(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 23-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska (STO: SKA-B), a world leading project development and construction group, has announced it signed a binding Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) for its 100 percent ownership of PCI Skanska Inc. (PCIS), a multi-discipline … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged construction, ICS, Industrial Contractors Skanska, PCI Skanska Inc., PCIS, Salas O’Brien, Skanska, Stock Purchase Agreement
9 out of 10 construction businesses predict a skills crisis by 2030, with 81 percent saying they will introduce robots in the next 10 years, while safety and the environment both catalysts for accelerating investment in robotics. (PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 17th International Architecture – La Biennale di Venezia, 3D printing, ABB Robotics, architects, automation, Autovol, climate change, construction, construction businesses, construction industry, digital tools, environmental impact, ETH Zurich, Intelligent City, labor shortage, MAEID, modular homes, reduces waste, robot welding application, Robotic automation, robotic automation solutions, robotics, robots, Sami Atiya, Schindler Lifts, Skanska, skills crisis, skills shortage, sustainability, timber roof supports, Ulf Håkansson, urbanization
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 9-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska announces the investment of EUR 45M, about SEK 450 M, in the second phase of its office project Equilibrium in Bucharest, Romania. The second building will have … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 15-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that its Parkview office building located in Prague, Czech Republic has been sold to Deka Immobilien, one of Europe’s leading real estate investors and asset managers, for EUR 77M, about SEK … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Czech Republic, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged asset managers, construction, Core certificates, Czech Republic, Deka Immobilien, Grant Thornton, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, LEED Platinum, Pankrác, Parkview office building, Prague, real estate investors, Safety Standards, Skanska, sustainable buildings, WELL Gold Shell, WELL Health-Safety Rating
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that it has acquired a 2,787 square meters of land in Boston, Massachusetts from John Hancock Life Insurance Company. The land acquisition amounts to more than 145m EUR, about SEK 1.5 … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Sweden
Tagged 380 Stuart Street, acquisition, Back Bay, Boston, Boston Common, Boston Public Garden, Class-A office building, Fitwell, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, land acquisition, LEED® Platinum, Massachusetts, Newbury Street, Skanska, WiredScore
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces that its has signed an agreement with Borlänge Municipality for the construction of 19,000 square meters of new buildings along with renovation of the existing building in Gylle primary school. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden
Tagged Borlänge Municipality, construction, Dalarna, Gylle primary school, Gylle school, primary schools, renovation, Skanska, Sweden
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska announces that it has signed a binding Business Purchase Agreement (“BPA”) with M Group Services for the sale of its infrastructure services business in the UK for … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged binding Business Purchase Agreement, BPA agreement, building, construction, divestment, highways maintenance, infrastructure, M Group Services, maintenance, rail maintenance, Skanska, streetlighting replacement
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska (STO: SKA-B) announces it will invest USD 65 million (~ SEK 570 million / EUR 56 million), in its first Los Angeles office development project, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Bank of America, Beverly Hills, Brooks Sports, construction, LEED® Platinum certification, Los Angeles, office development, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Skanska, Skanska USA Commercial Development, Tommy Bahama, Waste Management Inc., Wilshire Boulevard
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 9-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company Skanska announces contract with Statkraft Energi AS for the refurbishment and upgrade of four dams and one flood gate. The dams serve as reservoirs for Gråsjø and Trollheim … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational construction and development company, Skanska sells its sustainable retirement home in the new district of Täby Park in Stockholm, Sweden. The 80-apartment property was sold to SPP Fastigheter for more than 30M … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged apartments, construction, divestment, retirement home, Skanska, SPP Fastigheter, Stockholm, sustainable, sustainable building, Sweden, Täby Park, Vardaga
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 14-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska and Amtrak sign contract for the rehabilitation and restoration of maintenance facilities for the Next Generation Acela 21 high-speed rail service in Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York, USA. The USD 40 … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 21-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska announces divestiture of an office building in Solna, Sweden for about SEK 3.3 billion (more than 300 million euros). Solna United, located next to Solna station in Arenastaden, was acquired by a … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Arenastaden, construction, divestment, DWS, environmentally certified, Kalmar Energi, LEED Platinum, office building, Photovoltaic, renewable energy, Skanska, Skanska Commercial Development Nordic, solar energy, Solna, Solna United, Sweden
