Turar business centre in Almaty
Turar is an office building at 502 Seifullin Avenue in the Almaly district of Almaty. In terms of data it is the most closed property in our selection: neither the year of construction, nor the areas, nor the number of parking spaces appear in open sources. Its mix of residents, however, is telling, and it tells you more about the building than many a technical record. Below is what is confirmed, what is not and what you will have to check in person.
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Building details
- Building class: A
- Address: проспект Сейфуллина, 502
- District: Алмалинский
- City: Алматы
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There are no open listings for this building right now: owners do not publish every block.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 is known about the building and what the sources lack
Let us start with an honest list of the gaps, because here it is longer than usual. The year of construction could not be found: the building’s own website turarbc.kz does not open, the industry entry for the building returns a 404 error, and the city directories do not publish the year. The total and office areas, the typical floor plate, the ceiling height, the number of parking spaces, and data on air conditioning, ventilation, backup power supply and seismic resistance could not be found. The developer and the architect could not be found.
What is confirmed. The number of floors is eleven, but that value is published only by a city directory, and it has no independent second source. Class A is claimed by a single source — a listings aggregator; neither the market descriptions nor the building’s own website confirms it. Among the amenities named are access control, a coworking space, a conference hall, a café, a prayer room, wide lifts and access for visitors with reduced mobility.
One trap is worth knowing about: on the same plot at 502 Seifullin there is a neighbouring structure roughly fifty metres away, housing its own set of companies. Some directories mix these two buildings up. When checking a listing or a description of this address, make sure it really refers to the Turar business centre. For the same reason the Seifullin Plaza business centre does not belong to it either — that one stands at 469/5 Seifullin.
Who manages the building
The managing organisation is Lester Invest Group LLP, registered at the address of the building itself. This is confirmed both by the city directory and by the state registers of legal entities, so the data here is reliable, unlike most of the technical parameters.
According to a business overview, the company manages two business centres in Almaty — Turar and Venus. An important caveat, without which the figure misleads: the combined lettable area of around 37.7 thousand sq m and revenue of some 5.2 billion tenge for 2024 relate to both buildings together, not to Turar alone. The area of Turar itself remains unknown.
The practical conclusion for a tenant is rather positive: the building is run by a specialist company with a portfolio rather than let directly by the owner. That usually means cleaning, access and engineering issues are handled by a dedicated service — and that there is someone to hold to account for them.
Who sits here
According to the available data, 31 organisations are registered in the building, and their distribution is quite telling. On the third floor is the office of the development company Sensata Group. On the fourth, in office 406, is the hosting provider Serverspace. On the fifth, offices 501–502, is Qazaq Logistic Agro. The seventh holds two companies at once: GSCG in office 701 and the logistics firm Sirius Partners in office 707.
Without a floor attribution, the sources also name Weir Minerals Kazakhstan, the microfinance company Solva, Freedom Finance Credit, the international law firm Kinstellar and IT Global. The Q Coffee Shop operates on the ground floor.
The profile of the neighbours reads clearly: logistics, financial services, legal consulting, IT. This is a building people come to for meetings and go to for work every day, not a showcase address for display. A mandatory caveat: leases end and are renewed, and the mix given here reflects open data at the time of collection.
The coworking space on the tenth floor
The tenth floor of the building houses the “2 Rar” coworking space — open around the clock, with Wi-Fi, a kitchen, a lounge area and parking. Besides desks it also lets a conference hall, a meeting room and separate private offices.
For a tenant this matters more than a line in a list of amenities. Round-the-clock access on the coworking floor means the building does in principle have a working regime for night and weekend access — and that is a question worth asking the management company about your own unit too. And the option of taking a meeting room by the hour removes the need to build into your own space a room you need twice a week.
For a small team this combination gives a clear growth path: start with desks in the coworking space and, when headcount outgrows the format, move into your own unit in the same building without changing the address or your staff’s commute.
Strengths and weaknesses
The strengths of the building recur consistently: the attractive architecture, the coffee shops, the polite reception staff, the cleanliness of the space and the large car park.
The weak points, however, are specific and recurring, and they deserve closer attention than the general feel of the building. The first and the main one is the lifts: slow, prone to hanging, closing in front of people trying to get in and breaking down from time to time. The second is parking: the regime is strictly pass-controlled, spaces are only for registered cars, guests need separate passes, and conflicts arise as a result. The third group is mundane — the condition of the toilets and their consumables, and the quality of the ventilation.
None of these points can be checked against documents, because there is no technical data on the building. That means checking on foot: come during the morning peak, take the lift to the top floor, look into a toilet, ask at reception how guest passes are issued. Fifteen minutes on site will tell you more here than any catalogue.
Location and what to clarify before the lease
The nearest metro station is Almaly, roughly a kilometre from the building — 1.09 km to be precise. That is around fifteen minutes on foot, so the metro works as a real if not the fastest option. Among the surroundings are the view over Karagaily park, the proximity of Astana Square, shops, cafés, restaurants, pharmacies and cash machines.
No environmental certificates were found for the building — neither LEED, nor BREEAM, nor the national OMIR. Rents are not published in open sources either: the only figure encountered belonged to a listing whose address attribution did not match, and it is not taken into account.
Before signing a lease in this building the list of questions is longer than usual — simply because the catalogues have checked nothing for you. Ask for the year of construction and the seismic resistance with a document. Establish the area of the unit from a measurement rather than from the listing. Find out the number of allocated parking spaces and the procedure for issuing guest passes. Check how the air conditioning and ventilation work in the specific unit, and whether there is backup power if you have a server room. And be sure to take the lift during the peak hour.
Questions and answers
In what year was the Turar business centre built?
The year of construction could not be found. The building’s own website turarbc.kz does not open, the industry entry for the building returns a 404 error, and the city directories and listings aggregators do not publish the year of completion.
What class is the building and how many floors does it have?
Class A is claimed by a single source — a listings aggregator; the market descriptions and the building’s own website do not confirm it. The number of floors is eleven, but that value is published only by a city directory and has no independent confirmation.
Who manages the building?
Lester Invest Group LLP, registered at the address of the building itself — this is confirmed by a city directory and by the state registers. According to a business overview, the company manages two business centres in Almaty, Turar and Venus; the area of around 37.7 thousand sq m and the revenue published there relate to both buildings together, not to Turar alone.
Does the building have a coworking space and meeting rooms?
Yes. The tenth floor houses the “2 Rar” coworking space, open around the clock, with Wi-Fi, a kitchen and a lounge area; it also lets a conference hall, a meeting room and separate private offices. The building itself has access control, a conference hall, a café and a prayer room.
Who rents offices in Turar?
According to the available data there are 31 organisations in the building. Among them are Sensata Group on the third floor, Serverspace on the fourth, Qazaq Logistic Agro on the fifth, and GSCG and Sirius Partners on the seventh. Without a floor attribution the sources name Weir Minerals Kazakhstan, Solva, Freedom Finance Credit, Kinstellar and IT Global; the Q Coffee Shop operates on the ground floor.
How can I find out available space and rents in Turar?
Rents for the building are not published openly, and the areas of the units are not disclosed in the catalogues. Send a request and we will ask the management company for the current options and put together comparable offers in the Almaly 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.