The Ministry of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting on the design and construction of a separate territorial and innovation center entitled “Innopolis”. It is a smart city with an extensive business infrastructure (technology parks, development centers, etc.), and the Russia's first university specializing in information technology (in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, USA) with a full range of social and commercial infrastructure ( schools, kindergartens, hospitals, shopping centers, restaurants, etc.) and housing of various levels (from apartment buildings to townhouses and cottages) the most part of which will be rented by employees of resident companies with the purchase option right.
The meeting was chaired by Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Faizullin. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tatarstan, GISU, KNITU, and Mortgage Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan, SUE “Tatinvestgrazhdanproyekt”, “Greit Stroi” LLC and the leadership of the Ministry of Construction.