The Moscow City Council ordered to demolish 22 illegally-built floors of a luxury residential complex, a council source said on Wednesday.
Don-Stroy Development Company is responsible for the construction of the complex as well as other luxury residential projects in Moscow.
The source said the developer had illegally built 22 floors that were not included to the initial project plans approved by the city. Most of the apartments have already been sold, including the penthouses.
"The developer will have to return money to the customers who bought apartments there," the source said.
DON-Stroy quickly denied the report.
"There are no decisions, decrees or resolutions concerning the demolition of [several floors of] the House on Mosfilmovskaya high-rise. We assure everybody who has purchased an apartment in this object that the company's commitments to its customers will be fully implemented," a DON-Stroy press service statement said.
The House on Mosfilmovskaya residential complex in west Moscow consists of the three adjoined buildings of seven, 32 and 47 floors. The buildings are surrounded by Moscow's main sights - the Novodevichy Convent, the Moscow River, Moscow State University and Poklonnaya Gora.
MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti)
