Norrporten-2012-UK

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In 1993, Fastighetsaktiebolaget Norrporten was formed. In June 1994, Norrporten was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange’s O-List. The company’s headquarters were established in Sundsvall and local offices were opened in Luleå, Umeå and Östersund. During 1995 and 1996, Norrporten’s portfolio was concentrated to the Sundsvall, Gävle and Östersund regions. In April 1996, the property portfolio was enlarged by 40 per cent, significantly strengthening the company’s positions in the Sundsvall, Östersund and Gävle market areas, through a transaction that involved Norrporten acquiring Skanska’s properties in southern Norrland in exchange for a 25 per cent share in Norrporten. In February 1997, Norrporten’s share was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange’s A-List. During the autumn, a number of acquisitions, mostly in Umeå and Luleå, were accomplished, enlarging the property portfolio by 50 per cent. In December 1999, a major property transaction was consummated. Norrporten sold all of its properties in Gävle/ Sandviken and acquired properties in Umeå, Östersund and Sundsvall. In February 2000, a number of centrally located properties in Umeå were acquired. This, combined with the previous transaction, served to double the company’s portfolio in Umeå in a short time. 4 Norrporten 1994-2012 In August 2000, NS Holding AB submitted a public offer to Norrporten shareholders. NS Holding was backed by seven stakeholders led by the Sixth AP Fund. The offering was accepted by more than 98 per cent of shareholders. In November 2000, Norrporten requested that its share be delisted from the Stockholm Stock Exchange. The last day of trading in the share was Decem ber 1, 2000. In June 2001, Vasakronan’s properties in Luleå, Umeå, Sundsvall, Gävle, Karlstad, Örebro, Jönköping, Växjö and Kristianstad were acquired. Following the transaction, the value of the property portfolio totalled EUR 970 million. On the same date, the Second AP Fund, the Sixth AP Fund and Vasakronan were made equal shareholders in Norrporten. In June 2002, the properties in Östersund, Härnösand and Hudiksvall were sold, along with some properties in Umeå and Sundsvall, to Norr vidden Fastigheter – 40-per cent-owned by Norrporten. In August 2002, seven properties comprising 50,000 square metres of office and retail space were acquired in Helsingborg. In April 2003, 25 properties in Umeå were acquired, comprising 106,000 square metres of office, retail and residential space. In August 2003, seven properties were acquired in Helsingborg, comprising approximately 41,000 square metres of primarily office and retail space. In October 2003, eight properties were acquired in Linköping. The properties encompass a total of 77,800 square metres of primarily office and retail space. In December 2003, seven properties were acquired in Uppsala. The properties encompass a total of 49,500 square metres of primarily office and retail space. In March 2004, three properties were acquired in Uppsala. The properties are centrally located and encompass a total of 20,000 square metres. In May 2004, two centrally located store properties were acquired in Helsingborg. In June 2004, the greater part of Norrporten’s residential portfolio in Umeå was divested. The transaction involved some 40 properties encompassing approximately 83,000 square metres. In February 2005, a new market area was established in Copenhagen. Four office properties, covering approximately 41,000 square metres, were acquired from Skanska in Copenhagen. In May 2005, Norrporten’s properties in Karlstad was divested. The transaction involved approximately 74,000 square metres. In May 2005, Norrporten’s shareholding in Norrvidden was divested. In May 2005, a project property, planned to encompass 10,000 square metres of office space, was acquired in Uppsala. In October 2005, two properties in Luleå were divested. The transaction involved 35,000 square metres, including 25,000 square metres of residential space. In January 2006, two office properties were acquired in Copenhagen – Ferringhuset, comprising 22,000 square metres in Örestad, and a 10,400-square-metre property in Sydhavn. In February 2006, Norrporten’s properties in Uppsala, approximately 70,000 square metres, were divested. The Second and Sixth AP Funds simultaneously purchased Vasakronan’s share in Norrporten. In June 2006, Norrporten’s properties in Kristianstad was divested. The transaction involved eight properties of approximately 55,000 square metres of mostly office space. In August 2007, Norrporten divested 19 properties in Sundsvall and five in Umeå, Växjö and Helsingborg to Norrvidden. The transaction involved a total of 110,000 square metres.
