Høje Taastrup C: A new city within the city with a quarter of a million square meters of new construction

Market Insight has appointed Peter Mering for Høje Taastrup C. He is the new director of the development company, Høje Taastrup C, and board member of Danske Shoppingcentre P/S (owned by ATP and Danica Pension), which, together with Høje-Taastrup Municipality and the Real Estate Agency ATPFA II P/S (owned by ATP and PFA), is behind Høje Taastrup C. He says,

“I agreed to the job, as I helped establish the development company, HTC, during my time as manager of Danica Ejendomme, and have since also been a board member. When the former director, Lars Bloch, chose to stop, it was natural for me to take over the project as I have extensive knowledge about it. I also felt that I was obligated to contribute to the project reaching its goal in the end with the sale of all building rights in the company. It’s a pretty amazing project and fascinating to be part of such an exciting urban development task.”

Coherent planned city
Peter Mering has been involved in the real estate industry for many years, where he has been in charge of Danica Ejendomme and SEB Ejendomme. In addition to the director job in Høje Taastrup C, he is, among other things, a board member of Danske Shoppingcentre, DSB Ejendomsudvikling, and the development company CØ, which is behind the large project, Papirøen, on Christiansholm. He says,

“It is very exciting to help drive the development and establishment of a brand-new district. Høje Taastrup C is not just a project area in the city, but it is a very thought-out and well-planned city with homes, businesses, offices, retail shops, and a new town hall. The housing is under construction, and many have already moved in and have Høje Taastrup as their new home. We have successfully attracted families with children who want to move away from small and expensive housing in the city, and we see more and more bicycles with trailers for children, so we feel that we have largely succeeded with the project.”

“We did not expect it would progress at this speed and so successfully with selling all the residential building rights with a total of 125,000 m² homes. It has been very positive. People are pleasantly surprised by the area when they come out and visit us, so there has been a lot of search and interest in the new homes. It is going well both with renting and selling the owner-occupied homes. In addition, the town hall construction is almost finished, which means that the employees can soon move in to the new super and inspiring premises on the 12^th of December 2022. To that extent, the housing construction has shown the way. Now we need to get going in the commercial areas, where we, with the first attractive, nice, sustainable multi-use office building called The Central, will find tenants who want to work in Denmark’s fastest growing municipality.”

EDC with a significant role
Michael Thulstrup, key account manager at EDC Erhverv Poul Erik Bech, says, “At EDC, we have been involved almost from the start of the project with the very first meetings, where it was only strategic thoughts on paper. It is fantastic to experience that things have gone so well with the project’s different parts. Now the district is coming to life, and many new things have happened every time we are out here. We are delighted that we are involved in so many of the projects.”

“We are responsible for the letting of 157 sustainable rental homes in Oase Husene, which are more than 75% let, the sale of 155 new sustainable owner-occupied homes in Cornelia Hus, where more than 85% have been sold, and we are also helping to let 23,408 m² of offices in The Central, which will be a beautiful and ambitious office building. At the same time, we are far with the negotiations, so we expect to find tenants for several of the new retail shops out here, which are at street level at the bottom of many of the homes.”

Høje Taastrup has a lot to offer
About the area, Peter Mering says, “The success of the project can be attributed to Høje Taastrup C as it is an attractive area where we can offer high-quality city life. We think holistically, where we create a coherent city with good housing, attractive communal areas with good living and playing areas for both children and adults, easy access to public services, good shopping opportunities in City2, and close to public transport and new exciting business premises. It will be a green, sustainable City where more than 4,000 can work, and 3,000 new residents can live, shop, and have fun with their families. It is a super modern area with many excellent, brand-new apartments with a housing burden that is more affordable than in Copenhagen.”

“There is an excellent infrastructure close to one of Denmark’s busiest stations, where you can get to Copenhagen in 14 minutes. It is unique with so many things happening out here. The City2 shopping center has plenty of shopping and leisure facilities. The residents and those who work here have a shopping center within walking distance, with many excellent shops, a cinema, an ice rink, bowling, and mini golf. Outside there are playgrounds and ball fields, and we have initiated the world’s longest skating rink, which also functions as a LAR project with collecting rainwater to prevent flooding. In addition, the municipality has the world’s largest indoor go-kart track, ski hill, and new large green areas, so Høje Taastrup Municipality has a lot to offer.”

“After the sale of the last residential building rights, my task is to promote the sale of the commercial building rights so that the company’s mission can be completed. So, our task now is to get even more companies to find their way to Høje Taastrup C. I’m sure that the task will be completed successfully, as the homes fill up and the district gets more and more residents.”