Esentai Square Offices business centre in Almaty
Esentai Square Offices is the office component of the Esentai complex at 77/8 Al-Farabi Avenue in the Bostandyk district of Almaty. The units sit inside the Esentai Mall building and occupy levels one to three. In scale this is a compact property: 5,803.2 sq m of total area and 4,266.1 sq m of lettable space. Below is what the complex consists of, what engineering it has, how transport works here and what to look at when choosing a unit.
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Building details
- Building class: A
- Address: проспект Аль-Фараби, 77/8
- District: Бостандыкский
- City: Алматы
- Total area: 5 803,2 м²
- Rentable area: 4 266,1 м²
On-site amenities
- торговая галерея Esentai Mall в том же здании
- рестораны и кафе
- отделение банка
- банкомат
- медицинский центр
- аптека
- салон красоты
- парк
Similarly named building: Не путать с Esentai Tower (проспект Аль-Фараби, 77/7) — это соседняя башня того же комплекса Capital Partners, она уже собрана отдельной записью. Esentai Square Offices — офисная часть внутри здания Esentai Mall, адрес 77/8, вход и лифтовые группы отдельные от башни.
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There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block.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.
What the building is
Esentai Square Offices is not a free-standing tower but the office part inside a shopping centre building. The offices occupy levels one to three, while the building itself is described as four-storey. The discrepancy is explainable: in some cases the levels on which tenants actually sit are counted, in others the structural floors. For a tenant there is only one practical conclusion: the number of floors here is not a mark of prestige but a question of what level a particular unit sits on, how the lift reaches it and which entrance group staff and guests pass through.
In terms of area this is the most compact property in the whole Al-Farabi cluster: 5,803.2 sq m of total area and 4,266.1 sq m of lettable space. Next door, at 77/7, stands the 36–38-storey Esentai Tower with Class A offices — there the lettable area of a single typical floor is comparable with the entire office part of Square. This is not a shortcoming but a different product format: an address in Esentai and proximity to retail without the obligation to occupy a whole floor of a high-rise and without the corresponding budget.
Class A is assigned to the property by market descriptions. The office part has no website of its own, and the owner does not state the class publicly — unlike the neighbouring tower, where Class A is spelled out on the complex website. This is worth keeping in mind during negotiations: “Class A” here is an external classification, not a declaration by the management company. Confirming it has to be done by inspection — the condition of the lifts, the finishes in the common areas, how the climate systems work deep inside the floor on a hot day, and who services the building and under what regulations.
The entrance and the lift groups of the office part are separated from the tower, and these are two different addresses: Esentai Tower is 77/7, Esentai Square Offices is 77/8. They are constantly confused when searching for offers, ordering passes and registering a legal address, so in correspondence with the owner it makes sense to give the full building number every time rather than simply “Esentai”.
Infrastructure and engineering
The infrastructure here is not “nearby” but inside the perimeter of the building. The Esentai Mall retail gallery with restaurants and cafés, a bank branch and cash machines, a pharmacy, a medical centre, a beauty salon — all of it is available without stepping outside. The neighbouring blocks of the complex house a hotel and serviced apartments, and there is a park close by. For a company that often receives clients and partners, such a set of services on site covers several tasks at once: lunch, a meeting in an informal setting, accommodation for visiting colleagues and the everyday needs of staff without half-day absences.
The engineering provision is stated as a standard set for a quality office: supply and exhaust ventilation, air conditioning of two types — central and local — seismic resistance of 9 points, lifts and security. Layouts are offered both open plan and cellular; the finishes are carpet and tiles. The property has no separate service charge figure, and the rent is given as “on request”, that is, it is a matter of individual negotiation — for a property of this size that is typical. At a viewing it makes sense to ask separately what exactly is included in the rent and what is counted on top of it: cleaning, waste removal, security, climate maintenance, electricity by meter.
- supply and exhaust ventilation
- central air conditioning
- local air conditioning (split systems)
- lifts
- security
- seismic resistance of 9 points
- open-plan and cellular layouts
- finishes: carpet and tiles
- retail gallery, cafés and restaurants in the building
- bank branch and cash machines
- pharmacy and medical centre
- beauty salon, park nearby
Location and transport
The building stands on Al-Farabi Avenue, the main east–west artery of the upper part of the city. That makes for convenient logistics for staff arriving by car and for clients coming from the southern microdistricts, but the avenue has a well-known property: at peak hours it is heavily loaded, and travel time has to be planned with a margin. If the team has morning meetings in the centre or at the airport, the route is worth driving in advance on a working day rather than at the weekend.
The nearest metro station is Baikonur, about half an hour away by transport. The address has no walking connection to the metro, so the main way to get here is a private car or a taxi along Al-Farabi. For a tenant that means quite specific things when planning: the hiring geography narrows to staff with a car or people prepared for a long journey with changes, and the cost of parking and corporate transport becomes part of the price of a workplace rather than a minor line item.
