand the benefits of resettlement in case of demolition or renovation. Muscovites claim that the provided apartments are no better than the ones being withdrawn, and the new houses are inconveniently located, the repairs are no good, the doors-windows “fly out”, etc. In a word, we wanted the best, but it turned out again what happened. After all, conflicts between developers and old-timers are a common thing in our city. Housing problem spoiled more than one generation of Muscovites.
But what is happening now in the 5th Donskoy passage, ow. 21 is too much even for Moscow. The situation is, one might say, unique. On this territory, the GORN DEVELOPMENT company owned by Maxim Blazhko plans to build a complex of 200-meter skyscrapers in the Neskuchny Sad residential complex. And for the sake of this, it is planned to take away from the residents, both owners and tenants, thirteen houses with a floor height of not more than five floors and the land under them.
To date, developers have completely destroyed the well-established infrastructure of the microdistrict, demolished the only convenience store, destroyed the recreation area and the playground, and made a foundation pit at arm's length from the fourth and seventh buildings.
“I didn't know anything. The neighbors called and said they were going to demolish us. I was in shock - how to demolish? The house is excellent, strong, I took care of the apartment for my sons. And here they are being taken down. Who decided and why? I am the owner, why didn’t they ask me?”.
“I’m afraid to let my daughter go outside in the evening. Dangerous - cars drive, there are no sidewalks, migrant builders walk. Will the developers put things in order or will they be engaged in resettlement?”.
“I can’t work quietly – there is noise all the time, the house is constantly shaking.
When will it end?"
“My parents are pensioners, they can’t normally go to the clinic. Why was the bus removed?
Such questions from residents of 5 Donskoy proezd, vl. 21 remain virtually unanswered.
At the same time, before the start of construction and during its process, Maxim Blazhko's company did not fulfill its obligations to resettle the residents of 13 buildings. Until October last year, the Moscow authorities and developers issued written promises that by October 1, 2017, buildings 4 and 7 would be completely settled. Instead, Ashraf Alimov, a spokesman for the developer, said in October that they had no money for resettlement. And in the new answers, another date for the final resettlement of the buildings was announced - January 1, 2018. April 2018 is on the way. To questions about the number of apartments settled in buildings 7 and 4, developers, referring to trade secret, are silent, like partisan heroes, arguing, in contrast to the inhabitants, that "the process is underway."
Meanwhile, the property of Muscovites, in their opinion, purposefully brought to an emergency state. People say to a voice recorder that in private conversations, representatives of the developer promise them such conditions of existence that it would seem lucky to escape from the center of the capital to the most remote New Moscow.
"They lie how they breathe"
In October last year, Maxim Blazhko, CEO of the investor, the GORN DEVELOPMENT company, managed to act as a defendant in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of authority). He tried to "throw" the next creditors. An electronic bracelet for a house arrest, of course, did not add positive to the already established image of a scandalous defaulter on debts and a potential bankrupt. We believe that it was precisely in connection with this that last autumn there was a burst of PR materials about the “wonderful” Russian developer in the electronic and print media:
"LCD "NESKUCHNY HOME & SPA" under the leadership of Maxim Blazhko will be built on time"
"The philosophy of the company is to create houses that surprise and deserve to become the new architectural legends of Moscow."
Maxim Blazhko, CEO of GORN Development , commenting on the completion of work on the arrangement of the foundation, noted: “We have completed the most difficult and crucial stage in the construction of the first building of the Neskuchny, further work will go much faster. At the next stage, work on monolithic structures of 2 underground and 2 above-ground non-residential floors will be completed, after which the builders will begin work on the structures typical floors with their apartments. At this stage, the rate of construction of reinforced concrete will be 4-5 floors of finished structures per month. By the new year, we plan to erect 10 floors of the first building, and we will complete the construction of the building structures in December next year.”
New Year walks around the country for three months. But where are the promised floors? Congratulations, Maxim Evgenievich, you are lying! Agree that you, making last year's broadcast statements as a "specialist", knew perfectly well that without the resettlement of at least two buildings located practically on the construction site, the realization of such ambitions is impossible.
