OSLO: AF Gruppen has entered into an agreement with the Student Welfare Organisation in Østfold to build new student housing from solid wood at Remmen in Halden.

The agreement covers 213 student housing properties in a 16-storey building. The building will be situated near Østfold University College, Campus Halden.

The project will be carried out as a turnkey contract. The project kicks off in June 2020, with completion scheduled for June 2021.

“We have just completed 243 solid wood student housing properties in Fredrikstad, in close collaboration with the Student Welfare Organisation in Østfold. We are now looking forward to continuing the positive collaboration and to building more new, modern flats for University College students in Halden,” says Geir Flåta, EVP of AF Gruppen.