The interest from international investors in the Fehmarn Belt region remains high, but the uncertainty about the project's timeline creates a need for clearer announcements. This is according to director Stig Rømer Winther from Fehmarn Belt Development.
Fehmarn Belt Development works to attract businesses and investments to the Fehmarn Belt region. The organisation collaborates with both public and private stakeholders and markets the area as an attractive place for business, growth, and new jobs in connection with the fixed link between Denmark and Germany.
According to Stig Rømer Winther, interest in the area is growing, especially in the corridor between Hamburg and Copenhagen, where the large business and industrial areas are located.
On the Danish side, it is particularly the area from Køge and southwards towards Lolland that attracts attention among developers and investors.
- There is a steadily increasing interest among developers and investors for the corridor between Hamburg and Copenhagen, and this applies not least to the area between Lübeck and Køge, where the large industrial areas are located. I have never before experienced such great preliminary interest from international investors and developers, says Stig Rømer Winther.
Looking forward to a new schedule
He emphasises that the interest from international investors has not weakened despite reports of delays in the Fehmarn project. However, among local and regional players, the uncertainty about the German land facilities and the Fehmarn Sound connection has had a dampening effect.
- When it is announced from the German side that the Fehmarn Sound tunnel will not be completed before the end of 2032 at the earliest, uncertainty arises, and if there is one thing investors do not like, it is precisely uncertainty. We look forward to a revised schedule from the Danish side, but especially to an announcement from the German side about the completion of the German facilities, he says.
