the department store was closed for renovation. Reconstruction At the end of 2011 the new owner of the building, Hals-Development Public Company, and the chief architect of the reconstruction project Pavel Andreev presented the design and specifications for the reconstruction of the legendary department store. The construction works began in 2012 and were complete in December 2014. Features of reconstruction: The town-planning characteristics of the building (its dimensions), elevations, silhouette, three-dimensional structure, composition, and architectural design of the facades were preserved during the reconstruction as required by law The outside facade walls of the building: ceramic tiles, granite basement and 26 arched windows - subject for protection – were carefully restored and preserved The central atrium of the building remained in its historic place, the height raised 30 m Eight unique bronze floor lamps once made in the crafts shops of the department store were restored and re-installed on the balcony of the atrium as well as other internal decorations such as over 100 balusters of 1957 in the railings of the atrium Еntrance groups to the building from the street and from Lubyanka metro station were restored The three-span loggia of the façade facing Lubyanskaya square, lost in the 80s, was restored to its original condition COELGO 9 marble was used for internal decoration. This kind of marble has been mined at Coelginskoe deposit since 1924, the same marble was used during the construction of the building in 1957 Reopening After the building reopened on March 31, 2015, under the name "Central Children's Store on Lubyanka," the historical name still belonged to the owner of the building as the trade network "Children's World." On March 31, 2015, the original Detsky Mir building reopened under the new name Central Children's Store or Central Children's Store on Lubyanka. With 100 stores in a seven store mall complex, the Central Children's Store opened as the largest complex of children's stores in the world, according to its developer Hals-Development. Hals-Development is a subsidiary of state banking group VTB. According to the company "Gals-Development", the new architect recreated on the original architectural design of the Central Children's Store (Tzentralne Destski Mir na Lubyanka). Marble for decoration were brought from Koelginskogo deposit (Ural Mountains). Remaining from the original atrium included 8 bronze lamps and marble stairs. Reportedly the largest clock in the world, the clock in the new atrium was created by the oldest enterprise