Veidekke will develop the Bollen block in Råsunda near Stockholm starting this February. This is after the city of Solna’s public housing foundation awarded Veidekke the design-and-build contract today. The contract for the commissioning of the housing project is capped at a value of SEK 609.5 million ($55.8 million).
Bollen block development project factsheet
Location: Råsunda near Stockholm, Sweden
Client: Signalisten Foundation
Developer: Veidekke
Design-and-build cost: SEK 609.5 million
Start of construction: Spring of 2025
Completion of construction: Spring of 2029
Insights on Veidekke’s new Bollen block near Stockholm
The development of the Bollen block by Veidekke is under the auspices of Signalisten and will feature 244 apartments. Of the rental apartments, 6 will be adapted to special needs. The apartments include one-bedrooms to five-bedrooms, plus kitchen areas. They have been described as appealing to “a wide range of target groups” by Veidekke who will be handling the design of new Bollen block in Råsunda near Stockholm. Also included in the plan is a health facility.
The design phase of the project will start this spring. Running concurrently will be the demolition and ground-work.
In foresight, Bollen block development by Veidekke will see to the construction of four new buildings. These will replace four of the current ones, while the five-story block will remain untouched. Also, the mentioned block’s current health facility has been relocated to allow for construction work to begin. The facility will move back into the new building once construction work is complete.
Also included in the development plans is a garage, a waste disposal facility, and two under-ground shelters. Veidekke also has energy sustainability in mind as they will install solar panels as indicated in their plan. The buildings will also be certified with a “low energy consumption” standard once complete – adding a sustainability feather to the new Bollen block in the city of Solna.
The project in prospect
Involved voices have expressed enthusiasm of the project. The “complex” Bollen block project as described by the developer, “signals the start of an expansion phase and a high pace in residential construction” in Solna and Sweden as a whole, as put by Lars Jolérus, CEO of Signalisten.
Its complexities arise from the high underground levels and an underground metro network in the construction area. These make it complex – while others cited like a busy location and traffic can be thought of as “usual” by some.
Four springs away and the city of Solna has a new, attractive, and sustainable Bollen block – designed and built by Veidekke.