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 13-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska to construct the commercial office building 20 Ropemaker Street in Central London, UK. The contract worth around 286 million euros (GBP 240 M/ SEK 3.0 billion) was signed with Great Elm Assets … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 11-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska will design and build the new Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge over the Potomac River, USA. The contract was signed with Maryland Department of Transportation – Maryland Transportation … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged All-Electronic Tolling (AET) system, Bridge, Corman Kokosing Construction Company, Dahlgren, joint venture, Maryland, Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transportation Authority, McLean Contracting Company, Newburg, Potomac River, roadway construction, Skanska, USA, Virginia
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 22-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction and development company, Skanska, is set to modernize the 14-kilometer D1 motorway in Czech Republic under the CZK 1.4 billion (SEK 580 million) contract with the Road and Motorway Directorate. The oldest … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 11-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska sells 90 percent interest in the Bank of America Tower office property in Houston, Texas, USA to an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners. The transaction amounts to USD 373 M, about SEK … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Beacon Capital Partners, commercial properties, construction, culinary market, divestment, events center, HOUSTON, LEED Platinum, meeting venues, Office property, open-air community hub, restaurant, Skanska, Skanska USA Commercial Development, Texas, The Assembly, the Bank of America Tower, USA
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 3-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction and project development company Skanska announced it has acquired some 26,200 square meters of land in Bucharest, Romania. The land was bought from Intero Property Development Estates SRL as the price agreed … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 6-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska signs 8-year lease on 9,250 square meters and 115 parking spaces at the office complex CPH Highline in Copenhagen, Denmark. The lease contract was signed with GlobalConnect A/S which will move into … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Denmark, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged construction, Copenhagen, CPH Highline, Denmark, DGNB, GlobalConnect, Havneholmen, KPC København, lease, office complex, Skanska
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska signs contract with Obos to build 168 apartments in Oslo, Norway. The NOK 344 M (about SEK 370 M) worth project is part of a major transformation of the Ulven district in … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged apartments, commercial properties, construction, Norway, OBOS, Oslo, residential, Skanska, Ulven district
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 28-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska signed USD 113.5 M (about SEK 1.1 billion) worth contract to build a replacement high school for Highline Public Schools in Burien, Washington, USA. The contract will be included in the US … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 1-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska to rebuild Jabil Inc.’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Skanska signed contract with BA Leasing BSC, LLC worth USD 57 M, about SEK 520 M for the project. The contract will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, News, Sweden
Tagged BA Leasing BSC, construction, Florida, Jabil Inc., office spaces, Skanska
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 6-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract for the construction of a manufacturing facility in western USA. The contract is an incremental expansion, worth around EUR 42 million (~ USD 48 M / ~ SEK … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, News, Sweden
Tagged construction, construction contract, manufacturing facility, Skanska, western USA
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 22-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The City of Stockholm has signed an agreement with the construction company Skanska to have the Stockholm House of Culture & City Theatre in central Stockholm, Sweden renovated. The renovation will cost the City of Stockholm around SEK 550 M … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Construction, Finland, News, Norway, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged BREEAM, building construction, building's environmental performance, City of Stockholm, civil engineering, construction, Kulturhuset, renovation, Skanska, Stockholm House of Culture and City Theatre, sustainability requirements
STOCKHOLM, 05-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has sold buildings C and D of the Silesia Business Park office complex in Katowice. The buyer is ISOC Group, a diversified real estate and infrastructure investment group, based in Manila, Philippines. The value of … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Poland, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged building, construction, development, ISOC Group, Katowice, office, PHILIPPINES, Silesia, Silesia Business Park, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 05-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has invested EUR 24 M, about SEK 250 M, in the second phase of Brama Miasta, an office development in Łódź, Poland. The second phase with a total leasable area of around 13,600 square meters … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Investment, Poland, Sweden
