At the 11th annual Moscow Commercial Real Estate Awards 2014, the RIO shopping centre on Leninsky Prospekt was recognised as the best shopping centre in the 'medium' sized category.

At the XI 'Rating of Russian Shopping Centres 2014' annual gala awards ceremony, Tashir's RIO on Leninsky Prospekt, has been recognised as the best. The awards ceremony took place on April 22, and was attended by over 250 representatives of the leading companies in the field of commercial real estate and retail.

April 23rd saw the opening of REX 2014, the 11th Annual International Trade Show. Tashir Group acts as general partner to the Trade Show.

Tashir Group has launched a new project for the development of a 175,000 square metres shopping centre in the city of Mytishi, in the Moscow region. To-date, Tashir has begun brokerage of the project, with commissioning scheduled for 2015. The total investment will amount to approximately 300 million US dollars.

Dear colleagues, dear friends
On behalf of Tashir Group ,I am delighted to welcome you to REX 2014 - the largest international exhibition of commercial real estate. For 11 years REX has been the key platform for an open dialogue between all stakeholders involved in the formation of real estate projects.

Tashir Group announces the opening of an exotarium of exotic species in the RIO shopping centre on Dmitrovskoye highway. This is the only shopping centre to house an exotarium in Russia: its main feature is the opportunity to meet the animals, many of which have not been seen before in any of the country's zoos.

According to Kommersant, INFOLine Developer Russia TOP-100 ranked Tashir Group as an absolute leader in retail space commissioning. In 2013, Tashir Group commissioned five shopping centres with the GBA of about 260K sq m.

February 20th, Sochi: Tashir takes part in constructing infrastructure for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi-2014. Tashir Group supplied the engineering infrastructure for the reconstructed Sochi marine port and completed construction of the new marine terminal and the Grand Marina that includes an exhibition hall and a shopping arcade.

As of January 1st 2014, FORA-BANK (Joint-Stock Commercial Bank) occupies the 113th position on the Bankir.ru Rating that is based on net assets of all Russian banks. This is a positive dynamic in comparison to its 115th place at the end of 2012.

On 14 February 2014, Tashir Group eagerly opened a RIO shopping centre in Kostroma. The opening event attracted approximately 20,000 local residents.