Mega Shopping Center Shopping Center Network

MEGA shopping centers are a project of IKEA Centers Russia, which is responsible for the development and management of IKEA real estate in Russia. IKEA Centers Russia is a member of the IKEA Group of Companies. In the 11 largest regions of Russia, 14 MEGA shopping centers have been opened. All MEGA shopping centers include the IKEA store. In the 2016 financial year (from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016), 265 million people visited MEGA shopping centers in Russia.

History

2025: Veles Management Management bought Mega shopping centers from Gazprombank. The deal was estimated at 300 billion rubles

In early November 2025, Gazprombank announced the transfer of management of the Mega shopping center network to Veles Management. The amount of the transaction amounted to 300 billion rubles, TASS reports, citing an informed source

According to RBC, the board of Gazprombank became the owner of the network in September 2023 after completing the acquisition of assets from the Swedish Ingka Centers, which previously owned IKEA facilities in Russia. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank Tigran Khachaturov said that during the management period, the bank managed to bring Megi shopping centers to a new level.

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According to Khachaturov, business continuity and employee protection were ensured, opportunities were created for Russian brands, 400.7 thousand square meters. m of space previously occupied by IKEA. Khachaturov stressed that the transfer of control is intended to implement the next stage in the development of the largest commercial real estate portfolio.

Sergey Belyakov, a member of the board of directors of the Mega management company, expressed gratitude to Gazprombank for business development and team preservation. He added that further plans include focusing on the long-term development of the shopping center portfolio, the formation of new purchasing experience and strengthening the leading positions in the retail real estate market in Russia.

According to RBC, the management of operational activities and strategic development of the Mega shopping center portfolio will be carried out by employees of the Mega management company and specialists of Sibfinans LLC. Oksana Kozlova has been appointed to the post of general director of the Mega management company. Former CEO of Mega Management Liubov Popova will continue her professional activities at Gazprombank.^[1][2]

2024: The Sberbank marketplace will occupy the area of ​ ​ all IKEA stores in the Mega shopping center

Marketplace "Megamarket," which is developing Sber"," will occupy the area of ​ ​ all stores IKEA in shopping centers. " The Mega conclusion of such a deal was announced on April 4, 2024. More. here

2023: Gazprombank acquired the Mega shopping center network from Ingka Group

On September 28, 2023, the group Gazprombank announced the acquisition of a network of Mega shopping centers Russia from foreign investors - Swedish. Ingka Centres

The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. But it is said that its subject was 14 shopping centers in Moscow, Moscow Region, Leningrad Region, Omsk, Ufa, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Adygea, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Nizhny Novgorod. Their total area is approximately 2.3 million square meters. According to market participants, the value of the asset can reach about $2.85 billion.

Gazprombank Group announced the acquisition of a network of shopping centers "Mega"

Gazprombank Group is involved in creating a new economic environment that ensures business continuity and consumer protection. Our priority is to improve the quality of the services provided and meet the growing demand, creating new opportunities for Russian brands to stand on the shelf. We, as a socially responsible business, are ready to take on additional obligations and intend to develop a network of Mega shopping centers, "said Tigran Khachaturov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank.

Ingka Group also owns the Ikea chain of furniture and homewares stores. This group, due to the current geopolitical situation, closed its stores in Russia and sold Russian production facilities. Experts believe that the new owner of the Mega network will have to solve the problem of filling the empty areas of the departed brands, in particular, the main anchor tenant, Ikea. In addition, it is necessary to attract buyers in the face of reduced attendance. Alexander Sharapov, President of the Russian Guild of Managers and Developers, believes that Gazprombank is unlikely to manage the facilities on its own: a new structure in the field of retail real estate can be created for this.^[3]

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