Moscow, Russia
Russia's real-estate register (EGRN) answers any applicant for a per-object fee, but since March 2023 it hides the names of individual owners unless they consent; company owners still appear. Moscow's landmark owners are therefore established here from statutes, government and owners' own pages, and exchange filings.
11 buildings · 8 with an owner established · 27 sources · 11 tier B · prepared 2026-10-21
Can you find out who owns it?
Title in Russia is recorded in the Unified State Register of Real Estate (EGRN, Единый государственный реестр недвижимости), run by Rosreestr through its public-law company Roskadastr. Federal Law 218-FZ says EGRN data are given 'по запросам любых лиц' (on request to anyone), for a fee per extract: an extract on an object's main characteristics and registered rights costs RUB 580 electronic / RUB 920 on paper for individuals (RUB 1,640 / 2,540 for companies). Since 1 March 2023 (Law 266-FZ) an individual owner's name and date of birth go to third parties only if the owner has recorded consent; company owners are not covered by that rule. There is no free owner search and no free bulk file; Rosreestr may sell 'analytical information' by agreement.
Is ownership public?Public, but one paid search at a time
Cost of one title searchEGRN extract on main characteristics and registered rights (выписка об основных характеристиках и зарегистрированных правах): RUB 580 electronic / RUB 920 paper for individuals; RUB 1,640 electronic / RUB 2,540 paper for legal entities — Rosreestr Order P/0335/24 of 28.10.2024 as amended to 15.04.2026, Annex 1
Bulk ownership dataNone free. 218-FZ art. 62 part 19 lets the public-law company sell 'аналитическую информацию' (analytical information drawn from EGRN) to any person for a fee set by agreement; Rosreestr's own site and Roskadastr were unreachable from outside Russia, so no bulk channel was opened
Sale pricesAggregates only — no individual sales
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow Kremlin (Московский Кремль) — seat of the President Kremlin, Tverskoy District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow 27.5 ha (walled triangle) |
Civic | Russian Federation Russian Wikipedia: the Kremlin is 'неправильный треугольник площадью 27,5 гектара' (an irregular triangle of 27.5 ha), the symbol of the country's leadership — since 1990 of the President and Government; 'за поддержание зданий и сооружений Кремля в надлежащем виде отвечает Служба коменданта Московского Кремля, входящая в состав Федеральной службы охраны' (the Kremlin Commandant's Service, part of the Federal Protective Service, is responsible for upkeep of its buildings). Tier B: no register entry or statute naming the titleholder was opened (Rosreestr and kremlin.ru unreachable from outside Russia); State ownership is inferred from use and custody. |
Government | —B |
| Government House of the Russian Federation ('White House', Дом Правительства) Krasnopresnenskaya nab. 2, Presnensky District, Moscow |
Civic | Russian Federation Russian Wikipedia: seat of the Government of the Russian Federation; in September 2020 the Government's press service said the building had been found to be in poor (аварийным) condition and more than RUB 5 billion was to be spent on reconstruction (citing RBC, 18.09.2020). Tier B: State ownership is inferred from its use as the seat of government; no register entry or property list naming the titleholder or the managing agency was opened. |
Government | —B |
| Evolution Tower (Башня «Эволюция»), Moscow International Business Centre ('Moscow City') Presnenskaya nab. 4, plot 2–3, Moscow-City, Moscow 154,000 m² (complex) · 55 floors |
Office | Transneft Russian Wikipedia infobox: Владелец — Транснефть; developer Snegiri Development. In July 2014 Transneft was reported to be preparing to buy the tower for about USD 1 billion; the deal officially closed in spring 2016, Transneft buying only the office space and, with the changed exchange rate, paying perhaps about USD 300 million. The selling company, OOO City Palace, booked USD 267.6 million net profit. English Wikipedia says Transneft bought it 'to establish its headquarters'. Transneft is State-controlled (Rosimushchestvo 78.6%, English Wikipedia) and under UK (2014), US (Feb 2022) and EU (Mar 2022) sanctions; transneft.ru did not connect. Tier B: Wikipedia, underlying press not opened. |
Government | about USD 300 million (offices only; reported estimate) 2016 Wikipedia: deal 'officially took place in spring 2016'; Transneft bought only the office space and 'могла заплатить около 300 млн долларов' — an estimate, not a stated price B |
| Federation Tower (Башня «Федерация»), East and West towers, Moscow City Presnenskaya nab. 12, plot 13, Moscow-City, Moscow 443,000 m² · 95 floors |
Mixed use | ZPIF «Bashnya Federatsiya» (closed-end unit investment fund 'Federation Tower') Russian Wikipedia infobox: Владелец — ЗПИФ «Башня Федерация». In autumn 2013 the developer company Potok was renamed ZPIF 'Bashnya Federatsiya'; building of the East tower resumed in December 2013 with the AEON Corporation as the new investor (AEON press release). English Wikipedia says 'the complex is owned by the AEON Corporation, a Russian private international investment group'. East tower 95 floors (374 m roof), West 63; cost about USD 1.2 billion. Units inside are sold separately: Vedomosti (29.01.2026, cited by Wikipedia) reported 'the most expensive office in Russia' listed for sale here. Tier B: two encyclopaedia entries, no fund report or register extract opened. |
