“We really appreciate the confidence shown in us by awarding us this commission, as this is one of the largest housing projects starting up in Eastern Norway this year with a total of more than 400 apartments. We have now demolished the old buildings and are carrying out groundworks on the site. At the same time, we are already planning for the next construction stage in the project along with Nordr,” says department manager Kaare Gilhus in Veidekke Bygg Oslo.

The first construction stage consists of two eight-story buildings with 46 and 63 apartments respectively, in addition an underground floor with storage rooms, technical rooms and parking facilities for bicycles and cars. In one building, there will be a local community space of 300 m2 across into two floors with planned assembly and home office spaces as well as a bicycle workshop. In the second building, there will be commercial activities on the ground floor.

In the courtyard between the buildings there will be a shared garden with varied planting, several playgrounds and social zones with barbecue areas. There will be shared roof terraces on four of the buildings with walkways between them. The Grønvoll development will have Fyrstikktorget as its nearest neighbour and one of the city’s best public transport services.

The commission with the first construction stage will be entered into Veidekke’s order book for the third quarter. The contract between Veidekke and Nordr for the entire Grønnvoll quarter was concluded in June and amounts to NOK 1.284 billion excl. VAT.