Campus Solna is an important part of the emerging Hagastaden – the inner city district where Stockholm and Solna meet, and which is being developed with housing, retail, the metro, culture and park areas. Here, society, universities and business have also joined forces to create a successful regional hub for research and science that improves people's lives and health.
Akademiska Hus is investing SEK 215 million when the approximately 8,000 m2 Fysiologen building is now transformed into an attractive and modern office and lab environment. A café will also be created here and tenants will have access to common areas and services in the form of meeting rooms, auditoriums, lounge areas, bicycle rooms, changing rooms and kitchenettes. Sharing certain areas contributes to a more efficient and flexible use of premises and resources both in the building and on campus.
- The physiologist will contain a combination of own premises and common areas that create opportunities for knowledge exchange, development and innovation in life science. With its strategic location in the heart of campus, the building has direct access to Karolinska Institutet, but also proximity to other government agencies, companies and organisations – all with links to education and research in medicine and health. In addition, an entrance to the new metro line will be located approximately 150 metres from Fysiologen, when the expansion of public transport is completed," says Ali Ranji, Project Director at Akademiska Hus.
Previous investments for half a billion
It was in connection with Karolinska Institutet moving parts of its operations to the experimental research laboratory Biomedicum that a unique vacancy arose that provides the opportunity for new companies to establish themselves on Campus Solna. In addition to Fysiologen, Akademiska Hus has since invested approximately half a billion SEK in a number of other renovations on Campus Solna, including the Inventum Laboratory and the Scheele Laboratory. All of them with a focus on offering life science businesses the opportunity to rent everything from a single office chair and lab bench to premises with space for larger lab environments and entire head offices.
The renovation of Fysiologen is expected to be completed in the autumn of 2024 and occupancy is planned to take place in stages thereafter.
