BNC Plaza business centre in Almaty
BNC Plaza is a nine-storey office building on the corner of Timiryazev and Volodarsky streets in the Bostandyk district of Almaty. Out of the thirty business addresses in the city for which we gathered data, this is one of only two with a confirmed international environmental certificate. Below is what that gives a tenant, who occupies the floors and what the sources keep quiet about.
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Building details
- Building class: A
- Address: улица Тимирязева, 26
- District: Бостандыкский
- City: Алматы
- Year built: 2017
- Floors: 9
- Total area: 15 000 м²
- Rentable area: 13 000 м²
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There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block.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 catalogue listings in the same district, not units in this building.
- 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 ₸
- Офис 90 м2 , 850 000 — 90 м², Бостандыкский, 850 000 ₸
- Офис 165 кв.м. — 165 м², Бостандыкский, 1 500 000 ₸
Other business centres nearby
See also: the Almaty business centre directory, Nurly Tau business centre, office rent in Almaty.
The building and its parameters
The building is on a corner and is addressed in two ways: the main address is 26 Timiryazev Street, the second is 29 Volodarsky Street. The mapping services keep their entry under the second address, the city directories and market descriptions under the first. This is worth bearing in mind when calling a courier or describing the route for a client: both addresses are correct and refer to the same building.
The year of construction is 2017 and there are nine floors. The total area is 15,000 sq m, the lettable office area is 13,000 sq m, and the typical floor plate is 1,245 sq m. The ceiling height is 3.2 metres and seismic resistance is stated at 9 points. A typical floor of that size means that a company of a hundred-odd workplaces fits on a single level without splitting the team between floors — in Almaty that is rarer than it seems.
Class A is claimed by market descriptions. The caveat is the standard one: they go back to a single database, so their agreement does not give two independent confirmations, while the building’s own website does not publish a letter class at all. Neither the developer, nor the architect, nor the management company is named anywhere — they appear neither in market descriptions, nor on the landing page of the building, nor in specialist publications about the developers of Almaty.
The LEED Gold certificate and what it gives a tenant
The building is listed in the register of the Kazakhstan Green Building Council with a LEED Gold certificate and a score of 63 points. This is the second-highest level of the LEED system — only Platinum sits above it. The profile does not state the date of certification, and it could not be found in other sources.
In the council profile the area of the certified building is given as 11,637 sq m, whereas the catalogues and the landing page give 15,000 sq m total and 13,000 sq m of office space. Most likely the certification does not cover the entire volume of the building — for example, excluding the parking and the plant rooms — but the sources give no direct explanation, so we quote both figures as they are.
The practical meaning of the certificate for a tenant is twofold. First, LEED assesses energy consumption, water use, air quality and waste handling — precisely the parameters that shape the service charge and how people feel by the end of the day. Second, for companies with corporate ESG reporting the building certificate allows them to cite a document verified by a third party rather than a marketing description of the property. If that is your case, a copy of the certificate is worth requesting before signing.
Who occupies the floors
The tenant mix of the building is unusually heavy for a nine-storey property. It houses the head office of BI Group — the largest construction group in the country — the head office of VTB Bank and a Regus site, the serviced office operator, occupying the sixth and seventh floors. Starbucks operates on the ground floor. Aggregators also list MunaiTas, Forensic Group, GLS and other companies as residents, but we have not confirmed each of them individually.
For a tenant this means two things. The first is that the building runs in a mode that large corporate services are used to: access control, a reception desk, the handling of visitors. The second, less obvious one: the presence of Regus in the same building offers a rare chance to scale without relocating. A team can start in a serviced office on the sixth floor and a year later move into its own unit one floor below, keeping the address, the passes and the commute of its staff.
A mandatory caveat: leases end and are renewed, and the mix of residents changes. The list given here reflects open data at the time of collection, not a guarantee of who your neighbours will be.
Engineering and accessibility
The set of systems in the building is standard for a property claiming Class A. Accessibility deserves a separate mention: the building has a full set of accessibility features, which for business Almaty is the exception rather than the rule and matters for companies that receive visitors.
