History
2023: Ex-head of Tavrichesky Bank bought Premier shopping center
At the end of August 2023, it became known about the conclusion of an agreement on the sale of the Premier shopping center in Moscow to businessman Anton Agafonov, who had previously been chairman of the board of directors of Tavrichesky Bank. Details are quoted by the Vedomosti newspaper.
Anton Agafonov became the only participant in the auction for the sale of 100% shares in the Citirad company, on the balance sheet of which is the Premier shopping center on Vernadsky Avenue near Art. m. "South-West." This follows from the trading protocol published on the website of the Russian Auction House. It also says that the auction itself was declared invalid, since, in addition to this application, no other proposals were received. At the same time, Agafonov had the right to conclude an agreement with Trust Bank, which acted as the seller of this object, within 10 working days at a price not lower than the minimum, the document says. By August 29, 2023, it is 648 million rubles. The businessman exercised this right.
By the end of August 2023, Agafonov is on the board of directors of the Yakutsk Fuel and Energy Company (YATEK), controlled by A-Property Albert Avdolyan. He also has assets in real estate. In particular, until the fall of last year, Agafonov owned the Kronverk company, on the balance sheet of which was the former headquarters of Mospromstroy on Malaya Dmitrovka. Judging by SPARK-Interfax, he is also the owner of a business center on the street. Novocheremushkinskaya.
1986-2022
The Premier shopping center was built in 1986. Once it belonged to the Rost Capital company, controlled by the former owner of Binbank and Rost Bank Mikail Shishkhanov. In 2022 - moved to the "Trust." The asset was repeatedly put up for auction, initially the bank planned to bail out about 1.3 billion rubles for it, but there were no buyers at this price. Since then, its value has been steadily declining.[1]