Sweden — Skanska has sold the office building Piren 2 in Gothenburg for about EUR 43M.

Sweden — Caroline Walméus has been appointed Senior Vice President Controlling at Skanska on a permanent basis. She has since February been acting as Senior Vice President Controlling and is reporting to Peter Wallin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Skanska.

Sweden — Skanska has sold the office building Laboratoriet 1 in Solna, Sweden, to Ramstedt Holding AB for about MSEK 300 (EUR 31M).

Norway — Skanska has together with Cura-gruppen signed an agreement with Sykehuset Vestfold HF for the expansion of the hospital in Vestfold, Norway. The contract is totally worth EUR 186M. Skanska’s share of the contract is worth about EUR 105M.

Finland — Skanska has signed an agreement with Niam on the transfer of the office property Aviabulevardi I in Vantaa, Finland. The total value of the contract is EUR 36M. Skanska’s share of the deal excludes land and is worth EUR 31M.

Finland — Skanska has signed a contract with the City of Helsinki for the renovation of the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 156M.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a contract with AMF Fastigheter to construct a new building for commercial and office premises in central Stockholm. The contract is worth about EUR 127M.

Finland — Skanska has signed a contract with Kainuu Social and Health Care Joint Authority for the construction of The Kainuu Central Hospital in Kajaani, Finland.

Sweden — Skanska invests about EUR 138M in the office building Sthlm 01 in Stockholm, with a total leasable area of about 26,000 square meters.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with Entra to build the world’s northernmost energy-positive office building in Trondheim, Norway. The contract is worth MNOK 370 (EUR 41M) which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Norway for the first quarter in 2017.

Sweden — Skanska has acquired land in Stockholm from the City of Stockholm for future office development. The total investment amounts to about MSEK 200 (EUR 21M). The plot is situated in Hammarby Sjöstad.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a contract with ESS, European Spallation Source, to build the third phase of the research facility in Lund, Sweden. The contract is worth SEK 2.5 billion (EUR 259M) and the work is carried out by Skanska Sweden (75 percent) in cooperation with Skanska UK (25 percent).

Norway — Skanska invests about EUR 64M in a new office project in Oslo with a total leasable area of ​​24,000 square meters.

Sweden — Skanska is, together with its joint venture partner Carlyle, investing a total of EUR 120M in the apartment building The View in Nacka Strand, Sweden.

Finland — Skanska invests €46M in a new office project in Helsinki, Finland, with a gross leasable area of 12,000 sqm.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with HAV Eiendom to build a hotel and retail space as well as to develop apartments in Bjørvika, Norway, one of Oslo's most sought after areas.

Sweden — Skanska has divested Vallastadens school in Linköping, Sweden, for MSEK 200 (€21M). The buyer is Vacse AB.

Norway — Skanska has bought the development property Sinsenveien 51-53 of Axer Eiendom AS. The net investment for residential purpose amounts to about SEK 360M, and will be recorded by Skanska Norway in the third quarter 2016.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a contract with Västfastigheter for the second phase of the construction of the new Regionens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden. The contract is worth about MSEK 580.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract to build Orkla’s new headquarter in Oslo, Norway. The client is Drammensveien 149 Nybygg, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orkla Eiendom. The contract is worth MNOK 530 (€57M).

Sweden — Skanska has signed an agreement with Folksam on the transfer of the office at Malmö Live, Sweden, for SEK 580 M (€62,52 M).

Sweden — Skanska has signed an agreement with Ikano on the transfer of the office property Klipporna in Malmö, Sweden, for SEK 1 billion (€108M).

Denmark — Skanska invests DKK 560M (€ 75 M) in a new residential project in Ørestad City, Denmark.

Sweden — Alma Property Partners acquires the logistics property Nybro Tallen 58 in cooperation with P&E Fastighetspartner in a transaction with Skanska.

Sweden — Universum’s annual survey Företagsbarometern has now been made. Swedish university students have been asked about their future dream employers. The results show that Akademiska Hus is the Master of Science Engineering students’ favorite within real estate management while Svenska Bostäder is more popular within the Bachelor of Engineering students.