Private company | —B |
| Luzhniki Stadium and Olympic Complex (Лужники) Luzhniki 24, Khamovniki District, Moscow 150+ ha complex; stadium 81,000 seats |
Civic | City of Moscow (Government of Moscow) Russian and English Wikipedia infoboxes: Владелец — Правительство Москвы; operator Luzhniki Olympic Complex JSC. The complex's own page (operator АО «Лужники», INN 7704077210) gives 'свыше 150 гектаров' and more than 80 structures in Khamovniki, opened 31 July 1956. Wikipedia quotes Moscow's construction department head that the 2013–2017 reconstruction cost RUB 26.6 billion. Tier B: the City as owner rests on Wikipedia; the operator's page does not state who holds its shares and mos.ru was unreachable. |
Government | —B |
| Vnukovo International Airport (Внуково) 2-ya Reysovaya ul. 2, Vnukovo District, Moscow (inside the city boundary) 823.13 ha |
Civic | International Airport Vnukovo JSC (АО «Международный аэропорт „Внуково“») Rosimushchestvo (Federal Property Agency) 25%; the remaining 75% held privately Russian Wikipedia: operator АО «Международный аэропорт „Внуково“»; area 823.1306 ha; owners listed as two private shareholders with 61.5% and 13.5% and Rosimushchestvo 25%. A presidential decree of 14.11.2003 transferred the federal shares of OAO Aeroport Vnukovo to the City of Moscow. Chosen over Sheremetyevo, which lies in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, outside the city. Tier B: Wikipedia; the company's disclosure page (e-disclosure.ru) did not connect. Individual shareholders are not named here. |
Private company | —B |
| GUM (State Department Store, ГУМ), Red Square Krasnaya ploshchad 3, Moscow |
Retail | Bosco di Ciliegi 50.25% interest (2005) English Wikipedia: GUM was privatised at the end of the Soviet era, ended up owned by the supermarket company Perekrestok, and 'in May 2005, a 50.25% interest was sold to Bosco di Ciliegi, a Russian luxury goods distributor'; Russian Wikipedia cites Izvestia (2 Dec 2004) 'ГУМ продали Bosco di Ciliegi'. Whether that stake is in the trading company or in the building itself, and who holds the rest, was not established. Tier B. |
Private company | —B |
| Aviapark shopping and entertainment centre (Авиапарк) Khodynsky bulvar 4, Moscow 400,000 m² GBA; 230,000 m² GLA · 6 floors |
Retail | ZAO TVK Aviapark (ЗАО ТВК «АвиаПарк») Russian Wikipedia infobox: Владелец — ЗАО ТВК «АвиаПарк»; developer AMMA Development; opened 28 November 2014; 415 shops; about USD 1.4 billion invested. Wikipedia cites Vedomosti (24.07.2025): 'Авиапарк выставлен на продажу за 100 млрд рублей' — an asking price, not a sale — and an NKR rating action of 8 July 2026 upgrading TVK Aviapark to A+.ru. Tier B; the holding company's ultimate owner is an individual and is not named here. |
Private company | —B |
| ZIL redevelopment and ZILART residential district (Зиларт) Former ZIL works, Danilovsky District, Moscow |
Mixed use | Not established a paid title search would answer it Russian Wikipedia: ZILART is a residential complex being built on the former ZIL industrial zone by LSR Group (Строитель — Группа ЛСР) to a masterplan by Project Meganom, part of 'the second-largest integrated redevelopment project in Europe'; in late 2012 the Government of Moscow decided to keep production on the 50 ha southern site and give the rest to a technopark and housing. Who holds title to the plots (LSR, the City, or flat buyers once completed) was not established; LSR's builder role is tier B. |
Developer | —B |
| Hotel Metropol (Метрополь) Teatralny proezd 2, Moscow |
Hotel | Not established the source would not open Russian Wikipedia: in 1992 the hotel was transferred to Moscow municipal ownership ('передана в муниципальную собственность Москвы'), and 'в августе 2012 года «Метрополь» после почти столетнего перерыва вновь становится частным' (in August 2012 it became private again). The buyer and price are not given; the City property department's auction records (mos.ru, investmoscow.ru) did not connect from outside Russia. |
Not established | —B |
| Moscow State University main building (Главное здание МГУ), Sparrow Hills Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow |
Institutional | Not established the source would not open Russian Wikipedia gives the building's history (opened 1953; construction cost 2.6312 billion Soviet roubles per Argumenty i Fakty). MSU is a federal state university; no document naming the titleholder of the building or its land was opened, so the owner is left blank rather than inferred. |
Government | —B |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
No public cadastral-value ranking or land-value benchmark could be opened (Rosreestr and mos.ru unreachable). The figures here are what sources state about the city's most valuable ground: the Kremlin, Moscow City, and the asking prices that define its top end.
