What Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab does

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab A/S is a privately held Danish property management and urban development company headquartered in Copenhagen. It manages the Refshaleøen district on a former B&W (Burmeister & Wain) shipyard in Copenhagen Harbor, following the shipyard's 1996 bankruptcy. The company's core offering is the rental and operation of commercial, cultural, and creative-use properties, along with venue rentals for large-scale events (Copenhell, Distortion Ø, Copenhagen Light Festival, Copenhagen Photo Festival, VÆRK & HÅND Festival) and smaller community gatherings. Its tenant base spans creative agencies, architectural firms, food and beverage operators, sports facilities, crafts and trades businesses, educational organizations, and cultural venues including Copenhagen Contemporary (7,000 sqm). The company does not sell software or technology products; its offering consists entirely of managed physical properties, venues, and event infrastructure.

The company operates as co-landowner with By & Havn, Copenhagen's port development entity, and is currently mid-process in a multi-year urban development cycle. A competitive process selected architecture firms COBE and Vandkunsten to develop structure and masterplans for the next phase of the district, with five competing teams scheduled to deliver proposals in January 2026. Additional partnership activity includes a collaboration with Copenwater and Copenhagen Municipality that launched a 10-12 person electric floating sauna in October 2024. The company is an A/S (public limited company) under Danish law but has no stock exchange listing, and no funding rounds, headcount, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Pricing is not disclosed and varies by property type, size, and location within the district.

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab does not offer APIs, SDKs, or technology integrations, and shows no evidence of proprietary AI/ML capabilities or a data flywheel. Its distribution model is direct sales to commercial tenants and event organizers, supported by social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and a content-rich website (refshaleoen.dk) that functions as a marketing, event listing, and tenant directory platform. The competitive position is anchored on the irreplicable B&W shipyard heritage site, waterfront access, and the network effects of a mature creative cluster that would be costly to replicate elsewhere in Copenhagen.

Name

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab

Legal name

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab A/S

Website

https://refshaleoen.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab is a privately held Danish property management and urban development company that leases commercial, cultural, and creative-use spaces on Copenhagen's Refshaleøen island, a former B&W shipyard, and rents venues for festivals and events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab A/S is a Danish property management and urban development company that manages the Refshaleøen district in Copenhagen Harbor, a former B&W (Burmeister & Wain) shipyard site. The company provides commercial property leasing to creative, cultural, food and beverage, sports, and educational tenants, and rents venues for both large-scale events and small community gatherings. It also manages urban development planning for the area together with co-landowner By & Havn.

Product overview

Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab is a property management and urban development company that manages the Refshaleøen island in Copenhagen Harbor. The company offers commercial property rentals, venue rentals for large and small events, and manages a diverse portfolio of businesses including creative workspaces, restaurants, sports facilities, cultural venues, and residential buildings. The offering consists of managed physical properties and spaces rather than software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Property Rental

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Copenwater and Copenhagen MunicipalityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Collaboration to open a new floating sauna on Refshaleøen in October 2024. The electric-heated sauna accommodates 10-12 people and operates October to May with access from 06:00 to 21:00 daily
• By & HavncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024By & Havn is co-landowner with Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab. Together they are developing the Refshaleøen area through urban development competitions and planning processes, including a masterplan competition with COBE and Vandkunsten architecture firms
• COBE and VandkunstencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Architecture firms COBE and Vandkunsten have been selected to develop structure and master plans for Refshaleøen's further development after a competition process involving workshop meetings and expert input

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• HafenCity Hamburg: One of Europe's largest inner-city urban development projects, converting Hamburg's historic port into a mixed-use district with cultural venues, commercial space, and residential. Comparable as a large-scale heritage-harbor district redevelopment with strong cultural tenant anchoring.
• PFA Real Estate: PFA is one of Denmark's largest pension companies and is part of the ownership circle of Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab. Comparable as a large institutional real estate investor/operator in Denmark with diversified commercial and residential portfolios across the country.

Direct peers

• By & Havn: Copenhagen's municipal port and urban development authority, co-landowner with Refshaleøens Ejendomsselskab and the lead developer of other Copenhagen harbor districts (Nordhavn, Ørestad). Most directly comparable as a co-developer and co-operator of mixed-use harbor real estate in the same city.
• Islands Brygge / Havnestad (Copenhagen): Inner Copenhagen harbor redevelopment area (Havnestad) covering Islands Brygse, Holmen, and Artillery Island, converting industrial harbor land into mixed residential/commercial/cultural districts. Comparable as a Copenhagen harbor brownfield-to-mixed-use redevelopment with cultural-tenant focus.
• Carlsberg Byen: Copenhagen urban redevelopment project transforming the historic Carlsberg brewery site into a mixed-use district with residential, commercial, and cultural components. Directly comparable as a heritage-industrial-site redevelopment into a creative mixed-use district in the same Copenhagen market.
• Meatpacking District (Copenhagen / Kødbyen): Copenhagen's Kødbyen (Meatpacking District) is a former industrial meatpacking area redeveloped into a nightlife, F&B, and creative-office district managed by Copenhagen Municipality. Comparable as a Danish industrial-heritage mixed-use creative district.
• Nordhavn (Copenhagen): Major Copenhagen harbor redevelopment district managed in partnership with By & Havn, transforming a former industrial port into mixed-use urban space. Comparable in urban-development scale, harbor location, and stakeholder structure (public-private co-development).

Emerging players

• De NDSM-werf (Amsterdam): Former Amsterdam shipyard converted into a creative/cultural hub with artist studios, events, F&B, and cultural venues. Comparable in industrial-heritage harbor conversion into a creative-tenant cultural district with active event programming.
• DOKK1 / Aarhus Bys Projektcenter: Public-private harbor redevelopment organization in Aarhus that transformed the city's industrial waterfront into a cultural and commercial hub anchored by the DOKK1 library and event venues. Comparable in public-private Danish harbor mixed-use redevelopment with cultural programming.

Regional players

• Aarhus Havnefront: Aarhus harbor redevelopment in Denmark's second-largest city, converting former container port into mixed residential, commercial, and cultural space. Comparable in Danish harbor brownfield-to-mixed-use redevelopment, though at smaller scale and different city.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/refshaleoendk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/refshale%C3%B8ens-ejendomsselskab
• Instagraminstagram.com/refshaleoen/?hl=en

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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