The stated 700 surface parking spaces belong to the shopping centre car park, not to a dedicated office car park. In practice this means: spaces are plentiful, but they are shared with visitors to the gallery, and in the evening hours and at weekends competition for them is at its highest. Nobody promises guaranteed allocated spaces by default — their number, their location and the payment arrangements have to be agreed separately in the lease, together with the entry regime for company guests.
Who it suits and what to check when choosing a unit
The format of the property sets the profile of the resident. This is an address for a company that values a representative image and proximity to retail but does not need a whole floor of a high-rise building: representative offices of international companies, small legal and consulting practices, financial and investment boutiques, client-facing offices and divisions working for the shop window. A team that needs hundreds of square metres for an operational unit will find it cramped here — the total lettable area of the whole property is smaller than a typical floor of the neighbouring tower.
The named list of tenants of the office part is not publicly disclosed: the organisations registered at 77/8 belong predominantly to the retail operators of the mall. At a viewing it is therefore worth requesting from the management company a list of the current office tenants and a plan showing how the office entrances are separated from the flows of the gallery. Access arrangements, lift loading and comfort of working during the hours when the shopping centre is living its own life all depend directly on this.
What to check on site rather than from the listing. First, lift traffic at the morning peak and at lunchtime: an office inside a mall means being next to a flow of visitors, and if the lift groups are not fully separated, this will eat up minutes every day. Second, the access regime outside the gallery's working hours: when the entrance opens and closes, how to get into the office early in the morning, at the weekend and on a public holiday, and who issues passes. Third, climate and noise: proximity to the food court brings smells and background noise, and this has to be assessed on the spot rather than from the plan. Fourth, the make-up of the rent and the service charges, because with central air conditioning and round-the-clock security this line noticeably affects the total.
Discuss the contractual framework with the owner separately: the lease term and the indexation arrangements, the conditions for an early exit, the size of the security deposit, who carries out the fit-out and at whose expense, and what happens to it on departure. In properties of this format the fit-out often turns out to be the main one-off budget item, and its reimbursement needs to be agreed before signing rather than after the works have started.
What to compare before deciding
Esentai Square Offices is almost never considered on its own. A shortlist usually includes the neighbouring tower at 77/7 and one or two more addresses on Al-Farabi, and the decision is made not on the rent but on the full cost of a workplace: rent plus service charges, plus parking, plus one-off investment in fit-out divided by the term of the lease. Where buildings are of comparable quality, the difference in that final figure is often more substantial than the difference in the quoted rent per square metre.
The second parameter of comparison is how ready the space is. A unit with completed fit-out and furniture works out more expensive in rent but requires neither a separate refurbishment budget nor months of downtime. Space in shell condition is cheaper, yet the move-in date has to absorb the design, the approval with the management company and the works themselves. For a team that has to be on site in the current quarter, the difference in timing is almost always more important than the difference in rent.
The third is the parking model, and here the address has its own specifics. Compare not the number of spaces at the property but the number of spaces genuinely allocated to your unit, and who you are competing with for them. A car park shared with a retail gallery and a dedicated office car park are two different scenarios for a Monday morning and a Friday evening. Request the allocation terms in writing for every building on the shortlist: verbal promises diverge from the contract on this point more often than on any other.
Questions and answers
What class are the offices in Esentai Square Offices?
Class A is assigned to the property by market descriptions. The office part has no website of its own and the owner does not state the class publicly, so this is an external classification rather than a declaration by the management company. It is worth verifying by inspection: the condition of the lifts and the common areas, and how the climate systems work deep inside the floor.
Where is Esentai Square Offices and how do I get there?
Almaty, 77/8 Al-Farabi Avenue, Bostandyk district. The nearest metro station is Baikonur, about half an hour away by transport, and there is no walking connection to the metro. The main way to get here is a private car or a taxi along Al-Farabi, and travel time at peak hours should be planned with a margin.
How does Esentai Square Offices differ from Esentai Tower?
These are different properties within one complex. Esentai Tower is the 36–38-storey tower at 77/7 with Class A offices. Esentai Square Offices is the office part inside the Esentai Mall building at 77/8, levels one to three, with its own entrance and lift groups.
How many parking spaces does the building have?
700 surface spaces are stated, but this is the shopping centre car park, shared with visitors to the gallery, rather than a dedicated office car park. In the evening hours and at weekends competition for spaces is at its highest. The number of spaces allocated to a unit has to be agreed separately in the lease.
What is the rent and what do the service charges include?
The rent is not publicly disclosed — it is given as “on request”, that is, it is determined in individual negotiations. The property has no separate service charge figure either. The make-up of the payments — cleaning, security, climate maintenance, electricity — is clarified with the owner before signing.
How can I find out current availability and terms?
Owners do not publish some units openly. Send a request and we will collect the current options in the building and comparable offers in the Bostandyk district, including the neighbouring addresses on Al-Farabi.
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.