Alexander Burkov: We are creating another economic sector in the region — the transport and logistics business.

In 2023, the region is launching the process of introducing a mechanism for protecting and encouraging investments, as well as an updated regional investment standard designed to reduce administrative barriers and make the investor's path clear and transparent.

The country's leadership sets the task for the region to ensure the launch of a new investment cycle and create import-substituting industries, which are necessary for the country's security. The strategic objective is to bring the economy to new frontiers, and to use the challenges of the times as new opportunities, including in the field of attracting investments.

On average, investments in fixed assets in the Omsk Region have increased by about 15% over the past four years. At the same time, the pace of the last two years has been lower than forecast due to the completion of a number of major projects, so additional tools are needed to support new investment projects. The Omsk region has already developed and approved the entire package of regulatory documents necessary for concluding agreements on the protection and promotion of investments. It is necessary to launch this mechanism, make it understandable for investors and show what benefits it brings.

The updated investment standard developed by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development is based on the best regional experience in attracting investments and the achievements of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. The Omsk Region is one of the regions where the investment standard should start operating as early as 2023.

The Governor of the Omsk Region also sets the task of developing a new economic area for the region — the transport and logistics sector. The day before, Alexander Burkov visited the construction site of the Solnechny logistics park. The facility is included in the register of large-scale investment projects of the Omsk region. The developer is LLC Logopark Solnechny. The investor of the Volga Federal District Group has already received its first residents in the person of such large chain retailers as Pyaterochka, Krasnoe i Beloe and a number of other retail chains, each of which will have a separate center.

The head of the Omsk region assessed the pace of construction and discussed with the developer and investor the schedule for the phased launch of each of the stages of Omsk's first logopark.

"We are creating another economic sector in the region — the transport and logistics business. More than 200 thousand square meters are planned to be commissioned in the Solnechny Logopark. Currently, 38 thousand square meters are under construction at the facility. Work is progressing at a faster pace, moreover, the construction of the second stage has been completed — another facility with a total area of 50 thousand square meters. meters. Already this year, they are starting to build the third stage with an area of over 70 thousand square meters. meters. And there are plans for a fourth stage. It is important that investors believed in us, came and today they are creating logistics warehouses for federal retail chains. The most important thing is that they already have agreements with the largest Ozon marketplace in the country. The first to come to us was the international online store Wildberries, which is already designing the construction of the first facility on the Western Bypass of the city. And now the second major Ozon marketplace is coming to us in the Omsk region," the Governor noted.

Alexander Burkov noted that private investments in the implementation of this project will exceed 10 billion rubles. Currently, more than 200 people are employed at the facility, and over 70% of them are residents of Omsk, and about 500 people will be involved in the peak of construction. But the most important thing is that with the commissioning of the facilities, not even hundreds, but thousands of people will be provided with work.

"Thousands of people will be employed when the Ozon facility is commissioned. This means that we are creating jobs, and therefore creating competition for workers, which ultimately affects the level of wages. This is the main task that I have always set for myself and the Government of the region from day one — to increase the level of wages in the Omsk region. Yes, we have rich neighbors in the regions that have always lured residents of Omsk to work with them. Now we are creating conditions so that people do not go on shift, but work on the territory of our city and our municipal districts," said Alexander Burkov.

The appearance of the logopark allows the region not only to receive large investments, but also to solve other problems. Our own multi-temperature distribution center, designed for storage and processing of various goods, equipped with cooling and freezing systems for both meat and vegetables, will ensure both product quality, as it will arrive faster on the shelves of city stores, and affordable prices for consumers, and these are residents of Omsk. In addition, another large—scale construction project in itself is also the support and development of related industries.

"These billions of rubles of investments give orders for the production of metal structures, ventilation systems, electrical parts, concrete production — this money goes to the development of the economy of the Omsk region. We need investment projects such as the Solnechny Logopark, because these are thousands and thousands of new jobs, billions of investments, employment, and improving the standard of living and comfort of our residents," said Governor Alexander Burkov.