Scandic Lodges has signed an settlement for a brand new 220-room lodge in Ski, exterior of Oslo, Norway, which is scheduled to open in 2026.
Housed in a 15-storey mixed-use constructing, the lodge will embody assembly amenities and a rooftop bar with panoramic views of Ski, which is ready to grow to be a transport hub when the brand new high-speed Follo railway line (Follobanen) opens in December.
The lodge will probably be centrally situated beside the brand new Follobanen railway, which is predicted to chop journey time between Ski and Oslo by half, from 22 to 11 minutes.
Head of Scandic Lodges Norway, Asle Prestegard, stated the settlement “will strengthen our place within the area surrounding Oslo, which is present process speedy growth, and on the similar time create an thrilling new assembly place for individuals who dwell and work within the metropolis”.
“We see nice potential for accommodations at public transport hubs,” added Morten Austestad, growth director at Bane NOR Eiendom, the actual property arm of Norway’s state-owned railway firm. “Along with Scandic, we’re creating a lodge that may have a excessive environmental efficiency and we’re extraordinarily blissful that Ski is being added to the listing of cities the place we’re establishing accommodations.”
Like most Scandic accommodations, the property will probably be eco-certified in line with Nordic Ecolabel’s new, more durable environmental necessities, which embody the use eco-labelled merchandise and chemical compounds, 100 per cent renewable electrical energy, the absence of single-use disposables, diminished water consumption, a climate-friendly menu and diminished meals waste. It may also be inbuilt accordance with BREEAM’s environmental and technical commonplace.
Scandic is the biggest Nordic lodge operator with greater than 280 accommodations in operation and underneath growth in additional than 130 locations. The corporate presently operates 19 accommodations with a complete of 4,211 rooms in and round Oslo.