MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. Ingka Holding (whose structures own and operate IKEA stores and the Mega shopping center in Russia) sold a 100% stake in Khimki Business Park in the Moscow region to KLS-Khimki, according to SPARK system data.

The transaction was registered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on June 21. KLS-Khimki became the new owner of the business center on Leningradskaya Street.

On the same day, June 21, the company pledged a 100% stake in the business center back to Ingka Holding under a lease agreement.

According to SPARK system, KLS-Khimki’s general director is Arkady Danielyan and the beneficiary is Grigory Sahakyan. Sahakyan also owns Reyouza, a platform selling second-hand branded clothing, and operates Interskol Group LLC, which, according to Vedomosti, previously owned the Interskol brand of electric tools.

"The market value of the real estate is about 4-4.2 billion rubles ($45.9 mln). The amount of the transaction could differ from the market valuation," Denis Platov, director of the capital markets department at Nikoliers, told TASS. According to him, Khimki Business Park is high-quality office real estate, which may be of interest to tenants due to its proximity to the Leningradskoye Highway, the Sheremetyevo Airport and industrial zones.

In March 2022, the Inter IKEA group of companies announced that IKEA was suspending all its business processes in Russia and Belarus. Later, the company announced that it would sell four factories in Russia and put the retail business in the country on pause, which would lead to a reduction of staff, but the Mega shopping centers would continue to operate.

The news has been amended (01:20 Moscow time) - the title and the lead are being corrected, right - Ingka Holding sold the BC.