- central and local air conditioning
- natural ventilation and mechanical supply and exhaust ventilation
- open-plan and cellular layouts, units both furnished and unfurnished
- internet providers in the building: KazakhTelecom, NLS, Smart-Telecom
- accessibility: ramp, wide lift, accessible WC for visitors with reduced mobility, automatic doors
- seismic resistance of 9 points, ceiling height of 3.2 m
Parking: what the sources do not report
This is the main gap in the data on the building, and we prefer to say so plainly. Not a single structured source — neither market descriptions nor the landing page of the building — publishes either the type of parking or the number of spaces. The only mention of parking we managed to find is that parking on the site is available. Whether it is surface or underground, and how many spaces there are, is unknown.
For a building with a 1,245 sq m floor plate and the head offices of two large organisations this is a material question. The practical recommendation is simple: ask about parking as the first line of enquiry, insist on a figure for the spaces allocated to your unit in the lease, and come for a viewing at the start of the working day rather than at lunchtime. No catalogue will check this parameter for you.
Backup power supply is not mentioned anywhere either. For companies with a server room or a round-the-clock call centre this is a separate question for the management service — bearing in mind that the sources do not name the management company itself.
Location and what to clarify
The nearest metro station is Baikonur, about 1.36 km away and around twenty minutes on foot according to the catalogues. In other words, the metro here works as a fallback rather than as the main way to reach the office: for daily staff journeys it is a little too far, and the load is carried by surface transport and private cars. Among the surroundings the sources name a pharmacy, cafés and restaurants, a medical centre, a fitness club, a cinema, shops and a supermarket.
The strengths of the building are consistent: comfortable offices, responsive staff and security, the cleanliness and upkeep of the space, and the transport access. There is exactly one weak point, and it is just as consistent — slow lifts. A separate caveat about the address: a bank branch with its own flow of visitors operates on the ground floor, and the quality of its service has nothing to do with the business centre. These two things are worth keeping apart.
Before signing the lease we advise closing four points. Parking — as a figure in the lease, not a line in a list of amenities. Lift traffic — by checking in person during the morning peak: this is the single persistent weak point of the building. A copy of the LEED certificate — if you need it for reporting. And the composition of the service charges: what is included in the rent, what is invoiced separately and on what basis it is indexed.
Questions and answers
What class are the offices in BNC Plaza?
Class A is claimed by market descriptions. They go back to a single database, so their agreement does not count as two independent confirmations, and the building’s own website does not publish a letter class. The building dates from 2017, has nine floors, seismic resistance of 9 points and a ceiling height of 3.2 metres.
Does the building have an environmental certificate?
Yes. BNC Plaza is listed in the register of the Kazakhstan Green Building Council with a LEED Gold certificate and a score of 63 points. The profile does not state the date of certification. The area of the certified building in the profile is 11,637 sq m, whereas the catalogues give a total area of 15,000 sq m; the certification probably does not cover the entire volume of the building.
Who rents offices in BNC Plaza?
The building houses the head office of BI Group, the head office of VTB Bank and a Regus serviced office site on the sixth and seventh floors. Starbucks operates on the ground floor. The tenant mix changes — current neighbours are worth checking separately.
How many parking spaces does the building have?
Unknown. Neither market descriptions nor the landing page of the building publishes the type of parking or the number of spaces. The only mention of parking is that there is parking on the site and it is available. The number of spaces allocated to your unit is worth establishing with the owner and fixing in the lease.
What is the floor plate and will the building suit a large team?
The typical floor plate is 1,245 sq m against a lettable office area of 13,000 sq m. A floor of that size lets a large division sit on one level without splitting the team between floors. Layouts are offered both open-plan and cellular, and units come both furnished and unfurnished.
How can I find out available space and rents in BNC Plaza?
Owners do not publish some units openly, and the availability in a building with serviced offices changes quickly. Send a request and we will collect the current options in the building and comparable offers in the Bostandyk district.
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.