“A different meeting place”

The office and hotel building Platinan is rising up next to the Göta River and the new Hising Bridge. The owner Vasakronan wants the block to be a hub in a vibrant and richly varying urban environment where the people of Gothenburg will gain access to the waterfront.

When the first tenants move in 2022 into the 60,000 square meter, 18 story Platinan, it will be to a glass covered profile building with green terraces. Right from the start focus has been on the environment which includes everything from coordinating transportation and maximizing recycling to ensuring the complete traceability of the material being built into the building. It will be environmentally certified according to the highest level of LEED – Platinum. This entails conserving resources such as land, water, energy and building materials.

Three of Peab’s four business areas collaborate on the construction of Platinan which will contain a hotel, offices, coworking, restaurants and stores.

“Having a number of our own businesses involved in the project as well as our collaboration with Vasakronan and other partners has led to many innovative solutions focused on sustainability. Among other things, we have digitalized the entire construction process, which has had a major impact on our quality and environmental work,” says Mats Lundin, Peab’s Operations Manager.

“Platinan Sprout School” is also part of the project. This is a collaboration between Vasakronan, Gothenburg City and Peab in which high school students in the city contribute with their ideas on how to form this area and Gothenburg in the future. The idea is that this also provides a window into what opportunities the community building industry has to offer. Read more about the project.

“We are part of realizing Gothenburg City’s vision of the new Älvstaden (River City), which is the largest city development project in the Nordic region. We will open up the waterfront area and Platinan will be a different kind of meeting place with a magnetic pull and a pulse 24/7. It will be our first building on the way to creating a colorful city borough for people to work in, visit and experience,” says Magnus Tengberg, Property Development Business Area Manager at Vasakronan.

“We will open up the waterfront area and Platinan will be a different kind of meeting place with a magnetic pull and a pulse 24/7.”

Magnus Tengberg, Property Development Business Area Manager at Vasakronan