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Victoria Tower

117m
33fl
Start 2009-11-05
Completion 2011


2024: nuvarande URL för kommunens sida för detaljplanen: Bygg- och plantjänsten

2009-11-05:
Official start of construction ceremony held and this press-release sent out by the City:
http://stockholm.se/-/Nyheter/Bygga--Bo/Byggstart-for-Stockholms-mest-glittrande-byggnad/

Den 5 november togs första spadtaget till Victoria Tower, som med sina 120 meter och 33 våningar kommer att bli en av Stockholms högsta byggnader. Victoria Tower byggs intill Kistamässan i Kista och blir med sitt glittrande intryck ett nytt inslag i Stockholms stadssiluett. Byggnaden kommer att inrymma 300 hotellrum och 5.000 kvadratmeter kontor. Invigningen av hotellet är planerad till september 2011.

Architect's website with height numbers.


Older:
Link to protocol of Exploteringsnämnden's (yup, it means ~"exploitation-board". not a very nice name in Swedish either) meeting wherein the project was approved:
http://www.insyn.stockholm.se/exploatering/insyn.aspx?page=record&nodeid=324294
If City parliament to reject what the Exploateringsmänd has approved it would be extremely unusual as all the parties voted for it.

Quote from the main investor:
"Men bygget er dimensjonert slik at det kan bygges på 54 meter til…"
my translation:
"But the building is dimensioned so that it can be extended by another 54 meters..."
So it might reach 174m in the future :)

Old version had mostly hotel but also 10fl offices and a bar up top! Status of this not known in this latest version.

This one is a hotel tower about 10km from the Central Station, out here in my suburban burough of Kista. It'll be part of the new KistaMässan convention/exhibition center, but is a separate project from it even thought they'll be physically connected, it looks like. I guess they split things up so if one got held up the other could go ahead without waiting.
here's a map of part of Kista, with other highrise-plans marked. The Victoria Tower is the light blue one on the right.


A previous version was at 140m going to be Stockholm's tallest, and construction was supposed to start in 2008 but with the economic crash the plans are now on hold waiting for things to turn upwards. Considering the location and financial/political backing for it I'd be surprised if it, or a close variant, didn't get built eventually.

Latest version:


New newslinks: (in Scandinavian)
http://www.dn.se/sthlm/spektakulart-hotellbygge-i-kista-1.830256
http://www.h-a.no/Nyheter/Nyheter/tabid/72/Default.aspx?articleView=true&ModuleId=44335


OLD STUFF:
Source/Newslink: http://www.dn.se/sthlm/spektakulart-hotellbygge-i-kista-1.830256
DN said:
Om två år ska ett nytt hotell med 300 rum invigas i Kista i nordvästra Stockholm. Hotellet ska bli 120 meter högt och ritas av Wingårdhs arkitektkontor.
  • Hotellet blir lite högre en nuvarande Kista science tower och kommer dessutom att stå på en kulle. Byggnaden kommer att synas över hela stan, säger Karolina Keyzer, uppdragsansvarig arkitekt på Wingårdhs arkitektkontor. Hotellet ska ligga vid Kistamässan och kommer förutom hotelldelen att innehålla en enhet med restaurang, kontor och konferensverksamhet. Fasaden består av triangelformade glasskivor och huskroppen har formen av ett T. Tanken är att byggnaden ska skifta i karaktär, beroende på hur starkt solljuset är och varifrån det kommer.
  • Det är en otroligt spektakulär byggnad, konstaterar Ulf Nordell, arbetschef på byggherren Peab.
Det första spadtaget kommer att tas under hösten, förutsatt att detaljplanen godkänns av Stockholms stad. Peab räknar med invigning till hösten 2011. Beställare är Arthur Buchardt, kontraktssumman uppgår till cirka 600 miljoner kronor.

