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SCANPORT: A large, new commercial building project adjacent to Copenhagen Airport will change the Copenhagen skyline

Over the next few years, striking new commercial buildings will start taking shape at the centre of the Øresund region close to Copenhagen Airport. The buildings, which will comprise approximately 95,000 m2 floor area and create space for 3,000 jobs, will be the first city impression air travellers to Copenhagen will experience. The project, Scanport, is being implemented by Skanska, one of the world’s largest construction companies.

“Scanport is a bit like a mini-version of Wall Street, New York’s financial district on Manhattan, whose southern end you see when you fly into New York along the East River,” says Skanska’s market manager in Copenhagen, Peter Nymann. “A new local plan of the area has just been approved, and it gives us the opportunity to construct relatively high buildings, creating a condensed architectural skyline, which is otherwise a rare sight in Copenhagen.”

Skanska’s market manager in Copenhagen, Peter Nymann

Ideal commercial location
Scanport will boast high profile commercial buildings for international companies looking to establish their businesses with Nordic or north European headquarters. The location is ideal, with close access to the motorway leading to the nearby Øresund Bridge to Sweden, and Copenhagen Airport, the largest and busiest in the Nordic Region, just a few hundred metres away. A new metro station, which will open during 2007, is also close by. With the many new residential buildings in the South Harbour, on Amager and in Copenhagen’s new urban district Ørestad, and the increasing number of commuters from Sweden to Copenhagen, Scanport will be well positioned to attract well qualified labour.

Bridging commercial and residential
“Scanport has a very central location in the expansive Øresund region,” says Peter Nymann. “It will offer high quality buildings, with lots of car parks, views over recreational areas and an exclusive marina which helps to create a connection between land and water.”

In addition to the commercial buildings, Scanport will include Bryggergården, a listed building that Skanska is currently renovating.

“Bryggergården will be converted into 30 strikingly unconventional homes, which together with a low building for creative businesses, will create the transition to Copenhagen’s largest recreational area, Amager Strandpark, and the adjoining site, The Blue Planet, to which Denmark’s Aquarium plans to relocate,” says Peter Nymann.

Construction of the first commercial buildings is expected to commence in 2007/2008.

http://www.skanska.com/oresund