Tashkent City (International Business Center “Tashkent City”, Uzbek: “Tashkent City” xalqaro biznes markazi, “Tashkent City” IBC) is a business center under construction in Tashkent. Located in the Shayxontoxur district, between Alisher Navoi Avenue, Olmazor, Furkat streets and Islam Karimov Avenue.
Within the framework of the Tashkent City IBC, a business activity zone is being created that will unite business, residential apartments and leisure. The managing company of the Tashkent City IBC project is the Tashkent City Directorate.[2]
Construction is being carried out on the site of the demolished mahallas (neighborhoods) of Olmazor and Ukchi, on a territory with a total area of 80 hectares. This is the largest construction project in Uzbekistan. The construction of the project is carried out with financial investments from private investors.[3]
Of the 8 projects for the future business center, the concept proposed by the Turkish architectural company Tabanlıoğlu Architects was chosen.[citation needed]
History
Plans for the creation of the Tashkent City business center were first publicly announced by the candidate for the post of President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on November 24, 2016[5] during a meeting with voters in Tashkent as part of the election campaign.[6][7][8][9]
Work to prepare the concept of an international business center took 8 months. As a result, out of 7 concepts presented, 2 were taken as the basis for the project.[10]
On July 28, 2017, a government decree was adopted on the creation of the Tashkent City IBC.[11] The directorate for the construction of the complex was subsequently headed by Jakhongir Artikkhodjayev.[10]
Construction work began in October 2017,[12][13] at which time it became known about planned demolitions at the site of the future complex.[14]
As a result, the following buildings were demolished:
residential buildings that have been resettled since 2015[15] in the “Ukchi” and “Olmazor” neighborhoods;[12]
the building of the Republican Cinema House, built in 1982 according to the design of the architect Rafael Khairutdinov;[16][17][18]
the Tashkent Metro administration building[19] (the enterprise is located on the same street in a 9-story building);
the building of the Main Directorate of Migration and Registration of Citizenship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan (moved);
the building of the Republican Center for Children's Art "Barkamol Avlod" (formerly the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren named after V.I. Lenin);[20]
On the territory of the complex there are a kindergarten “Invento International School”,[36] sports and fitness complex with swimming pools, fitness cafe, supermarkets. The first floors of the blocks are used as retail space.
There is a 4-story shopping-mall in this section,[38] as well as 5 multifunctional high-rise buildings of class “A”.[39]
3 buildings of 21 floors (75 meters high). They will house offices, shopping centers, health centers, a swimming pool, a fitness center, cafes and restaurants.
2 buildings of 20 floors. They are elite high-tech apartments of the “Smart House” system. Apartment hotel Park Inn by Radisson Tashkent City Hotel & Apartments.[40]
Hyper Partners Center
This area contains:
The largest shopping-mall in Uzbekistan, 5-storey Tashkent City Mall, with total area 224914 m²
31-storey (128 m.) building of a five-star hotel under the brand Marriott
30-storey (119 m.) residential building
29-storey (115 m.) business-center class "A"
Inside the shopping center there is an exit to the Pakhtakor metro station.
The Congress Hall building and the Hilton Hotel are connected by a bridge. The interior and layout of the halls in the Congress Hall building were developed by Turkey architectural Group.[41]
Hilton — five-star, 21-storey hotel with 95,4m height. It includes 258 rooms (8 of which are - presidential suites).
Financial center
The largest financial center in Uzbekistan, where the head offices of the leading banking institutions of Uzbekistan and class “A” business offices will be located. Buildings up to 33 floors high.
European Boulevard with elements of national architecture.
It consists of nine seven-story buildings, between which there is a promenade - a boulevard. The buildings include premium residential buildings, a Holiday Inn by "Intercontinental Hotels Group" and a business center.
Tashkent City Park is a city park in the center of Tashkent, the largest recreational park area in Uzbekistan. Located on the territory of the international business center Tashkent City.
Emergencies
On October 27, 2019, a worker fell from the eighth floor of a building under construction.[44]