The article deals with the territory of the industrial architectural heritage of the Krasnoyarsk Electric Railway-Car Repair Plant (EVRZ) as a place of creation of a district of modern residential development with active city life. In this case, multi-stage tasks of building and development of the territory are solved, including modern infrastructure, which will become a point of attraction for citizens of different age. The purpose of the work described in the article is to create a development strategy for the territory of the EVRZ (44.85 hectares) and further spread the experience of transformation and industrial development to all the territories adjacent to the railway line and the “rust belt” of Krasnoyarsk (2,380 hectares).