Bids for plots accepted

Offers were received from seven
parties when the City of Hafnarfjörður advertised six multi-family housing plots in Skarðshlíð in
autumn. After the deadline for tenders, the evaluation and review of the tenders began based on
defined terms in parallel with meetings with the highest bidders. The Town Council approved
on 3 November last, to accept on the one hand offers from Byggingarfélag Gylfa and
from Gunnars hf. for two plots and, on the other hand, from VHE ehf. and Nesnúp ehf. for four
Land. The Hafnarfjörður Town Council approved at its meeting yesterday to allocate
To Gylfa and Gunnar Construction Company Ltd. two plots and to Nesnúpi ehf. four plots.

In early September, the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður invited tenders for
six multi-family housing plots in Phase 1 of Skarðshlíðar. The total area in question is
30 hectares on the hillside south and west of Ásfjall. Offers on the plots.
were received from seven parties. A decision has been made to allocate Nesnúpi on the one hand.
the plots at Geislaskarði 2, Bergskarði 1, Apalskarði 2 and 6, and on the other hand
To Gylfa og Gunnar Construction Company Ltd., the plots at Stuðlaskárði 1 and 9. Highest bids.
The six plots were submitted by the companies Nesnúpi ehf and VHE ehf. The Municipal Council
Hafnarfjörður agreed at its meeting on 3 November to apply a provision in 7.
clause of the terms of the offer not to allocate all plots to the same party. Nesnúpur ehf.
and VHE ehf. are for the most part owned by the same parties. Therefore, Byggingarfélagi Gylfa og Gunnars hf.,
who had the next highest bids for the plots that were exempt, allocated them to those two
plots. Construction and development of blocks of flats on these
six plots in Skarðshlíð are to begin in the spring. With that, eight
The multi-family housing plots in Skarðshlíð have been allocated in their entirety. Þrastarverk ehf. received
A plot was allocated in September, partly in exchange for another plot that the company owned on
the area. The Almenna Housing Association hses. was then allocated the plot at Hraunskarð 2 on
the meeting of the town council on 12th October last, and the allocation is related to it
Cooperation between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the Icelandic Labour Federation on the development of 150 rental flats in Hafnarfjörður
over the next four years. The area higher up on Skarðshlíð,
Intended for detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, is in the design and planning process as planned.
is due to conclude at the beginning of next year. It is expected that the plots will be advertised.
in the spring of 2017.