On November 9, the head of the region visited the construction site of the future business hotel, where he talked with the contractor and assessed the timing of the project.
At the end of 2022, Omsk will host the World Under-20 Ice Hockey Championship. One of the conditions for holding this global event is the availability of 4–star hotels in the city. Two four–star hotels, Hilton and Cosmos, are being built in Omsk to create the necessary hotel infrastructure. Governor Alexander Burkov visited the Hilton construction site this summer, and yesterday assessed the progress of construction of the Cosmos business hotel, which is being invested in by Cosmos Hotel Group (AFK Sistema). The volume of investments is estimated at 976.1 million rubles.
The head of the region discussed with the investor's management the progress of the work and the timing of its completion. Construction and installation work is currently underway, as well as external engineering networks. By the end of the year, it is planned to complete work on on-site engineering networks, as well as close the thermal circuit for finishing work.
The facility is scheduled to be commissioned next fall. As a result, a nine-storey hotel (with one underground floor) with 204 rooms with a restaurant, three conference rooms and a gym will appear in the center of Omsk, on the banks of the Irtysh River. Landscaping of the surrounding area will also be carried out.
"It is important for us what quality the facility will be, in what time frame it will be completed, whether it will be able to receive guests of our city during the World Cup. Construction is proceeding according to plan. Taking into account the rising cost of construction materials, investors are replacing a number of foreign materials with Russian ones, which were previously provided for in the project. This is the main component holding back the construction of the facility, but I hope that the builders will enter into the work schedule and the facility will be completed on time," Alexander Burkov commented on the results of the inspection.