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Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey Belarus Estonia Latvia Lithuania May 2016 www.bnt.eu The bnt Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey is published for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice of any kind. The publisher is not liable for any errors or misrepresentations. www.bnt.eu 1 © bnt attorneys-at-law 2015 Dear Reader, The bnt Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey provides information about upcoming investment projects in the Baltic States and Belarus. With offices in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus, bnt attorneys-at-law covers this region in all relevant areas of business law, including corporate/M&A, commercial and contract law, litigation and arbitration, tax and administrative/procurement. For further information on the projects presented, please contact our local offices. This publication is for information only; bnt does not represent the project initiators. General contact: Lithuania: Linas Vadeika [email protected] Latvia: Rūdolfs Kaļķis [email protected] Estonia: Liis Kelberg [email protected] Belarus: Valeria Kazlovich [email protected] Contents: Estonia.................................................................................................................................... 5 Construction of liquefied natural gas terminal ....................................................................... 6 Construction of “Gate Tallinn” retail park .............................................................................. 7 Construction of Tallinn prison ............................................................................................... 8 Construction of Peterburi Rd. shopping centre ..................................................................... 9 Construction of Estonian National Museum ........................................................................ 10 Development of green seaside residences ......................................................................... 11 Kalaranna residential development .................................................................................... 12 Pärnpuu-Pärnõie residential quarter ................................................................................... 13 Sale of Estonian Academy of Art premises ......................................................................... 14 Further Development of Ülemiste City ................................................................................ 15 Development of largest conference centre in Tallinn .......................................................... 16 Architecture competition for Estonian Academy of Arts ...................................................... 17 The bnt Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey is published for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice of any kind. The publisher is not liable for any errors or misrepresentations. www.bnt.eu 2 Development of Tondi residential quarter ........................................................................... 18 New office building in Tallinn’s Freedom Square ................................................................ 19 Development of Admiralty Basin surroundings ................................................................... 20 Construction of new office buildings in Tallinn .................................................................... 21 Construction of submarine railway tunnel (Tallinn – Helsinki) ............................................. 22 New residential quarter at the Noblessner harbour ............................................................. 23 Construction of tramway track extension to Tallinn airport .................................................. 24 Sale and reconstruction of Tallinn City Hall (Tallinna Linnahall) ......................................... 25 Major EU financing for Estonia via “Rail Baltica” project ..................................................... 26 Latvia .................................................................................................................................... 27 Construction of Riga Northern Transport Corridor .............................................................. 28 Reconstruction of open-air festival stage ............................................................................ 29 Construction of Rail Baltica stretch in Latvia ....................................................................... 29 The New Hanza City .......................................................................................................... 30 Reconstruction of New Riga Theatre .................................................................................. 31 First Hilton Garden Inn in Baltic States ............................................................................... 32 Renovation and development project for Kaļķu Street ........................................................ 33 Transformation of Daugava Sports Stadium ....................................................................... 34 New logistics centre in Rāmava.......................................................................................... 35 Major EU financing for Latvia via “Rail Baltica” project ....................................................... 36 Business incubators will receive EUR 32.8 million .............................................................. 37 Lithuania ............................................................................................................................... 38 Modernization of detention facilities .................................................................................... 39 Privatization of “Baltija” rest house in Palanga .................................................................... 40 Modernization of Lithuanian Zoo in Kaunas ........................................................................ 41 Development of Cargo Port in Kaunas ............................................................................... 42 Highway A5 Kaunas-Marijampolė-Suwalki ......................................................................... 43 Reconstruction of the A14 Vilnius – Utena highway............................................................ 44 Vilnius Multifunctional Complex .......................................................................................... 45 “Lithuanian Airports” seek investors ................................................................................... 46 Major EU financing for Lithuania via “Rail Baltica” project................................................... 47 The bnt Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey is published for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice of any kind. The publisher is not liable for any errors or misrepresentations. www.bnt.eu 3 Belarus ................................................................................................................................. 48 Manufacturing of ecobio microalgae-run mini heat power plants ........................................ 49 Joint Venture in Pharmaceuticals Production ..................................................................... 50 Construction of Cement Plant ............................................................................................. 51 Creation of an Industrial Complex for Medicine Production ................................................ 52 Mineral Water and Soft Drinks Production .......................................................................... 53 Favourable taxation regime: China-Belarus industrial park ................................................. 54 Favourable taxation regime: Belarusian High-Tech Park .................................................... 55 Joint Venture for Production of Railway and Large-size Casting......................................... 56 Pellet production with ancillary cogeneration at “Ivatsevichdrev” ........................................ 57 Investment in Biopharmaceuticals Production .................................................................... 58 Equipment for laser surgery manufacture ........................................................................... 59 Construction of nitrogen fertilizer complex at "Grodno Azot" OJSC .................................... 60 Multiple-Dwelling Residential Development construction .................................................... 61 3 Construction of stone-crushing plant with capacity of 4 mln. m ......................................... 62 Favourable conditions for business in Mogilevsky district ................................................... 63 Construction of plant for wind power stations ..................................................................... 64 Establishment of Transport & Logistic Centre ..................................................................... 65 Construction of hydroelectric power stations ...................................................................... 66 Joint venture for shoe production on the basis of existing enterprise “Luch” ....................... 67 Creation of multifunctional centre in the middle of Minsk .................................................... 68 Production of devices for storing data ................................................................................ 69 The bnt Baltics-Belarus Business Opportunity Survey is published for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice of any kind. 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