Tagged Brama Miasta, building, construction, development, investment, LEED, Lodz, office, office development, Poland, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 05-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska divests Bergskvadraten development project in Norrköping, Sweden, to Rikshem for about SEK 490 M. The block contains 101 apartments with garage and 72 nursing homes. The project is developed by Skanska Sweden. The divestment will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged apartments, Bergskvadraten, construction, development, Norrköping, nursing homes, Rikshem, Skanska, Sweden
STOCKHOLM, 15-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has been commissioned by Skandrenting, through wholly owned subsidiary SKR Spallation AB, to build the ESS Campus, which consists of offices, laboratories and workshops in Lund, Sweden. The agreement is worth approximately SEK 475 M, … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged construction, ESS Campus, Johannes Nyberg, Jörgen Christiansson, laboratories, Lund, offices, Skandrenting, Skanska, Sweden, workshop
STOCKHOLM, 15-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a 15-year lease with Waste Management Inc. for 284,000 square feet (26,384 square meters) for its corporate headquarters, at the Capitol Tower office development in Houston, Texas, USA. Waste Management, Inc. will take … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden
Tagged construction, LEED, office development in Houston, Skanska, Texas, waste management
STOCKHOLM, 15-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract with Southwest Local School District and the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission to build four new school buildings in Harrison, OH, USA. Skanska, leading a joint venture with Megen Construction Company, Inc., … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 13-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has sold a combined retirement home and rental apartments for senior citizens in Älvängen, Sweden, for an underlying property value of about SEK 310 M. The buyer is Rikshem. The project is developed by … Read the full press release
STOCKHOLM, 13-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract with the University of Bergen to build a new education facilities at the campus area in Bergen, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 295 M, about SEK 310 million, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Bergen, construction, EDU, education facilities, Helsekampus Årstadvollen, Norway, property, Skanska, University of Bergen
Skanska has signed a contract with The Olayan Group to build K1 Knightsbridge, a mixed-use scheme in London, UK, that combines commercial, residential and retail development. The contract is worth GBP 141 M, about SEK 1.6 billion, which will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Real Estate, Retail, Sweden
Tagged K1 Knightsbridge, mixed-use scheme in London, Royal Borough, Skanska, The Olayan Group
STOCKHOLM, 26-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has sold the office building Laboratoriet 5 in Solna, Sweden to Atlasmuren Fastigheter AB for about SEK 200 M. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Commercial Development Nordic in the second quarter 2018. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Atlasmuren Fastigheter AB, building, Laboratoriet 5 in Solna, office, office building, office_building, Skanska, Sweden
STOCKHOLM, 26-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska’s annual Safety Week is this year dedicated to “Health and Well-being”. As part of increasing awareness around what affects our mental health and our well-being, Skanska will be launching a virtual classroom developed by Spinview … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Healthcare, Management, Sweden
Tagged Brain, classroom, Katarina Gospic, mental_health, Neil Moore, Skanska, Spinview, virtual classroom, well_being
Skanska has signed a contract with Johnson Matthey for the construction of a production and storage facility in Gliwice, Poland. The contract is worth PLN 128 M, about SEK 300 M, which will be included in the order bookings for … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Poland, Sweden
Tagged building, construction, Gliwice, Skanska, Storage
STOCKHOLM, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a EUR 200M green multi-currency revolving credit facility. The facility carries a tenor of 2 years with an option for a 1-year extension. The facility is signed by Skanska Financial Services, with the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Management, Sweden
Tagged green multi-currency revolving credit facility, Green Projects, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract with Duke University to build the Hollows West Campus Residence Hall in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The final phase of the contract is worth USD 61M, about SEK 520M, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Education, Management, Sweden
Tagged Duke University, Hollows West Campus Residence Hall, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 19-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska invests EUR 27M, about SEK 260M in the office project Praga Studios in Prague, Czech Republic. The seven-floor building will offer a total leasable area of about 12,000 square meters. Praga Studios is located in … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Czech Republic, Investment, Sweden
Tagged Praga Studios, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 08-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska invests EUR 48M, about SEK 460M in phase I of Nowy Rynek, a mixed-use project located in Poznan, Poland. The six-story office building will have a total leasable area of around 25,000 square meters, with … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Poland, Sweden
Tagged Nowy Rynek, Skanska
STOCKHOLM, 22-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Skanska has signed a contract with New York City Transit for the improvements at four subway stations along the Astoria Line in the Borough of Queens in New York City, USA. The contract is worth USD … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged New York City Transit, Skanska, subway stations
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