OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank has launched its first service that lets a wide range of clients invest in commercial real estate.

The recommended investment amount is a minimum of 330,000 roubles and the recommended holding period of units is five years. This offer is valid from March 29, 2016 to April 29, 2016 inclusively. Type of ownership - closed-end real estate mutual fund (CREMF).

Expected return for the first year of investment is 12% per annum, assumed return for the entire holding period is 15% per annum in roubles.

The asset of the fund is class A warehouse real estate property PNK Tolmachevo, which is located 2 km away from Tolmachevo Airport (Novosibirsk) and was opened in 2010. More than 70% of the warehouse is leased to long-term anchor tenants Auchan and O'Key. One of the priorities when choosing the investment object was its favourable location - on the intersection of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Kazakhstan-Pacific Ocean railway route.

The fund is managed by Sberbank Asset Management and sales are carried out by Sberbank. To invest in the project, fill in the short form on Sberbank's website and then sign the relevant documents at any of the more than 1,000 sales points, which can be found in Sberbank Premier and Sberbank First offices throughout Russia.

"We talked with our clients and realised that people want to invest in real estate. Statistics show that 42% of Russians consider real estate to be the most reliable form of investment. Earlier people only had one option - buying flats and then renting them out. But this involved investing a large amount - several million roubles - and then finding suitable tenants. This service meets the needs of our clients, as we are offering the opportunity to invest in high-quality real estate with a low entry threshold, which starts at 330,000 roubles, and an expected return of 15% per annum," commented Yana Pavlova, Director of Sberbank's Customer Relations Department.