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20162026

Ten years, three cities

A real estate agency founded on 15 July 2016 by Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov, brokers who have worked in the market since 2005. Today it covers Saint Petersburg, Moscow and the UAE.

Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov, founders
Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov, founders
History

Ten years in pictures

From two founders to three cities and a team of 62. Each year has its own photo; click a photo to read what happened that year.

2016
Starting out as two
On 15 July, Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov opened Art Estate in Saint Petersburg as equal partners. By then each had spent eleven years in Saint Petersburg real estate, at the developers YIT and SATO and at local agencies. Both had more than once been named employee of the year in large sales departments. The company had no staff at all.
The Art Estate team in 2017
The Art Estate team in 2017
2017
The first year: the first awards
Breakthrough of the Year from RBI, New Wave from Legenda, top 3 by sales volume with Pioneer. A team of twenty people.
Entrance to the Art Estate office on Professora Popova Street, 2018
Entrance to the Art Estate office on Professora Popova Street, 2018
2018
An office of our own and first place
An office on Professora Popova Street. First place by sales volume with RBI and Severny Gorod. A representative office opened in Moscow.
Konstantin Nazarov with the European Property Awards certificate in London
Konstantin Nazarov with the European Property Awards certificate in London
2019
London
European Property Awards: an international jury named Art Estate the best real estate agency in Saint Petersburg. A team of more than eighty people, grown from two in three years.
2020
The year of Moscow
The Reliable Partner award from Etalon Group. First to open sales at Stoleshnikov 7 and Abrikosov House, third place in sales at Titul and the Turgenev boutique building. No photos from this year remain in the company archive.
LEGENDA Awards 2021, second place in the Partner of the Year category
LEGENDA Awards 2021, second place in the Partner of the Year category
2021
Partner of the Year
LEGENDA Awards: second place in the Partner of the Year category among all agencies selling the developer's projects.
The Art Estate team outside the Dubai office, 2022
2022
UAE
The company entered the United Arab Emirates and opened its first office in Dubai. It started selling in a market where it had not worked a single day before.
The Art Estate team outside the Dubai office, 2022
The Art Estate team in the Aldar sales gallery in Abu Dhabi, 2023
The Art Estate team in the Aldar sales gallery in Abu Dhabi, 2023
2023
Abu Dhabi
Top 10 sellers for Aldar, the emirate's largest developer. Record monthly turnover: 1.3 billion rubles.
2024
Three countries at once
The second full year in the UAE. By this year, the company had added up everything it had done since day one.
1 805
deals since we started
₽26.7 billion
in total value
The Art Estate team with an Aldar award at the developer's office, 2025
The Art Estate team with an Aldar award at the developer's office, 2025
2025
Aldar Expert Partner
ALDAR Growth Awards in Abu Dhabi: the developer granted the company Expert Partner status.
The Art Estate team, 2026
2026
Today
The company turns ten. Three locations: Saint Petersburg, Moscow and the UAE. The work is the same as when it started with two people: helping people buy the best real estate in the world.
The Art Estate team, 2026

Would you like to work with us too?

We will walk you through the market, run the numbers on your options and show you what suits you. The service is free for buyers.

We sell developer properties in Saint Petersburg, Moscow and the United Arab Emirates. The service is free for buyers: the developer pays for our work, and the apartment costs the same as at the developer's own sales office.

Art Estate is an official partner of leading developers and banks; partnership certificates are available at the company's office.

10 years
in the market: the company was founded in 2016
3 cities
Saint Petersburg, Moscow, UAE
62 specialists
across three cities: brokers, analysts, lawyers
4 122
residential projects in our database, with prices and floor plans
Founders

Two people who have been selling since 2005

Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov, founders of Art Estate, Abu Dhabi
Sergey Churganov and Konstantin Nazarov. Abu Dhabi, 2025

Both entered real estate in 2005 and worked as brokers for eleven years before opening their own agency. The company grew out of what they did themselves: showing apartments, handling deals and putting their own names behind the results.

Sergey Churganov
Sales and developers

Responsible for sales and developer relations: partnership terms, broker training, service quality. Heads the UAE business.

Konstantin Nazarov
Growth and technology

Responsible for growth and technology: the new developments catalogue, project analytics, marketing and the company's entry into new markets.

