After 150 years as a banking quarter, most recently as the headquarters of Danske Bank, construction is now beginning – along with a new chapter for the historic buildings. The quarter will be called Laksegade Kvarteret, and after a three-year construction period it will invite Copenhageners in to experience a new urban life with shops, restaurants, offices, parking, and a hotel.

The site hoarding has gone up, and activity is once again under way in the buildings most people know as Danske Bank's former headquarters at Holmens Kanal. For nearly 150 years, the quarter has been reserved for the banks' employees and customers, but now the doors are being opened to the rest of the city. Over the next three years, a total of 16 buildings will be transformed into Laksegade Kvarteret.

Thylander A/S, together with KanAm Grund Group, has acquired the properties and is developing them with a German pension fund. Thylander and KanAm are leading the project on behalf of the ownership group in close collaboration with architects, engineers, contractors, authorities, and other partners. The 16 buildings cover a total of approximately 50,000 square metres.

"The remarkable buildings in this project hold not only several centuries of city history, but the history of the entire country."

"We're proud to have been entrusted with carrying the quarter forward into a new chapter. We've been busy with preparations and have looked forward to getting started. Now, with great humility and respect for the history, we'll transform the place so that in three years' time we can open the doors to Laksegade Kvarteret," says Bjarke Mikkelsen, CEO of Thylander A/S.

Over the three-year period, the 16 buildings will be rebuilt and transformed into new spaces that make room for offices, shops, restaurants, a hotel, and a parking facility. The first task in the project is Bremerholm 33, which will be given a new façade that returns the building to its original profile. The building will then be converted into new offices and retail space.

"We're starting with Bremerholm 33 and will work our way through the project from there. Laksegade Kvarteret will also gain an entirely new square, a new passage between Holmens Kanal and Laksegade, trees, greenery, new street paving, and several new urban spaces."

"It's a complete transformation of a previously closed-off area, and we look forward to opening the doors and sharing much more about the project," says Bjarke Mikkelsen.

As part of the project, the parking facility in Asylgade has been opened to the public. The car park was previously used primarily by Danske Bank's employees and management.

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