LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

example, construction of “Tsavkisis Valley” by one of the Georgian-Jewish
company.
On the background of commercial housing construction, for balancing the
structure of Tbilisi housing fund, emergent task is creation of so-called “social”
(“municipal”, “public” ) accommodation. AS it was mentioned, the decree of
1st February of 1992, practically, transformed almost whole housing fund of
the city into the private property. Government still resists the creation of social
accommodation, what strains the social climate in the society of Tbilisi.
Moving into the new social-economic conditions caused dramatic changes of
office and commercial objects allocation terms in the city planning structure.
Large state establishment organizations of the Soviet period used to occupy
large scale, often specially constructed buildings. Cultural-household objects
were nearly even distributed in the city cell, relevant to the steps of services
shared at that time, with taking into consideration normative radiuses of
accessibility.
Market relations, mainly, were reflected in dislocation of small trading objects.
In 1993 was allowed street trade practically everywhere and in every form.
This type of trade soon was joined by transformation of ground floor of the
residential houses into the trading and household establishments. It’s
important to mention, that in the process of seeking own space on the market
the profile and class of these small objects was somehow changed; This
process, really little slowly but still can be witnessed. Houses ground floors
which made shelters for trading and service objects, weren’t satisfying new
purpose with their first planning structure (problem of entrance from the street;
engineering equipment, sanitarian conditions, non-existence of stores and
secondary closets, etc.). many problems are generated from arranging
downstairs in the cellars, what often was managed to accomplish using the
street sidewalks. Today in the central part of the city can be noticed internal
development of the offices already allocated on the ground floor, on behalf of
the second, seldom the third floors. In terms of real estate must be underlined
the fact, that such legal persons, as a rule, don’t participate in the
management of the whole house (condominium), despite the requirements of
the civic code.
Early simultaneously only with the diversification of the residential house
functions, was implemented departing, reducing of the structures of above
mentioned large organization-establishments and degovernmentation of most
of their owned buildings. Most important is the fact, that this process was
being implemented omitting municipalization stage of the real estate, with
fading the urban land problem. Even the management of the buildings in the
hands of multi proprietors wasn’t meeting even old requirements (elevators,
engineering equipments, cleanliness, fire security, etc.).
Following stage of development is presented by promotion and construction
of originally mixed function buildings, when 1-2 floors were accounted on
office or trade and service objects, above which were located flats.
Simultaneously some large companies were constructing separately located
headquarters.
New stage of creating and exploiting office spaces is construction of the
special buildings, what is recently observed in Tbilisi. In this direction, it’s
worth to notice basically office and trade building, which is being constructed
on Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #34, and “Axis towers” also on I.