O1 Standard was named Best Property Management Company at this year’s Arendator Awards  in Moscow. As the foremost professional event of the year in the Russian real estate industry, the Arendator Awards highlight best companies and best commercial real estate projects from all regions of Russia. The awards ceremony was held on October 5.

O1 Standard currently has 23 properties under management with total space in excess of one million square metres, including some of the best-known business centres in Moscow (White Square, Aurora, Vivaldi Plaza, Stanislavsky Factory, Ducat Place III), as well as flexible offices under the Space 1 brand.

O1 Standard is committed to bringing the philosophy and practice of the hospitality industry to business centre management, modeling its approach on the customer care offered by international 5-star hotel chains. Since 2020 the Company has carried out quarterly audits of performance by its own staff and surveys of tenant satisfaction. Results of these studies have been used to design a B2C program, focused on meeting needs of the staff of tenant companies and enhancing their experience of the building. Work is underway on IT solutions to support the program (including a marketplace of services to end-users, contactless access to the office, etc.).

O1 Standard is keen to reduce environmental footprint at the business centres it manages and has motivated tenants to support its environmental initiatives. Tenant companies are acting to reduce their resource consumption, carry out separate waste collection, and introduce “green office” practices. Office staff are also encouraged to rethink daily routines to be more in tune with the environment. Managers of O1 Standard are now preparing to certify the management system to ISO 14001 (environmental management).

O1 Standard kept all of its sites operational through the 2020 pandemic while ensuring observance of measures to prevent spread of the COVID virus. Good communication with tenants made it easier for employees to return safely to their offices in the post-pandemic period.

Commenting on the Arendator prize, Dmitry Sveshnikov, Managing Director of O1 Standard, said: “On behalf of our company, I would like to thanks the organizers and members of the jury of the Arendator Awards. This prize is very important to us and represents recognition of all the work we have done. My congratulations to everyone in the O1 Standard team on a well-deserved victory, earned by your daily work, willingness to learn, solve non-standard tasks, build processes and communicate with people.”

O1 Standard was judged Best Management Company of the year in two nominations at this year’s Green Property Awards in Moscow. The Company collected first prizes for Property Management and also for Facility Management.

The Green Property Awards recognise environmental work by companies in the commercial real estate industry (both developers and managers). The award ceremony for this year’s winners took place on September 30.

O1 Standard currently provides property and facility management at 23 sites with total space in excess of one million square metres​​, including Moscow landmarks such as the White Square, Aurora and Ducat Place III business centres. Properties added to the Company portfolio in 2021 include the SkyLight and Legenda business centres as well as the serviced office centres, Space 1 Mercury and Space 1 Balchug. O1 Standard is the Russian leader by the number of green assets under management and total space at those assets.

International environmental certification to the BREEAM standard has been obtained for 12 of the sites managed by the Company. Performance of O1 Standard has been independently assessed under both BREEAM part 1 (technical features of the building) and part 2 (building management). Two of the Company’s buildings (the iCUBE and LeFORT business centres) are included in the BREEAM database, which contains the world’s best examples of environmental certification.

In August 2021, O1 Standard successfully completed the first certification in Russia to the international Fitwel standard for buildings: Space 1 Balchug was awarded the highest possible three-star rating.

Starting this year O1 Standard is developing its own expertise for the provision of environmental certification to the BREEAM and FitWell standards. The expertise will enable the Company to offer certification services to external clients and to constantly improve and update management policies and practices at its facilities.

Dmitry Sveshnikov, Managing Director of O1 Standard, said: “Our company thanks the jury of the Green Property Awards for its high assessment. We work hard every day to involve our tenants in environmental initiatives and highlight the importance of environmental performance of offices. These solutions makes office buildings into places that are healthier and more productive, and they have positive impact on the well-being of office workers. Congratulations to our team!”