At least 80% of materials to be reused in Fabege's next big project in Arenastaden

The next major project in Arenastaden in Solna is now starting, with Dalvägen being transformed into a vibrant city street with thousands of new workplaces, homes, restaurants, cafés and the entrance to the new Arenastaden metro station. The project has started with major circular efforts, involving older existing buildings being dismantled and the demolished materials being reused or recycled.

The initial investments include the dismantling of existing buildings and the moving of the roadway to enable Dalvägen to be made into a modern mixed-use urban street.Future investment in the construction of new office buildings and housing are dependent on market conditions and the signing of lease agreements with key tenants.

“The most likely scenario is that we will start building the offices located closest to the commuter train station and next to the future metro station. That is also the site of the first property that is being dismantled. But interest and the market will determine which one is built first,” says Johan Zachrisson, Head of Business Development at Fabege.

Arenastaden's new urban street

Today, there are more than 30,000 workplaces and 3,000 residents in Arenastaden, and 15 million people pass through every year. Fabege is now continuing Arenastaden's development opposite the new metro station (which will open in 2028) by adding office blocks, further housing, service outlets and restaurants on the ground floors. Along Dalvägen, pedestrians, cyclists and public transport will be given priority as cars and other road traffic are diverted to pass alongside the railway line. Everyone who lives in, works in and visits Arenastaden can easily travel there sustainably by metro, light rail and commuter train.

A new bridge will move car and other road traffic adjacent to the railway line to make Dalvägen a vibrant pedestrianised urban street.

More homes and thousands of new jobs

The development of Dalvägen will strengthen the southern entrance to Arenastaden. Instead of the current 30,000 square metres GFA of office space on Dalvägen, a total of 100,000 square metres GFA of office space is planned in the new buildings. In addition, Fabege, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Birger Bostad, will add around 700 new residential properties along Dalvägen.

The aim is to have some of the new office buildings and residential blocks ready for the opening of the new Arenastaden metro station.

Find out more about Fabege's development of Dalvägen >

Vision of the future development, with offices and residential properties on Dalvägen.

Sustainable urban development

Around 30,000 square metres of office space built in the 1970s and 1980s, which does not meet current requirements, is now being dismantled. Using innovative reuse and recycling measures, Fabege is working to create circular flows.

Suspended ceilings, textile floors, wooden flooring, kitchens, door frameworks and glass sections have been dismantled and stored in Fabege's Reuse Hub, for use in future projects. Vegetation, external equipment, windows and the façade surface layer are also utilised for reuse.

Everything from doors to façade panels is carefully dismantled so that it can be reused.

Materials that cannot be reused are sent back to the manufacturers to be transformed into new building materials, such as concrete, brick, plaster, glass, metal, and wooden and linoleum flooring.

“The goal is that at least 80% of the materials in the existing buildings will be reused or used as recycled raw materials to make new materials,” says Mia Häggström, Director of Sustainability at Fabege.

Wooden flooring is dismantled and sent to Fabege's Reuse Hub or to manufacturers, for reuse as the wear layer in flooring.

One of the buildings being dismantled for reuse and to make way for the next major development in Arenastaden.

Part of a wider sustainability programme

Left to right: Hållbarhetshuset, Återbrukshubben and Återbruksparken.

Fabege has already demonstrated its ability to reuse materials through projects such as the Sustainability House (Hållbarhetshuset) project in Haga Norra, where around 70% of the material came from the demolished Bilia property from the 1970s.
Read more about the Sustainability House >

The Reuse Hub in Solna Business Park is Fabege's 2,000 square metre centre for the temporary storage of materials intended for reuse.
Read more about the Reuse Hub >

The Reuse Park in Arenastaden is Fabege’s hub for trees, shrubs and outdoor materials that are to be reused but are awaiting relocation to new sites.
Read more about the Reuse Park >