Odesa Regional State Administration Wins a Court Case Against the Owner of a Monument on Frantsuzsky Boulevard

The Department of Culture of the Odesa Regional Administration has won an appeal in the case of the cultural heritage sites at 10 Frantsuzsky Boulevard in Odesa.

This was announced by the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper.

According to him, the Fifth Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the position of the Department of Culture, Nationalities, Religions and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Odesa Regional State (Military) Administration in the case of cultural heritage sites at 10 Frantsuzsky Boulevard, Odesa.

The Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the Odesa District Administrative Court, which had previously granted the claim of Kaplor-7 LLC, and issued a new decision in favor of the Department. The decision of the court of appeal comes into force from the moment of its announcement.

"This is a fundamental case regarding the protection of two local cultural heritage sites located at this address: a brewery building (early twentieth century) and warehouses of the land office (1895). By its decision, the Court of Appeal actually confirmed the legitimacy of the actions of the cultural heritage protection body of the regional administration aimed at: ensuring the protection of monuments, conducting a proper examination of damaged objects, developing the necessary documentation, and fulfilling the requirements of the legislation in the field of cultural heritage protection by the owner," he said.

On the night of March 23, during an air raid, dismantling of a part of the historic building, an architectural and urban planning monument built in 1895, began at 10 Frantsuzsky Boulevard. The building is a designated architectural and urban planning monument of local significance called the "Warehouse Building of the Provincial Department". It was built by architect Lev Vlodek in 1895.

At 10 Frantsuzkyi Boulevard, there was a company store of the Odessavynprom plant, which sold alcoholic beverages of the Odesa and Frantsuzkyi Boulevard brands. In 2021, the plant was privatized, and in 2024, Caplor 7, which won the auction for the privatization of Odessavinprom, offering UAH 234.9 million for it, began to allocate land for the facility. The plan was to combine three plots of the plant into 1.8 hectares for the placement and operation of main, auxiliary and auxiliary buildings and structures of processing, machine-building and other industries. That is, without changing the designated purpose.

In August 2025, part of the industrial buildings were demolished on the plant's territory. Odessavinprom's property complex consists of 97 real estate objects, 143 pieces of equipment and vehicles. The property is located at 8, 10, 12 Frantsuzsky Boulevard, 151 Ataman Holovaty Street and Nalyvna Street.

Кирило Бойко