A delegation from SPbGASU headed by First Vice-Rector Svetlana Golovina visited the Lakhta Center on 22 October. The delegation included Vice-Rector for Educational Activity Sergey Mikhailov, Vice-Rector for Research Vice-Rector for Youth Policy Marina Malyutina, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Head of the Department of Technosphere Safety Andrey Nikulin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering for Research Olga Pastukh, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering for Career Guidance Counceling Aleksandr Glukhanov, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering for Discipline Anna Tsarenko, Head of the Department of Construction Management Roman Motylev, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Galina Tokunova and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Ekaterina Vozniak. The visit took place with the support of the Leningrad Region Construction Committee and personally the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Evgeny Enokaev, as well as the Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Construction Committee, Oleg Razgulyaev.

SPbGASU representatives visited the tallest building in Europe, discussed its design features and visited the observation deck on the 83rd–86th floors of the tower, which offers a breathtaking view of St Petersburg from a height of 365 m.

The Lakhta Center complex includes public and business buildings: the Gazprom headquarters – office space and a transformable conference hall with 390 seats; a multifunctional public and scientific and educational center with a planetarium, and much more.

In 2024, as part of the Russia exhibition at VDNKh, the approved concept for the further development of the complex was presented to the general public, including the construction of two more high-rises, 555 and 703 m high. The construction of the second of them, symbolically referring to the year the city on the Neva was founded, is planned to be completed by the 330th anniversary of St Petersburg.