General Director of RD Management Armen Sarukhanyan has been included in the CRE 100 rating of the Most Influential People of the Commercial Real Estate Market. Mr. Sarukhanyan was ranked fourth among directors of property management companies.
The publication notes that under the leadership of Armen Sarukhanyan RD Management has assumed leading positions on the Russian market for management of commercial real estate and has a reputation has a reliable partner. At present the company’s portfolio includes 14 Class A properties in Moscow with a total of more than 1 million square meters.
MARKET INFLUENCE
Over the course of 2013-2014 the portfolio of RD Management has added major new Class A projects totaling more than 500,000 square meters. In April 2014 the company assumed operational management of the Legenda Tsvetnogo multifunctional complex and in March 2014 – the luxury class shopping center Vremena Goda. This is the second luxury class retail property in the management company’s portfolio: since 2011 the company manages the Dream House shopping center. In late 2013 RD Management began providing technical consulting during the design and construction phase of the Greendale business center.
RD Management also provides services for the multifunctional complex Comcity ahead of the property’s launch. Following the opening of the complex RD Management will assume a comprehensive facility management role, including the organization of the cleaning service, parking and guest reception.
Following several years technical consulting, RD Management’s specialists have begun providing the full range of management services for the Park Pobedy hotel and business center.
“VERY GOOD” SCORE FROM BREEAM
In 2013 property management workload increased at the Romanov Dvor business center. Throughout the course of the year RD Management worked on fulfilling recommendations to achieve BREEAM certification. As a result Romanov Dvor received a “Very Good” score according to BREEAM in International Use, a recently updated certification standard.
CRE 100
The annual CRE 100 rating is compiled by the editorial team of the journal Commercial Real Estate (CRE). Each of the 9 members of the team compiles a long list of reputable individuals based on the compiler’s personal experience and knowledge, information from open sources as well as firsthand information. The lists are then merged into a consolidated list, which this year included 154 individuals. During the first stage research is carried out on all of the nominees in order to gather as much information as possible. In addition to independent open sources, the journalists also sent requests to the press services and PR departments of the companies. The next and final step is a comprehensive analysis of the research and compilation of the final Top 100 rating.