LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TBILISI ... - LED

The latest situation, together with general trend, states on a new position destiny of
country like residential areas in the Tbilisi surroundings existed yet in the end of Soviet
Period. Their engineering technical and social rehabilitation will positively influence
general structure of Tbilisi housing fund and will be economically useful for the city. This
topic deserves deeper attention and more than that implementation of political projects.
In this direction really supporting factor is expansion of Tbilisi administrative boarders in
the end of 2006 on behalf of the hinterland and summer-cottage zone. on the meeting of
the 30th march of 2007 Tbilisi city council (Sakrebulo) approved enhanced new fiscal
zoning of Tbilisi, which will support developer activities in the newly joined territories and
thus, expansion of the suburbanization process. It is important, that some companies
have already taken advanced steps for construction of the residential community.
3.6. Allocation of new development projects
Moving into the new social-economic conditions caused dramatic changes of office and
commercial objects allocation terms in the city planning structure.
Market relations, mainly, were reflected in dislocation of small trading objects. In 1993 was
allowed street trade practically everywhere and in every form.. 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. 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
municipalisation stage of the real estate, with fading the urban land problem.
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. Chavchavadze Avenue. The latest is the mode of “second hand”
architecture (such objects of curved prisms (forms) are planned in Istanbul and Astana),
but today already announced prices dictate that These office spaces will respond to the
high rate of the international classification.
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