32 Market area helsingborg helsingborg, gateway to the Continent, is, with 131,000 inhabitants, Sweden’s eighth largest city. Industry is diversified, with more than 11,000 companies. The E4 and E6 motorways, together with train and shipping traffic, provide excellent communications, making the city a natural place for trade and the logistics industries. Expansion of the university contributes to commercial development. Current situation <strong>Norrporten</strong>’s properties in Helsingborg are located in the city centre, and Söder and Berga districts. The properties primarily contain offices, but also some commercial areas and housing. Demand for centrally located office and retail space is excellent. In recent years, <strong>Norrporten</strong> has developed several properties in the centre. The façades of Färjan 4, Delfinen 15 and Erik Dahlberg 5 and 9 have recently been renovated and shops have undergone major reconstruction. The Rådhuset 5 property, formerly Skandiahuset, has also received a facelift with new glass sections that face onto Rådhustorget. <strong>Norrporten</strong>’s property Rådhuset 5 has been Properties in central Helsingborg. Öresund Sundstorget floor space and rental value Category Floor space, 1 000 m 2 % Rental value, EUR M % Office 88.5 76.1 17.7 76.4 Retail 17.4 15.0 3.6 15.6 Housing 5.5 4.7 0.6 2.7 Other 4.8 4.1 1.2 5.3 Total 116.2 100 23.2 100 Manager: Ulf Nilsson Number of properties: 15 CITY CENTRE Hamntorget Inner harbour Järnvägsgatan A new correctional administration building has been designed in a collaboration between the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Helsingborg City and <strong>Norrporten</strong> to ensure that the building offers high security and a pleasant and effective work environment that focuses on sustainability. totally redeveloped and received new glass sections that face onto Rådhustorget. A new correctional administration building has been constructed next to the new police headquarters on Helsingborg’s northern approach. The property has been designed in a collaboration between the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, <strong>Norrporten</strong> and Helsingborg City to ensure that the building offers high security and a pleasant and effective work environment that focuses on sustainability. The property has Green Building certification. SÖDER Hospital ENEBORG S. Stenbocksgatan tenant categories Distribution by rental value, % Government authorities, 44.5 Municipality/cty councils, 1.7 Bank/insurance, 6.2 Retail, 13.3 Housing, 2.8 Other office/retail, 31.5 Future An extensive city development project, the “H+”, has been initiated by Helsingborg City. The new city district comprising one million square metres of ground space in southern Helsingborg will be completed by 2035. The area is almost double the size of Helsingborg’s current city-centre area and will include residential, office and retail space. The vision for the project is to create an urban environment characterised by sustainability, warmth and tolerance. Construction will commence at year-end 2013. <strong>Norrporten</strong> is monitoring developments with particular interest in its own properties in the Söder district, which are strategically located between the emerging district and city centre. Major tenants <strong>Norrporten</strong>’s largest tenants in Helsingborg are the Police Authority, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, ICA, SEB and Swedbank. Views of the Öresund and pleasant surroundings make Helsingborg one of the nicest places to live in Sweden. Large employers, in addition to the muni cipality and County Administrative Board, are IKEA, McNell and ICA. Helsingborg, at more than 900 years of age, is one of the country’s oldest cities. Tourism is a major source of revenue and every year, people make more than 11 million journeys by ferry between Helsingborg in Sweden, and Helsingør in Denmark.
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