Fredrik Öjemar
fredrik.ojemar@dn.se
For reference, an article from a newssite:
di.se said:
Nytt jättehotell byggs i Kista
2007-10-12 09:25
Stockholmsförorten Kista kan få en ny högsta byggnad på 140 meter. Det är norrmannen Arthur Buchardt som ska bygga ett hotell åt Scandic med 400 rum.
Blir planerna verklighet kommer byggnaden att ha 41 våningar och vara 12 meter högre än Kista Science Tower.
Byggherre är den norske entreprenören Arthur Buchardt med sitt Öyer Invest. Buchardt ska köpa mark av fastighetsbolaget Klövern bredvid den mässhall som Klövern bygger i Kista, enligt tidningen Fastighetsvärlden.
Scandic kommer att hyra in sig på 30 våningar och hotellet kommer att ha 400 rum. Dessutom byggs en konferensanläggning för upp till 500 personer och restauranger.
Huset är ritat av stjärnarkitekten Gert Wingårdh och fasaden är klädd i glas.
"Det blir spektakulärt. Man kommer att ha glas från golv till tak i alla rum", säger Martina Tengvall, pressansvarig på Scandic.
Bygget startar nästa vår och ska vara klart till hösten 2009.
"För min del känns det extra spännande eftersom jag nu påbörjar ett långsiktigt samarbete med Scandic. Dessutom har jag länge tyckt att det saknas hotellrum i Kista", säger Arthur Buchardt i ett pressmeddelande.
I september nästa år öppnar den nya Kistamässan som blir en del av Kista Science City.
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Older pics:

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#72 ·
Well. Two highrises and one skyscraper. 41 floors is a skyscraper in my book.
 
#73 ·
Not my favourite glass box ever. But not bad either. As a local, all I can say is: Awesome! :D
/bring it on! 45 taller than KST (including the higher ground).
 
#78 ·
I like the look of it :) Sure, glass boxes is maybe not the most innovative, but what the heck, it's a skyscraper! No idea to complain the few times a new one is going up here in Sweden. Now we just need about 10-15 more of them in Kista. As a start... ;)

@Chileno: Congrats to 6k posts! :D
 
#82 ·
6000 posts Leo:eek2: I quit :runaway:
Blimey! I hadn't even noticed that! :runaway:

Well, now you know what they say about "Latinos" and talkativeness is true... :D

Thanks mates! :wave: :hug:

Safta: Don't quit :eek:hno: You can also reach it, I'll give you the tutorial, it's called... :gossip:


Regarding Kista, I would definitely not mind if they built 10-15 REAL skyscrapers in Kista. Definitely not. :yes: In fact, I hope they do so. :eek:kay:

Cheers friends! :cheers:
 
#81 ·
No, not for sure yet. Still in SSC-terms just proposed, but since all that's left is the final go-ahead from the City I'm very hopeful. The decision will be taken sometime this month according to what the documents on the City website say.
 
#87 ·
I received some inside info a few days back, the problem is with Arthur Buchardt who seems to have gotten a bit of cold feet. It's not a dropped project but they are still calculating on it. Somewhat bad news indeed but the project is still in progress so no need to cry yet, just hold your thumbs and toes... So in short, the problem does not seem to be with SBK but rather with Buchart which is to pay for it..

I wish projects like this could be approved in a more central location, where the economics would be so much less risky...
 
#89 ·
Well, as I said, the project is not quite out of the woods... But the problem does not seem to be with the approval...
 
#91 ·
Reminds me of how Kista Residence Tower died. It was all going forward and then... nothing. Even if Burchart is having second thoughts, approve anyway. That way it would be possible to find another investor. For KRT they didn't give the approval when the investor pulled out.
 
#93 ·
Never! I will keep on fighting. :)

Thing is, a majority of the Stockholmers wants this development and we are starting to see that this has started to get a response in both media and among politicians. I have hopes for the next business cycle boom (högkonjunktur).
 
#94 ·
FFS I can't believe it! I was so sure this one was getting built!? Fucking asshole of a city, can't build one goddamn scraper. Even third world countries build more interesting cities than this nyfunkis infested fucking dump. Thanks alot Buchardt for getting my hopes up you bastard.
Goddamnit I'm seriously pissed off now. Better go to bed before I explode...


This thing is as good as dead to me now. :(
 
#96 ·
^And there's also a bit of a crunch for high quality office space in Kista now iirc. That's the first 10 floors...

I'm still thinking it'll get built. Buy if Buchardt backs out we might see another investor go in AND we'll know never to take Buchardt seriously again.
 
#99 ·
welcome, and thanks for the info. :)
 
#101 ·
Not yet, but like stais2 so excellently pointed out it'll be decided on the 12th. which is ... today!
 
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