Project Suspended as Batumi City Hall Rejects High-Rises

The construction of a USD 30 million multi-functional project has been suspended in Batumi pending building permission from Batumi City Hall, says commersant.ge.

The project was being implemented by ‘New Construction Company of Georgia’ at the start of the Boulevard, on Ninoshvili Street. It was to replace a number of old buildings with a new multi-functional complex which was to include a 100-room hotel, a restaurant, café-bars, swimming pools, a bowling club and fitness center.

“City Hall does not want high-rise buildings to be built on this territory,” says Davit Beridze, CEO of New Construction Company of Georgia. “We had several ideas and we planned to build 28-33-35 storey buildings, but we were refused permission and correspondingly the project has been stopped.”

The project was to be implemented in cooperation with Russian company ‘Svet.’

“For such a complex to be built, the requirements of people living on the territory had to be met,” Beridze said. The company was conducting negotiations with 41 families. “And we were ready to meet their demands,” Beridze added.

Natia Liparteliani