Moscow Kremlin27.5 ha
Russian Wikipedia (s5): an irregular triangle of 27.5 ha, held by the State.
Evolution Tower plot, Moscow City2.549 ha land; 169,000 m² building
Russian Wikipedia, Moscow-City article (s25), building data for plots 2–3.
Top asking price for one officeRUB 11 billion (asking)
Federation Tower East, penthouse office F-375 on floor 95, top level 2,600 m² at 375 m, listed January 2026 — per Russian Wikipedia (s7) citing Vedomosti (29.01.2026) and Inc. Russia ('выставлен на продажу за 11 млрд руб.'). An asking price, not a sale.
Largest mall, asking priceRUB 100 billion (asking)
Aviapark, reported for sale July 2025 (Vedomosti, 24.07.2025, cited by Russian Wikipedia, s13). Not a sale.
Moscow City redevelopment pipeline next door21M m² planned on ~1,000 ha; USD 100bn+
Russian Wikipedia (s25): 'Big City' zone between Moscow City and Khoroshyovskoye shosse; an expectation, not a completed figure.
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
The largest holders of Moscow ground are public, but their holdings are hard to count from outside Russia: Rosreestr, the City's property department (mos.ru) and its open-data portal did not connect. What can be established: the Russian Federation holds the seats of power, with the Presidential Property Management Directorate keeping its own register of the federal property it manages; the City of Moscow owns Luzhniki and builds most new housing through its Renovation Fund, and allocates land for the Orthodox Church's church-building programme; Moscow State University occupies 205.7 ha. No sourced Moscow figure for Russian Railways or the Ministry of Defence was found.
| Name | Type | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation — Presidential Property Management Directorate (Управление делами Президента) Decree No. 1370 of 17.09.2008, reproduced on the Directorate's site, gives it powers to manage and dispose of federal property assigned to it, to keep 'учет федерального имущества … по ведению реестра указанного имущества' (account of that federal property and its register) and to protect the State's property interests, including federal property abroad. Its subordinate bodies include the Kremlin catering and trading enterprises. The Kremlin's buildings are kept by the Kremlin Commandant's Service of the Federal Protective Service (Wikipedia). |
Government | Keeps the register of the federal property it manages; no Moscow count published on its site (latest property-performance report online is for 2019)A |
| City of Moscow — Moscow Fund for Renovation of Residential Development (Фонд реновации) ERZ.RF's Moscow developer ranking by volume of current construction puts the City's Renovation Fund first: 'Фонд реновации, г.Москва — Строится, м² 3 654 299 … Доля в регионе 18.86%', 148 residential complexes / 174 apartment buildings, zero delay. The Fund is the City's vehicle for replacing Soviet five-storey blocks; it builds on City land. |
Government | 3,654,299 m² of housing under construction — 18.86% of all Moscow residential construction, rank 1 (ERZ.RF, latest monthly ranking, Oct 2026)A |
| City of Moscow (Government of Moscow) Wikipedia names the Government of Moscow as owner of Luzhniki (operator АО «Лужники», whose own page gives 'свыше 150 гектаров'). Wikipedia also records the 1992 transfer of Hotel Metropol to municipal ownership (privatised 2012) and a 2003 presidential decree transferring the federal shares of Vnukovo airport to the City. No total for City land or non-residential stock was opened — the City property department's reports on mos.ru did not connect. |
Government | Luzhniki Olympic Complex, 150+ ha (owner per Wikipedia); a further 120 ha allotted to Moscow State University from 2003B |
| Lomonosov Moscow State University (МГУ) Russian Wikipedia: 'Университет имеет в своём распоряжении более 600 зданий и сооружений … общая площадь составила около 1 млн м². … Только в Москве территория, занимаемая МГУ, составляет 205,7 га'; a new 120 ha territory allotted by the Government of Moscow has been built up since 2003. 'В распоряжении' (at its disposal) is not a statement of title: MSU is a federal university and the title may rest with the State. |
Institution | 205.7 ha in Moscow; 600+ buildings with about 1 million m² of floor areaB |
| Russian Orthodox Church — parishes of the Moscow church-building programme Russian Wikipedia: building is paid 'исключительно на пожертвования … город выделяет только землю под застройку' (solely by donations; the City allocates only the land); site selection under Moscow Government order No. 2367-RP of 20.10.2010. The programme's curator, quoted in Literaturnaya Gazeta (Feb 2026): 299 sites, 152 complexes built and working, 41 under construction. Whether the land passes to parishes in ownership or in use is not stated. |
