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  • Results
    • Vibrant City
    • Accessibility and proximity
    • Resource efficiency and climate responsibility
      • Management of waste and bulk materials
      • Energy and climate on development sites (buildings)
      • Selection of materials and good in-door environment
    • Let nature do the work
    • Participation and consultation
  • About
  • GRI Index
  • Svenska

Vibrant City

The strategy Vibrant City guides the planning process and ensures the district provides a mix of residential housing, retail, offices, and service spaces that together with the city’s public spaces and facilities provide an attractive and comfortable surrounding for its residents.

Density and mixed use

Stockholm Royal Seaport is planned and built to be densely populated, and to consist of mixed use buildings. This, combined with carefully designed public amenities which provide opportunities for people to meet and spend time with family and friends – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

A survey conducted in 2016 shows that 91% of the residents are very satisfied with the availability of public parks and outdoor areas. The corresponding percentage for the city of Stockholm, as a whole, is 42%, according to a resident survey from the same year. The surveys also showed that 9 out of 10 residents of the Stockholm Royal Seaport are satisfied with safety, compared to an average of 7 out of 10 for Stockholm in general.

The percentage of public open spaces with social values in the Stockholm Royal Seaport is 26% for the first phases; in later planned phases, it will be 13%. The public open spaces with social values for Hammarby Sjöstad is 18.5%. Public open space with social values is often considered to be an indicator of how attractive the urban environment is.

Map 1.1 Public open spaces with social values

In the completed phases the percentage of residential housing is high. As the district continues its expansion to Ropsten, Gasverket and Södra Värtan, the percentage of commercial space will increase, and end up at an approximate 30%, current percentage commercial developments is 12%.

The plot ratio of the Stockholm Royal Seaport, 2.3, this is high when compared to the rest of Stockholm; for example, the plot ratio of Hammarby Sjöstad is 1.7, while that of Hagastaden is 7.2

Table 1.1   Key figures for the strategy vibrant city
Tabell 1: sammanställning av nyckeltal levande stad.
EtappNorra 2BrofästetGasverket VästraGasklocka 4VärtaterminalenSödra VärtanVästraNorra 1Totalt / average
Norra 2BrofästetGasverket västraGasklocka 4VärtaterminalenSödra Värtan VästraNorra 1Totalt / average
StatusCompletedPlannedPlannedPlannedCompletedPlannedCompletedCompleted
Plot ratio2,22,30,81,9Not relevant2,92,32,32,1
Public open spaces with social values m² per lgh 22,412,2Not relevant39Not relevant5,313,63020
Share of commercial space, percent11,45,9932100417,73,225
Commercial space, m²8 2003 05026 0001 25016 000125 00010 3002 600Ca 200 000
Types of tenure (rental and condominiums, percent58 : 4245 : 55Not relevant0 : 100Not relevant7 : 9366 : 3431 : 6935 : 65
Number of apartments598595032001 9001 2576705 540
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Varied housing stock

6,000 people have moved into the 2,700 residential housing units completed to date. The ratio of rental and tenant-owned apartments is even. 55% of developments are rental apartments, including 10% set aside for student apartments, and 45% are tenant-owned apartments.

Rents for newly built apartments are higher in attractive areas, the rents in the Stockholm Royal Seaport are in line with new built apartments in the inner city. The sizes of the apartments vary, with the majority being two, three, or four rooms, see chart below.

Diagram 1.1  The size of the apartments for completed housing units

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What are the future plans for Gasklocka 2?​

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Key figures

  • 55% rentals including 10% student apartments. 
  • 26% of the public open space have social values which equals 20 m2 per apartment.
  • 7 pre-schools with 426 registered children.

Spring market

Storängstorget is an important open public space with social values. The image shows a spring and flea market that was held 2018.