KIEV, Nov. 29 - ESTA Holding, the managing company of ESTA Group, established by CJSC System Capital Management ( SCM , Donetsk), on November 28 opened the eight-storey Central Department Store (TsUM) with a total leaseable area of 23,500 square meters after reconstruction.

"Today a new, European period of the Central Department Store begins. Our goal was not only to make TsUM store No.1 in Ukraine but also put it in one line with the leading classical department stores of European cities. We focused on Selfridges in London , Galeries Lafayette in Paris and Kaldewei in Berlin ," ESTA Holding CEO Maksym Hromadtsov said during a press conference devoted to the official opening of the department store.