Московский международный деловой центр «Москва-Сити»

Commercial district in central Moscow, Russia

The Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow City, is a commercial development in Moscow, the capital of Russia. The project occupies an area of 60 hectares, and is located just east of the Third Ring Road at the western edge of the Presnensky District in the Central Administrative Okrug. Construction of the MIBC takes place on the Presnenskaya Embankment of the Moskva River, approximately west of Red Square. The complex is home to the highest numbers of skyscrapers in Europe. The Government of Moscow first conceived the project in 1992, as a mixed development of office, residential, retail and entertainment facilities. An estimated 250,000 – 300,000 people will be working in, living in, or visiting the complex at any given time. TOC

Before construction began, the area was a stone quarry and industrial zone, where most of the buildings were old factories that had been closed or abandoned. A public company, CITY, was created in 1992, to oversee the initial creation and development of Moscow City as well as its subsequent usage. CITY is also a general contractor and both landlord and lessor. Overall responsibility for the architectural planning and design of Moscow City belongs to the architectural studio No. 6, which is a part of the large Moscow practice Mosproject 2 named after Mikhail Vasilyevich Posokhin. This group, headed by Gennady Lvovich Sirota, who is officially the Chief Architect of Moskva Citi, is in charge of overseeing the design of the complex as a whole and agreeing the details of individual projects. Each building lot has its own investor and architect. By 2014, the volume of investments in Moskva City was approximately $12 billion.

Established in the spring of 1992, the PJSC City Company manages the creation and development of the MIBC. On 30 December 1994, the Government of Moscow authorized PJSC City to act as the managing company for the MIBC and to negotiate with third parties to help develop the MIBC. As of February 2014, the company was owned by the Solvers Group, led by Oleg Malis.

Roof height, max height, and floors apply to the tallest building of the respective complex. Completion of construction applies to the building in each complex completed last. Plot number Name Started Completed Cost in Rubles (₽) Buildings in Complex Roof height, m Max height, m Floors Total area, m²Notes 0 Tower 2000 and Bagration Bridge 1996 2001 1 104 104 34 61,057 Palitra Business Center 2025 2030 1 398 398 80 ≈196,000 Projected highrise building on the left riverbank 1 One Tower 2019 2025 2030 49,000,000,000 ₽ 1 442 442 110 281,608 Once completed, it will be the tallest building in Moscow. 2 Evolution Tower 2011 2014 15,278,640,000 ₽ 1 246 246 55 169,000 3 4 Imperia Tower 2006 2018 9,207,600,000 ₽ 2 239 239 59 287,723 Construction of Tower 2. Foundation work. 5 Expocentre 1977 1978 8 15 15 10 165,000 6 Central Core Cinema Concert Hall 2005 2016 1 7 Center Core AfiMall Moscow Metro 2011 1 50 50 10 283,182 8 Center Core Hotel Novotel Moscow City 2012 4,525,440,000 ₽ 1 55 55 10 52,116 9 City of Capitals 2005 2009 73,641,000,000 ₽ 3 302 302 76 288,680 10Naberezhnaya Tower 2003 2007 6,138,400,000 ₽ 3 268 268 59 254,000 11IQ quarter 2008 2017 9,941,200,000 ₽ 3 169 169 42 228,000 12Eurasia Tower 2007 2015 6,395,250,000 ₽ 1 309 309 70 207,542 13Federation Tower 2003 2017 36,830,400,000 ₽ 2 374 374 101 439,154 Vostok/East Tower is currently the tallest building in Moscow. 14Mercury City Tower 2009 2013 31,740,000,000 ₽ 1 339 339 75 158,528 15 Grand Tower 2013 2023 1 283 283 62400,000Construction was put on hold in 2013 and resumed in 2019. 16OKO 2011 2015 35,258,400,000 ₽ 3 354 354 85 249,000 17Neva Towers 2013 2020 31,837,000,000 ₽ 2 345 345 79 357,000 18 19Northern Tower 2005 2007 1 108 132 27 135,000 20 Multifunctional Complex on site 20 1 60 179,600 21Dom Dau 2023 2027 1 340 340 87 143,000

The Bagration Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that goes over the Moskva River. It connects Tower 2000 and the rest of the MIBC complex.

Major thoroughfares that connect to the MIBC are the Third Ring Road, 3rd Magistralnaya street, and the Presnenskaya Embankment. To correspond with the growing MIBC, new highways and interchanges were built to connect the MIBC with the main transport arteries of the city. These projects include the ten lane Dorogomilovsky Bridge of the Third Ring Road over the Moskva River, the Third Ring Road interchange with Kutuzovsky Avenue, and the extension of the Presnenskaya Embankment. Existing roads were reconstructed and rearranged.

The MIBC is served by three metro lines, and four stations. Two of the stations are named Delovoy Tsentr (Russian for "business center"). Vystavochnaya (formerly also known as Delovoy Tsentr) and Mezhdunarodnaya are on the Filyovskaya line. The first Delovoy Tsentr is on Kalininsko Solntsevskaya line since 2014, but was closed from early 2018 to late 2020. The second Delovoy Tsentr station is served by a branch of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line which is expected to be transferred to the Rublyovo Arkhangelskaya line, currently under construction. The MIBC in addition is served by the Moscow Central Circle urban rail, with a station also named Delovoy Tsentr which opened in 2016. The Testovskaya station, part of the D4 line of the Moscow Central Diameters, began serving the MIBC in September 2023. Another station named Testovskaya, north of the MIBC, is served by the D1 and the Aeroexpress. The main platforms of the station were closed for reconstruction in October 2023, and temporary wooden platforms are currently in use. There are also plans to install a high speed rail system between the MIBC and Sheremetyevo International Airport.

On 2 April 2012, a fire occurred on the 67th floor of Federation Tower East/Vostok while it was under construction. 25 fire fighting units and 4 helicopters of the Moscow Aviation Center responded and took four hours to extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured. On 25 January 2013, a fire occurred on the 24th floor of one of the skyscrapers at the OKO complex while it was under construction. On 12 January 2014, a fire occurred on the 15th floor of a 17 story building on Testovaya Street while it was under construction. The fire was extinguished and nobody was injured. On 9 July 2014, a fire occurred on Evolution Tower. The fire was extinguished and nobody was injured. On 18:45 on 31 August 2015, a fire occurred on the 33rd floor of Federation Tower East/Vostok due to the ignition of construction materials. On 13 April 2016, a worker fell to his death on the Naberezhnaya Tower, presumably from the hundredth floor. On 18 June 2017, builderer Sergey Delyashov climbed Eurasia/Steel Peak and was later rescued. On 30 July 2023, a drone explosion damaged the OKO 2 and IQ quarter buildings and broke multiple windows, injuring 1. Another attack on 1 August 2023. According to Western media, the drones were launched by the Ukrainian military or secret service and, according to experts, are primarily used for psychological warfare in the Russo Ukrainian war.