Shymkent, which yesterday surprised with the scale of construction, today is already showing results. The results of the first half of 2025 clearly demonstrate: a large-scale construction, modernization and improvement program has entered the phase of active implementation. The focus is on providing housing, modernizing social and engineering infrastructure, renovating and increasing the seismic resistance of the housing stock. And all this is not isolated projects, but a consistent policy of forming a new quality of the urban environment.
Bozaryk: from a wasteland to a promising residential area
When it comes to urban development, it is the Bozaryk microdistrict that becomes a symbol of how, in a matter of years, a territory can be transformed from an underdeveloped area into a large-scale growth point.
From 2023 to 2025, 81 residential buildings with a total area of almost 300 thousand square meters will be built here - this is more than 3,700 apartments for Shymkent families.
Already entered:
- 18 houses in 2023 - 704 apartments,
- 27 houses in 2024 - 1134 apartments.
Construction of another 16 of the 36 remaining houses is planned to be completed by the end of 2025.
It is important that not only housing construction is being carried out in parallel, but also engineering infrastructure, landscaping of courtyards, and landscaping of territories. In Bozaryk itself, 6 out of 8 city infrastructure projects are being implemented - these are water and heat supply, sewerage, and electrical networks.
All this creates conditions not just for settling, but for comfortable living.
Architecture of Change: Change in Facts and Figures
The scale of the Shymkent construction management program for 2025 is 98 objects. Among the priorities:
- 57 apartment buildings,
- 17 educational facilities,
- 8 infrastructure systems,
- parks, schools, medical institutions and buildings of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
And there are more than 3,500 new apartments and another 379 on the market for socially vulnerable groups.
Housing stock renovation
One of the indicators of efficiency and quality control is identified defects. Since the beginning of 2025, 50 defects have been identified and eliminated.
For comparison: in 2024, 656 defects were identified, which contractors eliminated within the framework of warranty obligations.
A roadmap has been drawn up and approved for the demolition of 66 dilapidated and outdated apartment buildings with subsequent resettlement of residents.
As part of the renovation program, residents of 10 buildings (113 apartments) were resettled.
Since 2021, technical inspections have been carried out on 233 apartment buildings: 68 of them require seismic strengthening; * 67 are recognized as emergency; 98 are in stable condition.
What else is being built: from a school to a stadium
Shymkent is betting on social and cultural infrastructure. In 2025, the following will be commissioned in the metropolis:
16 new schools; a dormitory; schoolchildren's palaces; a sports complex; a cultural center; a rehabilitation center for people with disabilities; an additional building for the Blood Center and projects for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The metropolis is not just growing in width – it is forming the foundation for the future generation.
2025: The year of comfort and responsibility
The city is making an important bet: development must be not only fast, but also sustainable. That is why modernization is combined with quality control, engineering preparation, social inclusion and urban planning responsibility.
Bozaryk is just one example of how investments in infrastructure change not just the landscape of a city, but the standard of living of thousands of people.