Finland — The Helsinki District Court in Finland dismissed the charges against one of Skanska’s subsidiaries, Skanska Talonrakennus Oy, and the demand for a corporate fine. The case involves a former real estate manager of the Finnish company HOK-Elanto and is about assessing certain sports sponsorship payments that Skanska Talonrakennus Oy has made before 2013. The decision can be appealed.

Sweden — Skanska has signed a seven-year lease with Visma in the office building Citygate in Gothenburg. This is the first lease signed for the tallest office building in the Nordic region.

Sweden — Skanska has signed an agreement with the Region Västra Götaland, Västfastigheter, to build the new Högsbo specialist hospital in Gothenburg.

Norway — Skanska has signed an agreement with Obos to build 168 apartments in Oslo, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 344 million which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the third quarter 2019.

Finland — Skanska has signed a contract with Auratum Asunnot Helsinki, a developer of high-class apartments, to convert an old office building in Helsinki into 146 homes. The contract is worth approximately EUR 50M.

Sweden — Skanska has sold a portfolio of three office buildings located in Wroclaw and Krakow in Poland to real estate funds managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management Global Real Estate for EUR 214M.

Sweden — Skanska merges its Polish and Czech/Slovak construction operations into one business unit, named Skanska Central Europe. Michal Jurka, the Business Unit President (BUP) of Czech and Slovak construction operations, becomes BUP of the unit effective as of September 1, 2019.

Finland — Elo and Skanska have agreed to build 95 rental apartments in the Kilterinmäki area of ​​Vantaa, a short distance from Myyrmann shopping center.

Sweden — Skanska has sold its Nordic Light Trio office building in Budapest to JR AMC, a South Korean real estate investment trust. The transaction is valued at EUR 41M.

Sweden — Skanska has signed an agreement with Sverigehuset i Göteborg AB on the construction of a senior care home and multifamily house with 193 apartments in central Gothenburg.

Sweden — The Competition Authority in the Czech Republic recently informed Skanska that it will issue a decision to terminate the proceeding initiated in 2016 concerning the R4 project in the Czech Republic.

Norway — Skanska has signed a contract with DNB Scandinavian Property Fund to sell the office property Workplace Oo in Oslo, for about NOK 1.3 billion (EUR 133 million).

Finland — Skanska has sold an office property in Helsinki for about EUR 135M. The buyer is Hansainvest Real Assets.

Sweden — Vasakronan acquires the Uppsala office property Juvelen from Skanska for MSEK 563 (EUR 53M).

Finland — Skanska has signed an agreement with Niam AB on the sale of the office property Aviabulevardi II in Vantaa, Finland for about EUR 30 million, about SEK 315 million.

Sweden — Skanska has signed an agreement with SGS Studentbostäder on the construction of 327 student accommodations and a pre-school in the city centre of Gothenburg.

Sweden — Skanska has sold a logistics facility in Helsingborg, Sweden, for about SEK 240 million (EUR 23 million). The buyer is Logicenters.

Finland — Skanska has sold a care home in Lahti, Finland, for about SEK 210 million (EUR 20 Million).

Finland — Skanska has signed a contract with the City of Helsinki to build a block of five residential buildings in Helsinki.