Teniz Towers business centre in Almaty
Teniz Towers is a complex of two Class B+ blocks at 240g Nazarbayev Avenue, at the junction with Al-Farabi Avenue in the Medeu district of Almaty. The building was completed in 2002 and is still known on the market by its former name, CDC: some tenants give the address as “CDC-1 business centre”. The complex has 11 floors, 12,767.1 sq m of total area and 8,134 sq m of lettable space, with parking for 116 cars. Below is what matters to a tenant: what the complex consists of, the engineering, transport access and what to look at when choosing a unit.
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Building details
- Building class: B+
- Address: проспект Назарбаева, 240г
- District: Медеуский
- City: Алматы
- Year built: 2002
- Floors: 11
- Rent rate: 22 000–24 000 ₸/м²/мес, замер 2026-08-19
- Operating expenses: по данным сайта объекта, ставка 22 000 ₸ указана с учётом OPEX и НДС; коммунальные платежи оплачиваются отдельно
- Total area: 12 767,1 м²
- Rentable area: 8 134 м²
- Parking: 116 мест
- Management company: TMK Limited
Building systems
Центральное кондиционирование, вентиляция естественная и приточно-вытяжная, лифты, сейсмостойкость 9 баллов, круглосуточная охрана. Связь — Казахтелеком. Управляющая компания заявляет перезапуск объекта с цифровой платформой Workflow для бронирования переговорных и управления комфортом.
Notable tenants
- Teniz Capital Investment Banking (весь второй этаж)
- Forbes Kazakhstan (редакция)
- Business FM (радиостанция)
On-site amenities
- кафе
- супермаркет
- магазины
- аптека
- банкоматы
- отделение банка
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There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block.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.
What the building is
The complex was brought into use in 2002 and became one of the first business centres of international standard in Almaty. It occupies a site at the junction of the two main arteries of the upper part of the city — Al-Farabi and Nazarbayev avenues — and consists of two blocks. The former name, CDC, stuck to the building so firmly that in city directories and in company details the blocks are still labelled with it: tenants give the address as “CDC-1 business centre, 240g Nazarbayev Avenue”. For a tenant this is a practical point — it is easier to direct couriers, clients and contractors by both names at once, otherwise some deliveries will go round in circles looking for the entrance.
The biography of the property is untypical for the Almaty office market. According to the business press, Chevron, Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark all worked in CDC at various times — for decades the building was a point of presence for transnational corporations in Kazakhstan. This is a case where the formal class does not reflect the standing of the address: the class is assigned on the totality of technical parameters — the age of the building, the layouts, the engineering, the parking — while the reputation of an address forms separately and lasts longer. Class B+ here should be read exactly that way: it is a characteristic of the engineering and the year of construction, not a characteristic of the business surroundings.
Today the complex belongs to Armanzhan Baitassov and is managed by TMK Limited, a company working with commercial property in Kazakhstan and Europe. A publicly named management company is a useful sign in itself: it means that operation, access regulations and the billing procedure are set up as a separate service rather than handled by the owner manually. It is precisely with the management company that a tenant will have to agree the fit-out design, working hours at weekends, the removal of construction waste and contractor access — and it is better to establish these regulations before signing rather than in the first month of the works.
The tenant mix is connected with the owner: working in the building are the editorial office of Forbes Kazakhstan, the radio station Business FM and Teniz Capital Investment Banking, which occupies the whole of the second floor. A media cluster in one complex is a rare configuration for Almaty, and for neighbours on the same floors it means a constant flow of guests for interviews and filming. If quiet in the reception area and predictable lift loading through the day matter to your company, this factor is worth taking into account when choosing a floor and a block.
The management company has announced a relaunch of the property: flexible lease formats, conference and lounge zones, the digital Workflow platform for booking meeting rooms and managing comfort, and work on acoustics, lighting and rest areas. These are plans, not completed space. They cannot be taken as a characteristic of the building at a viewing, but it does make sense to ask the owner about the timing: if part of the works falls within your lease term, it is useful to know in advance which zones will be closed and when.
Infrastructure and engineering
The engineering set of the building corresponds to Class B+ and covers the basic requirements usually written into the technical brief for a relocation: climate, air exchange, vertical transport, security and telecoms. Seismic resistance is stated at 9 points — for Almaty this is a key parameter, and confirmation of it is worth requesting in documentary form rather than taking from a description.
The infrastructure covers the everyday needs of staff without leaving the perimeter: the complex has cafés, a supermarket, shops, a pharmacy, a bank branch and cash machines. For a company of several dozen people this noticeably eases the lunch break — people do not need to drive off the site and come back into the traffic on Al-Farabi.
- central air conditioning
- natural and supply-and-exhaust ventilation
- lifts
- seismic resistance of 9 points
- round-the-clock security
- telecoms from Kazakhtelecom
- cafés, a supermarket and shops on site
- pharmacy
- bank branch and cash machines
Location and transport
The address is 240g Nazarbayev Avenue, Medeu district, at the junction with Al-Farabi Avenue. This is the upper part of the city: convenient for staff living in the southern microdistricts and for clients arriving by car. The flip side is that both arteries are heavily loaded at peak hours, and travel time to the building should be planned with a margin, especially for meetings set for the morning.
