Airis entered into an agreement with the Oblast of Leningrad to study a long range Development Master Plan for the conversion of a decommissioned Soviet airbase north of St. Petersburg. The project was named VICA and given special status by the Government as a means to stimulate economic investment in the Oblast as Russia was emerging from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Airis was supported by a world class development team international investment bankers, architects, engineers, US Government officials, and intermediaries.