Skanska exits LaGuardia Airport project with $115m sale to LaGuardia Gateway Partners

Skanska, the Swedish construction giant, has sold its 32% stake in LaGuardia Airport Terminal B in New York for US$115 million. The company was part of a public-private partnership that designed and built the new terminal building, which opened in 2022 and received LEED v4 Gold certification for its environmental performance. The buyer is LaGuardia…

Skanska selling PCI Skanska to Salas O’Brien for $20 million

HELSINKI, FINLAND: Skanska has signed a binding Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA) for its 100 percent ownership of PCI Skanska Inc. (PCIS), a multi-discipline design subsidiary company, for gross sale proceeds of USD 20 million, about SEK 170M. The buyer is engineering and facility planning firm Salas O’Brien. The transaction will not have any material impact…

Skanska carrying out additional work at Slussen for an additional value of SEK 1.5 billion

STOCKHOLM: Skanska and the Development Office, City of Stockholm, have agreed on a new target cost for remaining and additional work on the reconstruction of Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden. The new target cost generates an order booking of about SEK 1.5 billion, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the second…

Skanska to establish food and logistics center in Långeberga, Sweden

HELSINGBORG: Skanska has signed a 20-year lease agreement with Greenfood for a 44,000 square meter new food and logistics center in Långeberga, Helsingborg, Sweden, a news release said. Greenfood is one of northern Europe’s leading actors in healthy food. Construction start for the new facility is expected to take place in the second quarter of…

Skanska divests 220 rental apartments in Stockholm to NREP for about SEK 720 million

STOCKHOLM: Skanska, a world leader in construction and project development throughout the Nordic region, has divested 220 rental apartments in Stockholm, Sweden, to NREP for about SEK 720 million, a news release said. The multi-family project, which is under construction, includes a garage and commercial premises on the ground floor. The transaction will be recorded…

Skanska divests Sörred Kubiklager in Gothenburg for about SEK 265 million

STOCKHOLM: Skanska has sold the logistics property Sörred Kubiklager at Hisingen in Gothenburg, Sweden for about SEK 265 million, a news release said. The sale will be registered by Skanska Commercial Development Nordic in the first quarter of 2021. The buyer, Baring, will take over the property in February 2021. Sörred Kubiklager is an approximately…

Skanska signs construction contract with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

STOCKHOLM: Skanska has signed an additional contract with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to construct the Concourse T-North Extension and modernization project in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in a Skanska-led joint venture along with New South Construction, FS360 and Synergy Construction. Skanska’s share of the contract is worth about USD 56M, about SEK 460M, which will be…

Skanska signs contract to expand airport in Portland, Oregon, USA

HELSINKI, FINLAND: Skanska has signed a contract amendment with the Port of Portland for improvements and expansion to the Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon, USA, in a joint venture with Hoffman Construction Company. Skanska’s share of the contract is worth USD 80M, about SEK 670M, which will be included in the US order bookings…

Skanska sells two office buildings in Bucharest, Romania, for EUR 97 million

HELSINKI: Skanska has sold two office buildings in Bucharest to S IMMO AG, an Austrian-based real estate company. The transaction is valued at EUR 97M, about SEK 995M, and will be recorded by Skanska Commercial Development Europe for the fourth quarter of 2020. The transfer of the properties is scheduled for the second quarter of…