Walking access to the metro is poor: it is about 2.1 km to Abay station, some twenty minutes on foot, and in bad weather this route stops working. The practical conclusion is simple: the building is designed above all for a tenant whose staff arrive by car. When hiring front-line staff, the logistics of getting to the office will have to be thought through separately — with corporate transport, flexible hours or a travel allowance.
Parking is 116 spaces: 85 surface and 31 underground. For a tenant the ratio of surface to underground spaces matters more than the total figure: surface spaces are taken more quickly by visitors, and if a fixed number of spaces is not allocated to your unit in writing, staff will be looking for parking on the street. The entrance and the loading of the car park are better seen at the morning peak rather than during the day — during the day there are almost always free spaces.
The surroundings of the building are an established business part of the Medeu district: office and administrative buildings, retail and services within walking distance. For meetings with clients and contractors this is a convenient address that is easy to explain in words, and the junction of the two arteries serves as a clear landmark.
Who it suits and what to check when choosing a unit
The profile of the building is companies that value a recognisable address and business surroundings: financial and investment structures, consulting, legal practices, representative offices. Being next to an investment banking division and media editorial offices sets the tone: this is a classic business centre with meeting rooms and reception areas, not an environment for manufacturing or warehouse functions.
The layout resource of the building is 11 floors and 8,134 sq m of lettable space out of 12,767.1 sq m of total area; a typical floor runs from 788 to 1,410 sq m. The spread is wide, and it means the floors are not identical: a unit of 788 sq m and a unit of 1,410 sq m are different corridor configurations and a different ratio of usable to chargeable area. When comparing offers, ask not only for the area but also for the layout, with an indication of what exactly goes into the chargeable metres.
What to check at a viewing. Lift traffic at the morning peak — with eleven floors and two blocks the bottleneck is usually not the car itself but the ground-floor lobby with the turnstiles, so come to see the building on a working morning. The separation of flows: where staff enter, where visitors enter, where deliveries pull up. The condition of the finishes and what exactly is included in the rent and what is counted on top. Finally, how many parking spaces are allocated to the unit in writing rather than “where possible”.
Before signing the lease, talk through the term and the indexation arrangements, the make-up of the service charges, the rules for contractor access during the fit-out and the conditions for an early exit. In buildings with a public management company these points are usually formalised, and obtaining them in writing is easier than at properties the owner lets directly. Clarify separately how expansion is arranged: if the team grows, a right of first offer on the neighbouring unit is cheaper to discuss in advance.
What to compare before deciding
The key detail of a commercial proposal is what is included in the rent. The stated rent for the building is 22,000 ₸ per sq m per month, and 24,000 ₸ for the ninth floor, and according to the property's data the 22,000 ₸ already includes OPEX and VAT, while utilities are counted separately. This fundamentally changes the comparison: the market is full of offers where the service charges are put on top of the rent or are not mentioned at all, and the seemingly lower rent of a neighbouring building may turn out more expensive once OPEX and tax are added.
Buildings are therefore correctly compared not by rent but by the final cost of a workplace per month: rent plus service charges plus utilities plus parking plus the spread investment in fit-out, divided by the number of staff. Ask every property for a breakdown along these lines — the difference between buildings of comparable class in the Medeu district is more often explained by them than by the rent itself.
The second parameter of comparison is how ready the space is. A unit with completed fit-out is more expensive in rent but requires neither a 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, and with them the period when the company is paying for both the old office and the new one.
The third parameter is improvements that have been announced but not yet delivered. The plans for relaunching the property should either be fixed in the lease with specific dates or not counted in the price at all: paying today for a service that will appear later is a common mistake in a relocation.
Questions and answers
What class are the offices in Teniz Towers?
Class B+. The building was completed in 2002 and has 11 floors, 12,767.1 sq m of total area and 8,134 sq m of lettable space. A typical floor runs from 788 to 1,410 sq m, and seismic resistance is stated at 9 points.
Where is Teniz Towers and how do I get there?
Almaty, 240g Nazarbayev Avenue, Medeu district, at the junction with Al-Farabi Avenue. It is about 2.1 km to Abay metro station, some twenty minutes on foot, so the main way to get here is by car.
Why is the building called CDC?
CDC is the former name of the complex. It stuck so firmly that tenants still give the address as “CDC-1 business centre, 240g Nazarbayev Avenue”. It is one and the same property, simply under two names.
Is there parking in the building?
Yes, 116 spaces: 85 surface and 31 underground. The number of spaces allocated to a particular unit is agreed separately in the lease — check this during the search and look at how busy the entrance is at the morning peak.
What is included in the rent?
According to the property's data the rent is 22,000 ₸ per sq m per month, and 24,000 ₸ for the ninth floor, and the 22,000 ₸ already includes OPEX and VAT; utilities are paid separately. Current terms for a particular unit are confirmed by the owner.
How can I find out current availability and rents?
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 Medeu district. The search is free for tenants.
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