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Published more: 2017-10-10 09:19 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Culture Casbah: Can private investment fight segregation?

Rosengård Fastighet chief executive Petra Sörling at the site where Culture Casbah will be built.

Lyssna: CEO: We think this is the right way for Rosengård.

Malmö municipality last week transferred ownership of more than 1,500 apartments in Rosengård, an area classed by police as "especially challenged", to a privately-owned property venture.

The consortium has agreed to build Culture Casbah, a high-rise designed by Danish architects Lundgaard and Tranberg. But can such private investment fight social problems? Or might it make them worse?

"We think that this is the right way. We also think that it can never be wrong to invest in an...