Ambassador business centre in Almaty
Ambassador is a nine-storey Class B business centre at 83 Tole Bi Street in the Almaly district. The building stands out among its peers in the class for an unusually large floor plate — around 1,100 sq m, which is a lot for a nine-storey building and opens up scenarios unavailable in towers with floors of 300–400 metres. There is also a feature worth knowing about in advance: the stated seismic resistance of the building is lower than that of most properties in this selection. Below is what is confirmed and what will have to be checked on site.
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Building details
- Building class: B
- Address: улица Толе би, 83
- District: Алмалинский
- City: Алматы
- Year built: 2005
- Floors: 9
- Total area: 12 526 м²
- Rentable area: 10 562 м²
- Parking: 55 мест
Available space
There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block. We will put together options on request — send a request or browse offices in Almaty.
Offices nearby
These are office listings across Almaty, not units in this building.
- Помещение 400 кв.м. — 400 м², Алматы, 4 248 000 ₸
- трёхуровневый офис 590 кв.м. 3 500 000 тг — 590 м², Бостандыкский район , 3 500 000 ₸
- Офис 150 м2, 1400000 — 150 м², Бостандыкский, 1 400 000 ₸
- Офис 135 м2, 1300 000 — 135 м², Бостандыкский, 1 300 000 ₸
- Офис 90 м2 , 94500000 — 90 м², Бостандыкский, 94 500 000 ₸
- Офис 90 м2 , 650 000 — 90 м², Бостандыкский, 650 000 ₸
Other business centres nearby
See also: the Almaty business centre directory, Nurly Tau business centre, office rent in Almaty.
What the building is
Nine floors, a total area of 12,526 sq m and a lettable area of 10,562 sq m. The number of floors is confirmed independently: it is given by a city directory and by a letting listing on a third-party portal, in addition to the broker catalogues. The typical floor plate is around 1,100 sq m.
The seismic resistance deserves separate attention: it is stated as 7 points, and that value is confirmed by two independent sources — a market description and a letting listing. For Almaty that is lower than usual: most buildings in our selection state 9 points. We draw no conclusions from this about safety — that is not our competence — but we consider it obligatory to tell a tenant, because the parameter rarely makes it into descriptions and is almost never mentioned at a viewing.
Of the engineering, supply and exhaust ventilation, central and local air conditioning, three lifts, an alarm system, video surveillance and round-the-clock security are confirmed. Surface parking is stated for 55 cars. The ceiling height diverges: the market descriptions give 2.7 metres, the letting listing 2.8. Layouts are offered in two variants — open-plan and cellular.
- surface parking for 55 cars
- three lifts
- central and local air conditioning
- supply and exhaust ventilation
- round-the-clock security, video surveillance, fire alarm
- conference halls and meeting rooms
- a buffet and a café in the building
A large floor in a nine-storey building
A floor plate of 1,100 sq m with nine floors is a configuration rare for Almaty’s Class B, and it is worth dwelling on. In most of the buildings in this selection the floor runs from 300 to 500 sq m, which accommodates one or two tenants.
Here a division of a hundred-odd people can be placed on a single level without splitting it across floors. For companies with a large operational unit — a call centre, a back office, application processing — this is a decisive advantage: people sit on one level, are not torn apart by the lift, and a manager does not have to run between floors. The cellular layout, which the building also offers, allows a plate of this size to hold an open-plan area plus meeting rooms plus private offices within a single perimeter.
The other side of a large plate is the depth of the space. The wider the floor, the more workplaces end up far from the windows, and the more the quality of the artificial lighting and the ventilation in the middle of the plate matters. At a viewing it is worth walking into the depth of the unit rather than judging it from the window.
Where the sources disagree
The year of construction: the market descriptions, which work off a shared database, give 2005, while a letting listing for the same building gives 2007. There is no independent arbiter here, so we give both values.
The class: the same catalogues and a partner landing page for the property give Class B, the listing B+. The difference between B and B+ for a building of this age is largely a marketing one; in practice it is determined by the condition of the specific unit and of the common areas.
Accessibility: a city directory mentions a wide lift, automatic doors and an accessible entrance for people with disabilities, yet there is also directly contrary evidence — that there is no ramp. If this is critical for you or your visitors, it has to be checked in person rather than from a description.
Parking: the catalogues give surface parking for 55 cars, the listing describes it as the building’s own and chargeable without stating the number of spaces, and in practice finding a free space is practically impossible. All three descriptions may be correct at the same time.
Do not confuse it with the hotel or with Ambassador Towers
The name is a common one, and three different properties in Almaty come up under it. Our building is the business centre at 83 Tole Bi Street; the city directories keep a separate entry for it at precisely this address.