Today, instead of resettling residents, the developer company, which is unable to fulfill its own obligations, is actively selling air. Among the equity holders who bought non-existent apartments over the heads of Muscovites from the 5th Donskoy, according to some information, there are already foreign investors. And those Muscovites whose houses the developers turn into emergency ones are not offered ANYTHING. Just NOTHING. Can you imagine this in a state of law, especially in the capital of a state of law?
The bank washes its hands
In January of this year, the media reported on the transfer of a share in the Neskuchny Home & Spa project to the state bank VEB.
Maksim Blazhko and VEB really have a strong financial relationship: the ex-owner of Don-stroy is a bank debtor on a loan that his company took back in 2007 to purchase a site where skyscrapers are now planned to be built, and still has not managed to pay off. The loan amounted to $288 million. For several years, VEB unsuccessfully sought to repay the debt, until it came to a settlement agreement. In accordance with it, the bank forgave Blazhko almost half of the debt - more than 2.7 billion rubles, and payments for the remaining 2.8 billion rubles were restructured until December 2019. The bank is still pledging the shares of companies associated with the Neskuchny Home&Spa residential complex project, including 99.95% of the shares of Stroy-Complex LLC, the developer of the project.
The entry of a large state-owned, and therefore, to some extent, socially oriented bank into the sensational project instilled some hope in the desperate residents of 5th Donskoy. And we asked the representatives of the bank, already as full partners in the construction, a few old questions that have not lost their relevance today.
- Construction has been going on for more than a year and is very active, but people are not resettled. Today they live in extreme conditions.
- During construction, safety standards are not observed at all. There is a real danger to the life and health of residents. The bypass road built by the developer runs almost along the border of the entrances, there is no possibility for stopping ambulances and fire trucks.
- What and when do you intend to do in the face of the growing threat of a social explosion? Residents intend to contact international organizations for the protection of human rights, make a press conference for foreign media. How will this affect VEB's reputation?
The response was striking in its brevity.
“In response to your request, we provide the following:
VEB Group is not an operator construction works and cooperates with the developer company exclusively within the framework of financing the project.
Translated from the bureaucratic language into Russian, this means the following:
- VEB Group admits that it finances the illegal actions of the developer. That is, it is precisely at her expense that Gorn Development continues to turn the lives of those who have the misfortune of owning apartments or living in them on a social lease at 5 Donskoy Proezd, 21, literally into hell.
- VEB Group is aware that the developer continues to build the Neskuchny Sad residential complex using VEB funds, without resettling the residents of 5th Donskoy Proezd, 21, who are informed that there are no funds for resettlement. And you are aware that at the same time Gorn Development is selling apartments that have not yet been built in the residential complex Neskuchny Sad, including, foreign investors. Is the management of VEB deliberately putting its reputation under this situation?
- VEB Group refuses to consider its social responsibility for the implementation of the Neskuchny Sad Residential Complex project financed by it, the beneficiary of which will be, first of all, VEB. What is strange for a bank that represents internationally financial policy Russian Federation, which according to the Constitution is a social state.
- No action will be taken.
Moscow authorities: indulge or share?
And finally, the most important thing. Obviously, the lawlessness perpetrated by investors in relation to the residents of 5th Donskoy Proezd could not have occurred if the city authorities were responsible for their duties in managing construction processes in Moscow.
For the sake of Maxim Blazhko, a developer with a very dubious reputation, the Moscow Government for some reason decided to declare thirteen well-maintained buildings of ownership 21 “uninhabited” or “unused”. Houses with people living there were declared empty. Residents were not informed that they were all given for construction. There were no public hearings. Muscovites, in the best traditions of serfdom, were given to the mercy of certain merchants who wanted to evict them from the center of the capital somewhere far away and cheaper.
Citizens are openly and shamelessly deprived of the right to private property, the right to live a normal life. And even the very right to life - the crane hanging over the houses swayed in the summer during a hurricane, so that people fled from their apartments. Appeals to all instances lead to nothing. The arrogance of developers is supported by answers from all branches of the Moscow government, saying that everything is “according to the law”.
Today, in the very center of Moscow, a situation has developed that can bury the entire renovation program and new construction in general in Moscow, and create the most negative image for it in the country and abroad. If a commercial project, which is being implemented not in the interests of the city, they are trying to fulfill it with such violations, it is quite clear how the developers, at the suggestion of the Moscow rulers, will deal with Muscovites in the process of renovation itself.
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