Veidekke to Participate in Building of 1000 New Dwellings in Beckomberga area in Stockholm
Besqab Projekt och Fastigheter AB, Veidekke Bostad & Fastighet AB and NCC AB are paying equal shares of an initial price of SEK 37.5 million for the opportunity to develop altogether 100,000 m2 of land for residential purposes. This means just over 1,000 dwellings. Administration buildings with a total floor area of about 30,000 m2 are also included in the purchase.
Providing that the detailed planning, which will take part in stages, ends up with 1,000 dwellings, the final purchase price will be SEK 465 million, divided equally between the three companies.
"The sale makes it possible for Locum and the health services to create a local treatment centre, Bromma Hospital, in the centre of the Beckomberga area. Moreover, Locum is contributing once again to a considerable increase in housing in Stockholm," says Mr. Ingemar Ziegler, Managing Director of Locum AB.
"We are very pleased to be one of the players who is going to build in the Beckomberga area. We are looking forward to taking part in such a long-term project with a large development potential," says Managing Director Håkan Bergquist of Veidekke Bostad & Fastighet AB.
"As far as Besqab is concerned, the takeover of the Beckomberga area is very positive and in the long term will consolidate our position as providers of housing to the Stockholm market. This gives us the possibility of supplying the region with new housing on a larger scale, something which is much needed," says Mr. Mårten Hansen, Managing Director of Besqab Projekt och Fastigheter AB.
"Beckomberga is one of the most interesting development areas on the outskirts of Stockholm. This gives us the chance to take part in the development of this urban area," says Gunnar Jonson, head of NCC Boende Sverige.
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Brandt, Marketing Director, Locum AB,
tel. 004686907470
Charlotte Heimersson, Information Officer, Locum AB,
tel. 00 46 8 690 70 40
Håkan Bergquist, Managing Director, Veidekke Bostad & Fastighet AB,
tel. 00 46 8 728 56 42
Mårten Hansen, Managing Director, Besqab Projekt och Fastigheter AB,
tel. 00468 630 1636
Gisela Lindstrand, Public Relations, NCC AB,
tel. 0046 8 585 52 346
Information about the participants:
Locum AB is one of Sweden's largest property management companies with a managed property portfolio totalling about 2.2 million m2 in the Stockholm area. The company's tenants are primarily healthcare providers in Stockholm. Locum AB is owned by the Stockholm County Council.
Veidekke Bostad & Fastighet's annual production amounts to about 300-500 dwellings. The company's strength lies in project development, which means that it takes responsibility for the whole process from analysis to sales. Veidekke purchases and develops both vacant sites and properties with buildings, and it mainly builds owner-tenant flats.
Besqab's main focus is on property management in the Stockholm market. Its activities include both the building of new housing and business premises and the development of sites and built-on properties. Besqab has housing under construction in Solna, Vaxholm, Lidinga, Tyresa, etc. and took part in several successful joint ventures with other players in the housing market in the 1990s.
NCC AB is one of Scandinavia's and the Baltic area's leading building and property development companies with an annual turnover of about SEK 40 billion. It has approximately 25,000 employees. NCC Boende is a separate business area in the NCC Group, operating in the Scandinavian countries, Germany and Poland.