MOSCOW The Moscow city government plans to move most factories beyond the city limits during the next decade to free up 12,000 hectares for the construction of housing and office buildings. "We will gradually move factories out of the city's residential areas," Yevgeny Panteleyev, head of city hall's science and industrial policy department said. The goal is to reduce industrial land to 7,500 hectares from 19,500 hectares, he said. Keep up with the latest business news from the region with the Emirates Business 24|7 daily newsletter. To subscribe to the newsletter, please click here .