Institution | 299 sites in the programme; 152 church complexes built and in use, 41 under construction (early 2026)B |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
New Moscow housing is sold off-plan through escrow accounts and counted by ERZ.RF, an industry ranking backed by the National Association of Housing Developers, as floor area under construction. The largest single builder is the City itself, through its Renovation Fund (18.9%); after it come four listed groups and several private ones. Figures below are m² under construction in Moscow, from ERZ.RF's monthly ranking (latest available month, October 2026). ERZ also tracks delay: Samolet has 72% of its Moscow volume with a postponed completion date.
| Name | Type | m² under construction (Moscow, ERZ.RF Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow Fund for Renovation of Residential Development (Фонд реновации) Rank 1, 18.86% of Moscow volume; 174 apartment buildings in 148 complexes; 0% delayed. |
Government | 3,654,299 m²A |
| PIK Group (ПИК) Rank 2, 10.2%; 55 buildings in 33 complexes; 0% delayed. Shares trade on the Moscow Exchange as PIKK (s26). |
Public company | 1,976,927 m²A |
| Samolet Group (ГК Самолет) Rank 3, 6.12%; 855,754 m² (72.19%) with completion postponed, average 14.64 months; rank 1 in Russia overall. Listed on MOEX as SMLT (s26). |
Public company | 1,185,400 m²A |
| MR Group Rank 4, 5.41%; 23 buildings, 3.42% delayed. |
Private company | 1,048,422 m²A |
| Donstroy (ДОНСТРОЙ) Rank 5, 3.96%; 19 buildings. |
Private company | 767,580 m²A |
| FSK Group (ГК ФСК) Rank 6, 3.83%; 12.83% delayed. Further down: A101 601,822 m²; Level Group 562,462; Absolut 427,009; LSR Group (MOEX: LSRG) 355,625; Etalon Group (MOEX: ETLN) 246,967 m² — 131 developers ranked. |
Private company | 741,325 m²A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Moscow has no REIT sector and no landlord league table that opened. The commercial owners below are those whose holdings a source states: a self-described 'largest owner of Class A office real estate in Moscow', a State-controlled pipeline company that bought a Moscow-City tower for its headquarters, a fund that holds the Federation Tower, the holding company of Russia's largest mall and a multi-format developer. Western sellers left after 2022 and many deals since are not publicly priced. The City of Moscow is very likely the largest commercial landlord, but its non-residential stock could not be counted.
| Name | Type | Floor area |
|---|---|---|
| O1 Properties Own pages: 'one of the largest professional owners of class-A office real estate in Moscow' and, in its 2024 results release (22.01.2025), 'the largest owner of Class A office real estate in Moscow'; 90,000 m² of new leases in 2024, vacancy about 3%, rents up 15–20%. Buildings include Ducat Place III, Legend, Vivaldi Plaza, Stanislavsky Factory, Lighthouse, iCUBE, White Stone, LeFORT, Silver City, Krugozor and White Square (76,407 m² NRA). |
Private company | 10 business centres, 586,000+ m² total (478,000 m² leasable)A |
| Transneft Wikipedia: owner of Evolution Tower since the 2016 purchase of its office space for its headquarters. State-controlled (Rosimushchestvo 78.6%); sanctioned by the UK from 2014 and by the US and EU in 2022 (English Wikipedia, s27). |
Government | Evolution Tower: 154,000 m² complex, 55 floors (offices bought 2016)B |
| ZPIF «Bashnya Federatsiya» (Federation Tower fund) Wikipedia infobox owner of the Federation Tower complex; AEON Corporation named as investor since 2013. Units are also sold to third parties. |
Private company | Federation Tower: 443,000 m²B |
| ZAO TVK Aviapark Wikipedia infobox owner; reported listed for sale at RUB 100 billion in July 2025 (Vedomosti, cited by Wikipedia). |
Private company | Aviapark: 230,000 m² GLA, 400,000 m² GBAB |
| AFI Development Own page: portfolio of residential, office, retail, industrial, hotel and sanatorium projects; business centres AFI Park and Sirenevy Park; completed AFI Square and AFI2B. The page does not separate owned income-producing space from homes sold. |
Developer | 35 projects, 3.6M+ m² portfolio (2M m² completed, 1.6M m² in construction/design) in Moscow, Moscow Oblast and Stavropol KraiA |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Rosreestr's own pages (fee page, analytical-information agreement terms, transaction statistics) could not be opened; the fee and access rules come from the statute and the fee order as published by ConsultantPlus. transactionGranularity 'aggregate-only' is a judgement: no Rosreestr or Moscow per-sale price file was found that opens, and EGRN extracts of transfers are paid per object.
