Specific question: A company has a large building on the edge of the harbor on leased land. There is harbor area on three sides, but otherwise the site is naturally connected to the city on the last side. The company wants to develop the building into housing and would like to buy the land. The port is not interested in selling, but is prepared to grant a 50 or 100-year lease to secure the new investment (continued)
... (continued) The investors think this is not safe enough and are pushing to buy the land. As I understood it, the municipality is now also pushing for this: Are there other places in the Danish commercial ports where ports have been pressured to sell land, even though the port has issued very long leases, e.g. 50 or 100 years?
To a large extent, reference can be made to the answer above. In my experience, there are no other examples where a port has been willing to lease for the investor's specific project, but where both investor and municipality have pushed for a direct sale of the area on which the building is to be constructed. It is also quite unusual for the municipality to want a sale, as a lease contract ensures the port an ongoing income, whereas a sale is a one-off payment that cannot be budgeted for in the future. At the same time, a lease contract will also ensure to a greater extent that the investor safeguards the interests that the port may have in relation to the use of the area (design etc.).
