Creating a new retail destination, Malmö Designer Village

Project overview

Quality destination

Rioja Estates’ plans comprise a contemporary design with traditional architecture, as well as a high quality landscaped development enhancing the sense of arrival to an attractive destination. Shoppers will be able to enjoy green spaces, squares and streets, with exciting play areas and easy accessibility to parking and shops.

Project STORY

Cost advice

Our cost management teams were tasked with the full suite of services from inception to completion. The project is still in the early phase with the design now ready to be submitted to the local authorities for building permit. We provided cost advice to the client to allow it to give investors confidence in the scheme’s viability. We also helped to bridge the gap of understanding between the British client and lead architect and the local design teams.

Regional benefits

It is hoped that the outlet scheme will bring additional footfall to the area, as well as bringing major private sector investment to the Kävlinge Kommun municipality, boosting local jobs. As well as creating a new leisure destination for the immediate region, the project will bring additional tourism to the area from Denmark and northern Europe. 

The project also aims to be a sustainable development with a high quality of design, and is being designed to achieve BREEAM certification level ‘very good’. This means it will have a low impact design with durability and resilience, aim to reduce carbon emissions, take in climate change adaptations, and offer ecological value and biodiversity protection.

Outlet villages traditionally pull from a catchment of 90 minutes’ drive so it benefits from being close to both Malmö in southern Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark, as well as benefitting from the significant tourism in the area.

“Turner & Townsend are an integral and valued member of our team who have exceeded all expectations and gone the extra mile to meet our needs and timings. Always professional in attitude they have played a significant part, providing deliverables that have helped secure the project’s success thus far in Sweden and on our Grantham Designer Outlet Village in England.”

Neil Thompson
Rioja Estates