Recognition

How our work has been recognised

We did not give these awards to ourselves. They came from the developers whose projects we sold and from the jury of an international competition in London. Below is the whole shelf, each award photographed as it is.

Konstantin Nazarov on stage at the European Property Awards in London with the certificate
London, 2019

European Property Awards

Best Real Estate Agency in Saint Petersburg. The company's first three years were compiled into a 116-page book and entered into an international competition. And it won.

The Art Estate team with an Aldar award at the developer's office in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, 2025

ALDAR Growth Awards

Expert Partner status with the largest developer in Abu Dhabi. Two years earlier, the company had joined its top 10 sellers, in a market where it was in its first year.

MR Group award: Top 1 in Business/Premium Projects, Q1 2026
2026
Top 1 in Business/Premium Projects in the regional brokers category, Q1
MR Group, Moscow
Two Aldar Envoy awards for Q4 2025
2025
Envoy, Q4: top-selling agency
Aldar, Abu Dhabi
Art Estate brokers with the Sminex award for a billion rubles in sales, 2025
2025
Sold RUB 1,000,000,000 of prime real estate
Sminex, Moscow
The Art Estate team with an Aldar award at the developer's office, 2025
2025
Developer's Expert Partner status
Aldar, Abu Dhabi
Pioneer glass award: Creative Partner
2022
Creative Partner
Pioneer Group, Moscow
Company's Hope certificate from Strana Development
2022
Company's Hope
Strana Development, Saint Petersburg
LEGENDA Awards’21 glass award: Partner of the Year
2021
Partner of the Year, second place
LEGENDA Development
Renaissance Development award for Neva Towers sales
2020 and 2021
Neva Towers serviced apartments sales leader, third place
Renaissance Development, Moscow
Etalon Group award: Reliable Partner 2020
2020
Reliable Partner
Etalon Group, Moscow
Turgenev residential project award for third place in sales
2020
Third place in sales
Turgenev, Moscow
Titul crystal award for third place
 
For a Breakthrough in the Present and Stability in the Future, third place
Titul, Moscow
Dominanta award: Best Broker, first place
 
Best Broker, first place: awarded to an Art Estate broker
Dominanta, Moscow
European Property Awards 2019 and 2020, five stars
2019
Best Real Estate Agency in Saint Petersburg, five stars
European Property Awards, London
Three RBI awards: two stars and a gold statuette
2019
Maximum Box Office, first place, and Triumph of the Year, second place
RBI and Severny Gorod
LEGENDA Awards statuettes for first and second place
2019
Commerce Best Agency, first place, and Best Agency, second place
LEGENDA Development
Pioneer Awards 2019 glass stele
2019
Pioneer Awards
Pioneer Group, Moscow
Etalon LenSpetsSMU award: Champion Squared
2019
Champion Squared
Etalon LenSpetsSMU
RBI Partner of the Year award for 2018
2018
Partner of the Year
RBI and Severny Gorod
RBI star for first place in the Super Pro category
2018
Super Pro, first place
RBI
LEGENDA award: Best Agency 2018, second place
2018
Best Agency, second place
LEGENDA Development
N-Market award: Partner of the Year 2018, Revenue of the Year
2018
Partner of the Year: Revenue of the Year
N-Market
RBI Digitalisation Leader award for 2017
2017
Digitalisation Leader, second place
RBI and Severny Gorod
Severny Gorod official partner certificate
2017
Official apartment sales partner
Severny Gorod, RBI Holding
PAN Partner award: Best Realty Agency
 
Best Realty Agency: for successful cooperation
PAN Partner
Purpose and mission

Why we do this

Company purpose

To improve people's quality of life by improving where they live and helping their wealth grow.

Mission

We help people buy the best real estate in the world with the highest level of care and professionalism.

An open market
To improve the real estate market: make it civilised, open and convenient for buyers, and offer more than just an apartment search.
The broker's profession
To improve how clients see brokers and raise the value of the profession. Working in real estate should be prestigious.
A clear purchase
To make buying and investing in real estate clearer, more transparent and easier for clients.
Integrity
We keep our promises and do not knowingly cause harm to others. We respect our clients and partners and stand up for what is fair, even when it does not match our own interests.