Satellite cities on a quest for purpose // Commersant - Saint-Petersburg. - 27.07.15.

Builders from Saint-Petersburg are slowly but steadily relocating to the neighbouring areas surrounding the city. Experts state that there is more dwelling being built in region 47 than that inside the city boundaries already. Meanwhile, analysts point out the need for construcrion of satellite cities instead of small-scale micro-districts. That would mean erecting new centres of development, which will possess workplaces and points of attraction for the population inhabiting them. 

Evgeny Druzhinin, the Head of "Real Estate and Construction" practice at Maxima Legal, expressed his point of view towards the discussion around Saint-Petersburg's satellite cities. He has stressed that the outcome of it will largely be determined by the new General plan of the City's development, which currently under development. 

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