The Ambassador hotel is a different property, located at 121 Zheltoksan Street, with its own website and its own entry. Descriptions of rooms, breakfasts and service relate to it and not to the business centre.
Ambassador Towers is also a different building: a Class A business centre on 22nd Line. Its characteristics — class, area, year — regularly turn up in the results for the query “Ambassador Almaty” and have nothing to do with our property. Check the address in every listing.
Who works here
According to the available data the building lists some twenty-eight organisations. A full list could not be obtained — the page with the list of organisations returns an error — so we give only those confirmed by separate entries.
Of the confirmed ones: the international logistics company AsstrA on the eighth floor in office 801, the mortgage agency Ipoteka Group, the taxi fleet of the delivery service Wolt, the driving school Qazaqdrive, the Kazakhstan Federation of Skittle Sports on the eighth floor, and the company Lab International, which supplies medical equipment, on the seventh floor. The building is also mentioned as housing the “Bastau” project of the Atameken national chamber of entrepreneurs.
The profile is mixed: logistics, financial services, education, industry associations, equipment supply. This is a building for companies that need a working address in the centre with visitor reception rather than a representative shop window. The obligatory caveat: leases end and are renewed, and the mix reflects the open data at the time of collection.
Four recurring problems
This is a working Class B building in a dense central location — and its set of weak points is typical of exactly that kind of property. All four belong to day-to-day operation, hold up consistently and can be checked at a viewing in a single visit.
The weak points fall into four groups. Parking is the main one: finding a free space is practically impossible. The lifts — overloaded at peak hours, and the working of one of them raises questions of its own. The sanitary condition of the common areas — the lavatories are poorly kept. The work of the administration — tenants’ requests are not always resolved.
The strengths of the address more often relate not to the building but to particular companies inside it — training centres, coffee shops. To the property itself go the convenient location and the appearance of the building. This structure is typical for a working Class B building in the centre: the address is chosen for the location, while the questions accumulate around operations.
Location and what to clarify
The building stands on Tole Bi Street, one of the main east–west arteries of the centre. Zhibek Zholy and Almaly metro stations are each about 1.4 km away, that is, eighteen to nineteen minutes on foot. This is the case where the metro formally exists but will not become an everyday scenario for most staff: the main approach here is by car and by surface transport.
Of what could not be found: the developer, the architect and the management company — no source names them. The building has no website of its own, and the domain variants that it would be logical to check do not exist; the only thematic site is a partner landing page connected with the same group of catalogues. No environmental certificates were found for the property; for a building of this class and age that is to be expected.
The list of questions for the viewing: how many parking spaces are actually allocated to the unit and whether there are visitor spaces; how the lifts work at the morning peak — go up yourself rather than asking; what condition the lavatories on your floor are in; whether there is a ramp and an accessible entrance, if that is critical; what seismic resistance is stated in the documents for the building; what the ceiling height is in the specific unit — 2.7 or 2.8 metres; and in what year the building was commissioned — 2005 or 2007, with documentary confirmation.
Questions and answers
In what year was the Ambassador business centre built?
The sources disagree: the market descriptions, which work off a shared database, give 2005, while a letting listing for the same building gives 2007. No independent source that would resolve the contradiction could be found, so we give both values.
What is the seismic resistance of the building?
It is stated as 7 points — confirmed by two independent sources, a market description and a letting listing. For Almaty that is lower than usual: most buildings in our selection state 9 points. The parameter is worth clarifying against the documents for the building.
How large is the floor in this building?
The typical floor plate is around 1,100 sq m, with nine floors and a total area of 12,526 sq m. For Almaty’s Class B that is a large plate: a division of more than a hundred people can be placed on a single level without splitting it across floors. The other side is that some of the workplaces will end up far from the windows, so at a viewing it is worth walking into the depth of the unit.
How does this Ambassador differ from the Ambassador hotel?
They are different properties. Our business centre is at 83 Tole Bi Street, and the city directories keep a separate entry for it. The Ambassador hotel is at 121 Zheltoksan Street. In addition, Almaty has the Class A Ambassador Towers business centre on 22nd Line — also a different building. Check the address in every listing.
What are the weak points of the building?
Four recurring themes: the shortage of parking spaces, the overloading of the lifts at peak hours, the sanitary condition of the common areas and the work of the building administration. The strengths of the address more often relate to particular companies inside the building, while to the property itself go the convenient location and the appearance.
How can I find out available space and rents?
Rents for the building are not published in open sources, and the business centre has no website of its own. Send a request and we will ask for the currently vacant units and put together comparable offers in central Almaty.
See also
ТОО «Nurly Tau Realty (Нурлы Тау Реалти)», БИН 171040029589, 050000, г. Алматы, Бостандыкский район, пр. Аль-Фараби, дом 15, н.п. 21г. Тел. +7 702 444 89 98, info@nurlytau.kz.