Hospital Service may regain Eirargarður 2 building

The Hospital Service may get the Eirargarður 2 building back if plans for 300 student apartments at Heygsvegur in Tórshavn go ahead, KVF reports.

The Finance Committee asked the Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing about Eirargarður 2, which Bústaðir had planned to convert into student housing. The ministry said work was under way on a proposal to build the 300 apartments, financed by the state and other investors.

If there is confidence that the Heygsvegur project will become a reality, the plan to renovate Eirargarður 2 as student accommodation will be dropped. The building, controlled by the Housing Loan Fund, would then be handed to the Hospital Service, which would decide how to use it.