On June 24 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin visited construction materials hypermarket Leroy Merlin in Kazan.

Leroy Merlin is a French retailer company that specializes in sales of construction and decoration materials. The company was founded in 1923 in the North of France and today takes the 3d place in Europe by sales of construction goods.

The first Leroy Merlin store opened in Mytishchi in 2004. There are now 25 hypermarkets in 14 Russian cities.

New Leroy Merlin hypermarket opened in Kazan between Chistopolskaya and Amirkhan streets on June 19. The company carried out work on improving the surrounding area and constructed parking for 932 cars.

The amount of investments in the project made 1 bln rubles. Total area of the store is 18 thousand m².

During the excursion around the store Rustam Minnikhanov saw the whole variety of goods (33 thousand items).