In 2019, then-Mayor of Tashkent Jahongir Ortiqkhodjaev allocated a 1.2-hectare plot at the intersection of Shota Rustaveli and Socrates streets to Best Building Company LLC for the construction of multi-story residential buildings. A social obligations contract was signed with the company's director.
Construction began immediately. Some property owners accepted cash compensation, while most agreed to receive apartments in the new building. Seven years later, the building is complete but not handed over: construction is frozen, and documents are in a deadlock.
According to documents reviewed by Kun.uz, the project included Block A (9 floors, 112 apartments), Block B (9 floors, 70 apartments), and Block C (4 floors, 21 apartments). However, the company deviated from the plan, building Block A as 11 floors (234 apartments) and Block C as 6 floors (32 apartments).
Construction proceeded without registration with the construction inspectorate. On October 23, 2024, the company was warned, and deputy director S. Aliyev was administratively penalized. On December 9, 2025, the economic court ordered the demolition of Blocks A and B.
One of the company's initial founders, Umidjon Nurullayev, was sentenced by the Bukhara City Criminal Court on April 9, 2025, to 11 years in prison for large-scale fraud and other crimes. He and his accomplices were ordered to pay several billion soums in damages to over 100 citizens.
The company's founders changed multiple times. As of April 2025, the owner was Akhmedov Abdurauf Negmatovich; by August 2025, it was Khamroev Sherali Makhmudovich. Current founders include Z. Tolibov, O. Shamsiev, and A. Negmatov. The fate of the buildings and their owners remains unchanged.
On July 26, 2025, the Tashkent mayor's office halted construction at 59 sites, including Best Building Company. The Tashkent prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Articles 192-11 part 2 'a' and 229 of the Criminal Code.
A Kun.uz correspondent spoke with affected citizens at the site, but company representatives who offered to 'talk separately' provided no information.
It was revealed that Senator Qobil Tursunov, deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Budget and Economic Affairs and former governor of Navoi region, personally visited the troubled site and drove inside in his official car. Senate officials stated that 'the senator has no ties to the construction company; he came to buy an apartment for his sister's son.'
Key questions remain: Who will be held responsible for the 'deal between the mayor and the investor'? How long will dozens of people live in uncertainty? Answers are yet to come. We will continue to monitor developments.
Source: kun.uz