In August 2007, a new market area was established in Hamburg, Germany. Norrporten invested approximately EUR 65 million in two office buildings located in HafenCity, the Hamburg America Center and the International Coffee Plaza. The properties will comprise of 16,300 square metres, primarily office space, with an occupancy date in the spring of 2009. In May 2008. Norrporten, one of a small number of Swedish property companies that focus primarily on commercial properties, became environmentally certified in accordance with ISO 14001 standard. This entails that Norrporten’s en vironmental efforts were reviewed and approved by external auditors. In July 2008, construction began on an additional property in HafenCity, a growing district in Hamburg. Coffee Plaza, with leasable premises of slightly more than 8,000 square metres of office space, will be ready for occupancy in the autumn of 2009. In September 2008, Norrporten divested the property Forsete 8, which comprises about half of the Kungspassagen shopping mall in Umeå. The property comprised 11,200 square metres of retail, office and residential space. In October 2008, Norrporten acquired the property Badhuset 1 in central Sundsvall, comprising 10,200 square metres of office space. In December, the property’s tenant, the Swedish Companies Registration Office, moved to newly constructed premises in Norrporten’s port folio. In October 2008, Norrporten acquired an additional office property, Havneholmen Tower, at Havneholmen in Copenhagen. The property was under construction at the time of acquisition and comprises 19,000 square metres. Occupancy is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011. In April 2009, the first sod was turned for a new correctional care facility in Helsingborg. The building comprises about 15,000 square metres of space, and occupancy is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011. S-kai in Hamburg – one of Norrporten’s latest acquisition – reflects the company’s strategy to own and operate modern office properties in prime, central locations. NorrPorteN 1994-2012 In October 2009, S-kai, a newly erected property in Hamburg, was acquired. The property comprises approx. 12,200 square metres of office space and 1,600 square metres of retail space. In February 2010, a new market area was established in Stockholm. Norrporten acquired the newly built “Flat Iron Building” at Norra Bantorget. The property comprises 13,000 square metres of floor space, primarily office space. In October 2010, a ground-breaking ceremony was held for the new judicial centre in Örebro. The property will comprise slightly more than 20,000 square metres of space and contain modern office premises and hearing rooms. Occupancy is scheduled for the spring of 2013. In the summer of 2011, the Hunden project began in Luleå. The block will include office, retail, hotel and residential space. The project encompasses a total of about 25,000 square metres of rentable floor space and 134 parking spaces. In August 2011, the entire market area of Linköping was divested along with eight properties in Luleå and Sundsvall. The divested portfolio comprises 140,000 square metres of primarily office space. In September 2011, the Kalvebod Brygge 39-41 property in Copenhagen was acquired. The property comprises approximately 7,500 square metres of office space and is situated adjacent to Norrporten’s Kalvebod Brygge 43-45 property. In November 2011, Norrporten took occupancy of the newly acquired Stora Frösunda 3 property in Stockholm, which encompasses about 30,000 square metres of rentable office space. This property also includes a three-storey underground car park with 600 spaces. In March 2012, a new judicial centre was inaugurated in Jönköping. With its distinctive architecture, the 9,000 square metre property has become a new landmark on the western shore of Lake Munksjön. In April 2012, the Läkaren 8, 9, and 10 property in Stockholm was acquired. The acquisition included the entire block situated adjacent to the previously acquired “Flat Iron Building.” The property comprises about 36,000 square metres of primarily office space. 5
Page 1 and 2: FASTIGHETSAKTIEBOLAGET NORRPORTEN
Page 3 and 4: Contents 2 Norrporten in Brief 3 St
Page 5: An active and involved market prese
Page 9 and 10: WaSTE maNagEmENT Waste from constru
Page 11 and 12: Needs are inventoried through work
Page 13 and 14: The Police Headquarters, Helsingbor
Page 15 and 16: New courthouse in Jönköping. On t
Page 17 and 18: Market areas - distribution by floo
Page 19 and 20: A SeleCtioN of NorrPorteN’S ProPe
Page 27 and 28: NorrPorteN’S ProPertieS iN StoCkh
Page 39 and 40: NorrPorteN’S ProPertieS iN hAMBur
Page 41 and 42: Bengt Dahlberg is responsible for c
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Page 45 and 46: ProPerty liSt Market area Gävle Ye
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