Relatives to the former CEO of SGS Studentbostäder used SGS' viewing apartments for personal purposes, writes Göteborgs-Posten. When inspectors came to control how the apartments were used, they were met by a relative to the former CEO. According to GP, there were clear signs there had been a party in the apartment.
Two student apartments at one of the most desired addresses in Gothenburg have been standing empty for years. The apartments are located at two addresses near Kronhusparken in central Gothenburg. SGS has used them as so called viewing apartments to show architects and builders how to solve certain construction problems.
However, the apartments have also been used for personal purposes by the former CEO and his relatives. On Thursday the SGS board announced that this is one of the reasons the CEO was fired earlier in the week.
SGS representatives met a relative to the former CEO in one of the apartments and things belonging to the former CEO were found in the other apartment.
The name Jonas Andersson is written on the door to one of the apartments. But no-one with that name has ever lived there and the apartment has been empty for seven years. GP writes that the name on the door was put there to avoid questions from neighbours about why the apartment was empty.
Both apartments have now been made available for students. The first student is expected to move in on March 1st. It is likely to be someone who has queued for an apartment for about four years.
Student Fredrik Hillerström lives in a studio at the bottom of the building. He queued for three years to get his apartment. He tells GP:
"Considering the housing situation for students in Gothenburg, it seems completely wrong to give away apartments to people who aren't even students."
Magnus Bonander is acting CEO of SGS and one of his first decisions was that the two apartments should be made available for students. Bonander did not answer when GP asked if he had known of the apartments before. Both he and SGS information officer Catharina Lind refer to that SGS no longer needs viewing apartments.
"They have been there to show suppliers and contractors the quality we want. But there is no need for that today, they know what the apartments look like now," says Catharina Lind to GP.
The former CEO is also suspected of financial irregularities in connection to his SGS Euro Card. The irregularities are said to concern minor sums of money, but to have taken place during an extended period of time.
Göteborgs-Posten has not been able to reach the former CEO for a comment.
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