Grand opening of business center ”Kreschatik Plaza”

Karen Bishop (in the center), the executive manager of the "McDonalds Ukraine" company together with Valery Pustovoytenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine and Utkir Sultanov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, who have just arrived in Kyiv, are cutting the tape, on the opening of the Elite Business Center "Khreshatik Plaza" (Thursday, May 22, 1999). The "McDonalds Ukraine" company allotted more than $8millions in the repair and finishing work of former restaurant 'Metro' and rented the latter for 20 years. The rent price of the new business center makes up $35 per 1 square meter. By the time of opening various firms rented the 75% of the building's area. Photo by Dmitry Gavrish/ UNIAN