East Office CEO Lauri Veijalainen joins the Boards of two major shopping centres in Russia: Metropolis in Moscow and Galeria in Saint Petersburg. Both are owned by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Russia and have 250 and 300 tenants respectively.

Bridges are still raised in Saint Petersburg during the night , but canal cruises have stopped for the season. Several of East Office shareholder companies have their Russian head offices in the city.

Our talented analyst Sinikka Parviainen presented today East Office”s fresh Q3 report on Russia and CIS to our shareholder companies, incl view what Russian economy needs for future growth, come 2021: - increase of purchase power - positive changes in raw material markets - more private investments - Ukraine