At the year-end Castellum AB's subsidiary Eklandia Fastighets AB completed a full-service facility in Gothenburg for and together with Toyota. The property has now been assigned Sweden's first BREEAM-certification. In Castellum's real estate portfolio there are 74 properties with Green Building classification. The BREEAM-certificate is a method for environmental certification of properties which takes a holistic approach in environment and sustainability by criteria for global aspects, resource management, building materials and energy use. The certification is carried out and verified by an independent third part by the British environmental organization BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). Castellum already holds 74 properties with Green Building classification with a total area of 370 thousand sq. m. through the subsidiaries Fastighets AB Brostaden and Harry Sjögren AB. The subsidiaries have as the first and third company in Europe been assigned by the EU as Green Building Corporate Partner. In order to become a Green Building Corporate Partner the energy consumption has to be reduced with at least 25% in at least 30% of the real estate portfolio. Castellum is one of the major listed real estate companies in Sweden. The fair value of the real estate portfolio amounts to SEK 29 billion, and comprises premises for office, retail, warehouse and industrial purposes. The real estate portfolio is owned and managed by six wholly owned subsidiaries with strong local roots in five growth regions: Greater Gothenburg, the Öresund Region, Greater Stockholm, Mälardalen and Eastern Götaland. Castellum is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB Large Cap. For further information, please contact Håkan Hellström, CEO, phone +46 31 60 74 00 / mobile +46 705-60 74 56 Malin Engelbrecht, Information, +46 31 60 74 00 / mobile +46 702-56 10 57 or visit www.castellum.se, www.eklandia.se, www.brostaden.se, www.harrysjogren.se Castellum AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.
The first BREEAM-certified property in Sweden
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