On November 29, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Today in Vitebsk, at an auction for the sale of state-owned property, one lot was sold for Br5.5 billion, setting a new record for the sale price of real estate exceeding the starting price by more than 9,000 times. The previous record (1.9 thousand times) lasted just over a year, Larisa Shcheglova, Head of the Auctions and Competitions Department of the Vitebsk Regional Property Fund, told a BELTA correspondent. The subject of the record-breaking auction was a complex of buildings and structures for industrial purposes in the Polotsk district, owned by OJSC "Novopolotskzhilezobeton". Seven potential buyers showed interest in the real estate. As a result of intense competition, the winner was determined at the 96th step of the auctioneer, who offered Br5.5 billion for the real estate. According to the representative of the new owner, the facilities are planned to be used for the creation of metal structures production. In total, the lot included 17 buildings and structures with a total area of over 40 thousand sq.m, as well as land plots with a total area of over 11 hectares. The real estate objects were sold with the starting price of each set at one base value (Br35 thousand). According to the terms of the auction, the new owner undertakes to organize entrepreneurial activity and create at least five jobs annually for five years. -0-

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