Norway — In just a few weeks Skanska Bygg Trondheim has secured four new construction projects with a total contract value of €110M (NOK 1 billion).

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with Sør-Trøndelag fylkeskommune to build the new Heimdal school in Trondheim, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 580M (about €61 M).

Sweden — André Löfgren has been appointed Senior Vice President Investor Relations at Skanska. André succeeds Magnus Persson on the position as of February 17 and will report to Peter Wallin, CFO Skanska AB.

Denmark — Skanska Invests €37 M in the First Phase of Office Project in Ørestad City. The first phase will have a leasable area of around 11,500 sqm office space, of which Sweco Danmark will rent 10,500 sqm from april 2018.

Finland — Skanska has signed a contract with the investor Lähi Tapiola Group for the construction of Seppä shopping center in Jyväskylä, Finland. The contract value is EUR 57 M.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a ten year lease with Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden, which results in a construction contract worth about €107 M (SEK 1 billion). In addition, Skanska has received an order for conversion and extension of additional premises on the campus with an order value of about €54 M (SEK 500 M).

Sweden — Skanska Hyresbostäder begins a strategic cooperation with Folksam in regards to the divestment of newly produced housing properties. The cooperation encompasses a number of development projects that give Folksam the opportunity to exclusively acquire almost 600 apartments at a value of approximately SEK 1.3 billion (€140M).

Sweden — Swedish Skanska divests a 90 percent interest in its 400 Fairview project in Seattle, USA, for USD 235 million (€214 M), to TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization.

Sweden — Skanska´s nomination committee has proposed that Hans Biörck will be elected new Chairman at the annual general meeting on April 6, 2016.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with Christiansholm Eiendom AS to build Kvartal 32 in Kristiansand, Norway. The contract includes both construction and renovation of a commercial building.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with Ferd Eiendom to build an office property of 19,000 sqm outside Oslo.

Denmark — Swedish listed property company Balder acquires a residential project from Skanska in Copenhagen for approx. €136M.

Denmark — Offenbach – The open-ended special fund Notenstein Sustainable Real Estate Europe has purchased an office property in Denmark for €16.3 million from Skanska, a world leading project development and construction group.

Sweden — Balder acquires the office property Park 49 in Gothenburg from Skanska for MSEK 418 (€ 45 M).

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with E.C. Dahls Eiendom AS to refurbish existing facilities and construct new buildings at Sør-Trøndelag University College in Trondheim, Norway.

Sweden — Danish Henning Larsen Architects has won the international design competition for Skanska´s remarkable new high-rise landmark in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second-largest city.

Norway — Skanska har signed a contract with Harald Kværner Eiendom AS to construct a commercial property and a parking garage in Jessheim, Norway. The contract value is €36,4M, which will be included in order bookings for Skanska Norway for the second quarter of 2015.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a contract with SPP Fastigheter regarding transfer of the office property Österport 7 in Malmö. The deal is implemented as a corporate transaction where the purchase price is based on an underlying property value of MSEK 330 (€35M).

Finland — Orava Residential REIT has in two separate deals acquired 140 apartments in different cities in Finland.

Norway — The Norwegian shopping centre Fornebu S, located just outside of Oslo, recently won two awards at the Breeam Awards. Now they have been named Årets Bygg (Construction of the Year) in Norway.