Samal Towers business centre in Almaty
Samal Towers is an office complex built in 2016 at 97 Zholdasbekov Street in the Samal-2 microdistrict of the Medeu district. The building is notable less for its figures than for its tenant mix: a diplomatic mission and a cultural mission are based here, which is unusual for a property formally assigned to Class B. Below is what is known about the building, who works in it and which parameters are worth clarifying in person.
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Building details
- Building class: B
- Address: улица Жолдасбекова, 97
- District: Медеуский
- City: Алматы
- Year built: 2016
- Floors: 19
- Total area: 15 580 м²
- Rentable area: 14 300 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There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block.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 office listings across Almaty, not units in this building.
- Офис 115 кв.м. — 115 м², Алматы, 1 050 000 ₸
- Офис 660 кв.м. — 660 м², Алматы, 9 900 000 ₸
- Офис на Аренду — 90 м², Алматы, 750 000 ₸
- Офис на аренду в самом престижном блоке Нурлы-Тау — 116 м², Алматы, 1 740 000 ₸
- Презентабельный офис в Аренду — 423 м², Алматы, 3 500 000 ₸
- Офис 107 м² в БЦ Nurly Tau: статус на проспекте Аль-Фараби — 107 м², Алматы, 1 100 000 ₸
Other business centres nearby
See also: the Almaty business centre directory, Nurly Tau business centre, office rent in Almaty.
The building and its parameters
According to market descriptions the building has 19 floors; the city directories give 18. The total area is 15,580 sq m, the lettable area 14,300 sq m, the typical floor plate 820 sq m and the ceiling height 3.1 metres. Seismic resistance is stated at 9 points. The complex consists of at least two blocks: the designation of block A2 appears in the addresses of tenants.
A typical floor of 820 sq m is an important characteristic for planning. It is enough to place a team of 60 to 80 workstations on a whole floor, but too little for a large department with its own meeting rooms and document storage: such a tenant would take two levels, and the connection between them would have to be worked out separately. For a company of 15 to 30 people, on the other hand, the floor divides into two or three units with their own entrances.
The engineering matches the declared class: supply-and-exhaust ventilation with local air conditioning, that is, split systems in the spaces rather than a central system for the whole building. This gives a tenant independence in setting the climate and at the same time shifts part of the burden of servicing the indoor units onto them.
The dispute about the class of the building
There is a discrepancy here that is worth knowing before negotiating the rent. Market descriptions consistently assign Samal Towers to Class B. The partner website of the property, samal-towers.kz, claims Class A. There is no statement from the owner or from a specialist management company in open sources that would settle the dispute — just as there is no confirmed information about the developer, the architect or the management company of the building.
The practical meaning of the discrepancy is simple. Class is not a title but a set of verifiable features: centralised climate control, backup power supply, parking of a certain capacity, professional management. Some of these are confirmed for this building and some are not: no LEED or BREEAM environmental certification was found in the sources, the exact capacity of the car park is nowhere disclosed, and data on backup power is absent. So rely on the specific parameters of the unit rather than on the letter in the listing.
Who leases space here
The Consulate General of the United States in Almaty is based in the building, occupying the sixteenth and seventeenth floors. The eleventh floor of block A2 is occupied by the representative office of British Council Kazakhstan. In total there are around eleven organisations in the building.
The presence of a diplomatic mission has two sides. On the one hand it is indirect confirmation of the level of the building: such tenants vet a property against their own security requirements and do not move into random addresses. On the other hand it means controlled access, queues of visitors at certain hours and heightened attention to the entrance regime — if your work assumes a free flow of clients, the regime of the building is worth discussing in advance.
The Samal-2 microdistrict as a business address
Samal-2 is one of the most prestigious residential districts of Almaty, built in the upper part of the city. For an office this means quiet surroundings without through traffic and, at the same time, a limited choice of neighbouring business addresses: there is no continuous office cluster here of the kind found on Al-Farabi or on Dostyk.
In the same block, at the corner of Zholdasbekov Street and Dostyk Avenue, is the Dostyk Plaza shopping and entertainment centre — so lunch, cash machines, a pharmacy and everyday errands are covered on foot. It is quick to get from the building onto Dostyk and Al-Farabi avenues, which makes the car scenario the main one.
The nearest metro station is Abai, roughly 1.56–1.6 km away, about nineteen minutes on foot. The nearest surface transport stop is Samal-1, roughly 250 metres away; routes 5, 29, 45, 99, 128 and 141 pass through the Zholdasbekov (Dostyk) stop.
What to clarify at a viewing
Parking is the main open question for this building. The total capacity of the car park is not disclosed in any open source, and the figures in brokerage listings relate to specific lots rather than to the whole complex. Ask for the number of spaces allocated to your unit and be sure to record it in the lease — in a microdistrict with dense residential development, street parking will not help you out.
The second question is climate control and its servicing. With local air conditioning, find out exactly whose split systems are installed in the space, who is responsible for cleaning and recharging them and whether that is included in the service charges. For a floor of 820 sq m under dense occupancy, the capacity calculation is worth checking before move-in rather than during the first heatwave.
The third is the access regime. Check the opening hours of the building, the procedure for admitting guests and the possibility of working at weekends: with representative offices that have their own security regime in the building, these rules can be stricter than in an ordinary business centre.
Questions and answers
What class are the offices in Samal Towers?
The sources disagree: market descriptions state Class B, while the partner website of the property claims Class A. There is no statement from the owner or the management company in open sources that would settle the dispute.
How many floors does the building have and what is its area?
The floor count depends on the source: 19 in the catalogues, 18 in the city directory — we leave both values rather than resolve a one-floor discrepancy. The area figures agree: 15,580 sq m total, 14,300 sq m lettable, 820 sq m on a typical floor. Ceilings are 3.1 metres, seismic resistance 9 points. The ratio of lettable to total area gives an efficiency of 92% — a high figure for a building of this age.
Who rents offices in the building?
The building houses the Consulate General of the United States in Almaty (sixteenth and seventeenth floors) and the representative office of British Council Kazakhstan (eleventh floor of block A2). In total, according to the available data, there are around eleven organisations in the building.
How do I get to Samal Towers?
The nearest metro station is Abai, about 1.6 km away, roughly nineteen minutes on foot. The nearest surface transport stop is Samal-1, roughly 250 metres away. The main way to get here is by car, with quick access onto Dostyk and Al-Farabi.
How many parking spaces does Samal Towers have?
The total capacity of the car park is not disclosed in open sources. The number of spaces allocated to a specific unit is agreed in the lease — clarify this point when selecting space.
How can I find out available space and rents?
Some offers in the building are not published. Send a request and we will collect the current options in Samal Towers and comparable offers in the Medeu district and the Samal microdistrict. The search is free for tenants.
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