Repurposing

Repurposing Commercial Premises in Minsk

When purchasing or leasing commercial real estate in Minsk, it is always necessary to pay attention to the designated purpose of the non-residential premises.

Situations often arise where, after acquiring a property, the owner or tenant wants to use it as a facility for providing household services to the public, while the property is officially designated for use as a warehouse.

In such cases, our company helps collect the required set of documents, prepare the project documentation, and coordinate everything with the city administration.

Repurposing of Premises

Repurposing involves changing the intended use of a property. This is not an easy task and takes a fairly long period of time. Preparing all the necessary documents and obtaining permits takes approximately three months.

Repurposing is necessary in order to increase income from business activities. This procedure is quite demanding. It requires experience in working with local authorities and is carried out with the involvement of specialists in this field.

The most common reason for repurposing is the owner’s desire to change the type of business activity and, instead of using the premises as an office, open a store, gym, or beauty salon.

There are two main reasons for obtaining permission to change the intended use of premises:

• Transfer of the property to another owner or tenant.

• The property is unprofitable under its current designated use.

Subjects

The procedure for changing the intended use of premises depends on the party expressing the intention to carry out the repurposing. A tenant cannot submit documents for changing the intended use of premises without the owner’s consent.

The owner may be either an individual, a government authority, or a private legal entity. A tenant may engage in repurposing only in the case of an official lease agreement with the property owner.

If the real estate is owned by another city, then the documents should be submitted in the city on whose balance sheet the property is held.

Changing the Intended Use of Non-Residential Premises

To change the intended use of premises, the following documents must be collected:

• Application for repurposing.

• Identity document.

• Constituent documents of the company.

After the period established by law has expired, a decision will be made either to permit or to prohibit the repurposing.

The Process of Changing the Intended Use of Non-Residential Premises

As with any other type of work, the repurposing of commercial real estate is carried out in stages. The following stages can be distinguished in this process:

• Obtaining an official document from the executive authority granting permission to change the purpose of the non-residential property.

• Obtaining approval from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the sanitary and epidemiological station, and other organizations предусмотренных законом.

• Obtaining a conclusion from the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.

• In the case of preliminary construction work, approval of the acceptance certificate after repurposing.

• Obtaining an extract from the protocol of the city executive service authorizing registration with the Bureau of Technical Inventory after the change of the intended use of the non-residential premises has been completed.

• Obtaining the full package of documents.

As a result, after passing through all the required authorities and obtaining all the necessary documents, we provide the client with a complete package of documents.

Entrust this complex task to professionals!

As you can see, the process of changing the intended use of premises is long and not easy. That is why we are always pleased to take on this task for you.

The specialists of our company are well versed in the repurposing procedure and know how to work with the documents required for this process. Our employees will easily prepare the necessary package of documents and verify that they correspond to the actual situation in order to avoid unforeseen issues and eliminate possible errors made by government authorities.