The agreement runs for 6.5 years. The annual rent is initially SEK 1.7 million, which will be gradually increased to a final rent of SEK 4 million. The real estate office’s original claim was SEK 4 million as of 1 July, which had meant a doubling of the rent. Now the rent increase will stay at 1.9 percent for the rest of 2022.
“We are pleased that we have an agreement, but we are not with the content of the agreement. We have come halfway in our ambition. The artists have been given peace of mind. We are now aiming for the autumn when we will talk to the city’s politicians. The goal is equal treatment with Higab’s tenants regarding the operation of the properties “, says Olle Niklasson, chairman of the Art Epidemic, in a press release.