The Israeli entrepreneur Offer Kerzner, through his City City Capital Group companies, has entered into an agreement to buy a number of key commercial real estate objects in the center of Kiev. Among them is the first stage of the Leonardo Business Center and the University of Ukraine.
According to Forbes, the Seller is the Ibrc Irish Bank Corporation. The cost of the transaction is not disclosed, but experts say: tens of millions of dollars.
Despite the fact that Rinat Akhmetov was officially owned only by the Leonardo BC, the Bankova Mail sources claim that in fact, control over the object was also carried out by Akhmetov and his partner Leonid Yurushev.
Who is the Off Kerzner
The Offer Kerzner is an entrepreneur with Israeli citizenship who moved to Ukraine in 1998. He is known as the co-owner of the Darynok shopping center and art cluster "Art-Plant Platform". Kerzner also has business communications with Igor Nikonov, one of the Kyiv exmermer's family, Leonid Chernovetsky.
According to some reports, Kerzner's name is mentioned in the context of business contacts with businessmen who worked in the post-Soviet space, in particular-with a Russian-Israeli businessman Mikhail Chernoy, known by the nickname "Misha-Kryshka".
Disputes around the earth in Kozina
One of the most resonant stories related to Kerzner's name is a scandal with land in Kozin village in Kyiv region. In 2004, according to the media, he and other Israeli citizen - Vadim Averbukh (also known under the names of Zeev Gordon or Gado Zev) - received more than 30 hectares of land. The plots were designed on the basis of documents that were subsequently recognized as doubtful, and their market value at that time reached $ 20 million. A golf club was built on this land.
In the public space, information was included that entrepreneurs allegedly provided personal services to representatives of the Ukrainian political elite - among other things, organized treatment for the daughter of the then President of Ukraine and for the People's Deputy.
Contexts and prospects
Today, Kerzner is an influential player in the Kiev real estate market. His name appears not only in connection with new investments, but also in separate publications - in the context of relations with different political and business circles.
It is not yet known what plans are the investor about newly purchased facilities in the center of the capital, but experts indicate that such assets may be key to the renovation of the Kiev Business Center after the war was over.