- Every landmark owner except O1 Properties' own portfolio rests on Wikipedia (tier B) because Rosreestr, mos.ru, e-disclosure.ru and the owners' own sites (Transneft) were unreachable.
- Who bought Hotel Metropol from the City in 2012, and at what price, was not established.
- Title to the ZIL/ZILART plots and to the MSU main building was not established.
- Whether the 2005 Bosco di Ciliegi stake in GUM is a stake in the building or only in the trading company was not established.
- No sourced Moscow land figure for Russian Railways (Moscow Railway), the Ministry of Defence or the City of Moscow's total land and non-residential stock.
- Sheremetyevo airport was left out: it lies in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, outside the City of Moscow. Domodedovo also lies in Moscow Oblast.
- Sanctions context: Transneft is under UK, US and EU sanctions (English Wikipedia, s27); other owners' sanctions status was not checked; nothing beyond public pages was read and no sanctioned entity was contacted.
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Sources
- Federal Law 218-FZ of 13.07.2015 'On State Registration of Real Estate', art. 62 'Procedure for providing EGRN information' (parts 1, 1.1, 1.3, 19) — ConsultantPlus (non-commercial online edition of the statute) · openA
- Federal Law 218-FZ, art. 36.3 — record allowing an individual owner's personal data to be given to third parties (added by Law 266-FZ of 14.07.2022) — ConsultantPlus · openA
- Rosreestr Order of 28.10.2024 No. P/0335/24 (as amended 15.04.2026), Annex 1 — fees for EGRN information — ConsultantPlus · openA
- Federal Law 218-FZ, art. 63 — fee for EGRN information (free categories) — ConsultantPlus · openA
- Московский Кремль (Moscow Kremlin) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Эволюция (небоскрёб) (Evolution Tower) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Башня «Федерация» (Federation Tower) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Лужники (стадион) (Luzhniki Stadium) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- О спорткомплексе (About the sports complex) — Luzhniki Olympic Complex — АО «Лужники» (Luzhniki JSC) · openA
- Внуково (аэропорт) (Vnukovo International Airport) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- ГУМ (GUM) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- GUM (department store) — Wikipedia (English) · openB
- Авиапарк (торговый центр) (Aviapark) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Зиларт (ZILART) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Метрополь (гостиница, Москва) (Hotel Metropol) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Главное здание МГУ (Moscow State University main building) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Дом Правительства Российской Федерации (Government House, 'White House') — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- ТОП застройщиков г. Москвы по объёму текущего строительства (ERZ.RF developer ranking, Moscow, by floor area under construction) — ЕРЗ.РФ (Unified Developer Resource, supported by the National Association of Housing Developers) · openA
- O1 Properties — Portfolio overview — O1 Properties · openA
- O1 Properties Summarizes 2024 Operating Results (22 January 2025) — O1 Properties · openA
- О компании (About the company) — AFI Development — AFI Development · openA
- Функции и задачи (Functions and tasks) — Presidential Decree No. 1370 of 17.09.2008 'On the Property Management Directorate of the President' — Управление делами Президента РФ (Presidential Property Management Directorate) · openA
- Московский государственный университет (Moscow State University) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Программа строительства православных храмов в Москве (Programme of Orthodox church building in Moscow) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- Москва-Сити (Moscow International Business Centre) — Wikipedia (Russian) · openB
- MOEX stock pages: ПИК ао (PIKK), Самолет ао (SMLT), ЛСР ао (LSRG), ЭталонГруп (ETLN) — Moscow Exchange · openA
- Transneft — Wikipedia (English) · openB