Sweden Manager for Union Residential Development , Per Martin Eriksson.

These are Union Residential Development's Swedish ambitions

Nordic — Just months after the acquisition of Bonava's Norwegian portfolio, Union Residential Development follows it up by buying 70 percent of Swedish Kynningsrud Bostäder. Per Martin Eriksson, Sweden manager for Union Residential Development, reveals what the investment plans are going forward.
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Obos to allocate more capital into the Swedish market: "It's bubbling with positivity in the big cities"
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“Our assessment is that property values have bottomed out”

Catella European Residential Fund makes Finnish portfolio acquisition

Finland Finland — Catella European Residential (CER), the German public open-ended real estate fund, has acquired 350 apartments within five properties covering almost 14,200 sqm of gross lettable area (GLA) in the four Finnish cities of Espoo, Kerava, Tampere and Turku.
ALFA Development sells iconic property in Copenhagen to Pensam.

Pensam acquires historic property on Islands Brygge

Denmark Denmark — Pension company Pensam has acquired the property located at Njalsgade 17-23 on Islands Brygge from ALFA Development.
Kristian Berentsen.

Heimstaden's Chief Legal Officer resigns

Nordic — Heimstaden's Chief Legal Officer Kristian Berentsen has decided to resign, effective 31 May 2024.
Postnord's HQ in Solna, Stockholm.

Ursus' plans for residential development next to Postnord's HQ

Sweden Sweden — The Norwegian property owner Ursus has large development plans for the land right next to Postnord's headquarters in Solna, Sweden. Nordic Property News reveals more.
Viktor Mandel.

Viktor Mandel leaves Sveafastigheter

Sweden Sweden — When SBB announced on Monday that it is collecting housing assets worth 29 billion in Sveafastigheter before ownership dispersion, Erik Hävermark was listed as acting CEO of the company. Now the former CEO Viktor Mandel confirms that he is leaving Sveafastigheter completely. For Nordic Property News, he talks about the decision and about the CEO chair he instead continues in.
Baard Schumann, Olof Olausson, Per Martin Eriksson and Pål Kynningsrud.

Union Residential Development becomes the new main owner of Kynningsrud Bostäder

Nordic — Union Residential Development, which this summer acquired Bonava's operations in Norway, has agreed with Kynningsrud to buy 70 percent of the shares in Kynningsrud Bostäder. Entry takes place on 1 March 2024.
Johan Skoglund, CEO of JM.

JM's President and CEO Johan Skoglund will retire in 2024

Nordic — After 37 years at JM, of which 21 as President, Johan Skoglund has informed the board that he has decided to retire in 2024. Johan Skoglund will leave JM in June 2024.
Leiv Synnes, CEO of SBB.

This is how the streamlining continues for SBB after Sveafastigheter

Sweden Sweden — SBB's CEO Leiv Synnes tells Nordic Property News that a listing of Sveafastigheter is one of the possible paths with the ownership dispersion that was recently announced. SBB also intends to go below 50 percent ownership in the soon-to-be-independent company. Here he tells more about how the streamlining of SBB will continue in the future.
Johan Ladenberg.

Johan Ladenberg appointed new CEO of Lundbergs Fastigheter

Sweden Sweden — Johan Ladenberg new CEO of Lundbergs Fastigheter. Louise Lindh is intended to become the new Chair of the Board.
Tonny Nielsen, CEO of Fokus Nordic.

“Optimistic about introducing new investors to the Swedish market next year”

Nordic — Fokus Nordic assists another global player to enter the Nordics. The company’s CEO Tonny Nielsen tells Nordic Property News about the becoming the preferred Nordic partner to several global players, the most important tasks in 2024 for Fokus Nordic and how he believes the Nordic markets will develop in the coming year.
The Helsinki Court House.

Hemsö and Senate Properties have signed a 15-year lease agreement

Finland Finland — Hemsö and Senate Properties have signed a new 15-year lease agreement comprising 31,000 square meters for the judicial administration's existing premises in the Helsinki Court House in Salmisaari.
Eerikinkatu 32-36.

Kojamo divests historic Helsinki property to Cobbleyard and HCP Bricks

Finland Finland — Kojamo sells the historic property located in Kamppi to Cobbleyard Real Estate Oy and HCP Bricks.
Helen Berhane, Client Consultant for EMEA Real Assets Coverage at MSCI.

Five quarters in a row with negative growth

Nordic — The first three quarters of the year were the coolest in the Nordic transaction market since 2010, and Q3 2023 turned out to be the fifth straight quarter with negative capital growth in the Nordics, according to the latest figures from the analysis company MSCI Real Assets. Nordic Property News tells you more about the latest findings and conclusions.
The winning proposal for Obos Stadsljus, meaning City Lights.

Obos develops new prestigious Stockholm project: "6,000 are in the queue of interest"

Sweden Sweden — It is almost a year ago that Obos chose not to proceed with any of the architectural proposals they had received for the major project Stadsljus, formerly Gasklockan, in Norra Djurgårdsstaden. But now the proposal has been presented and group CEO Daniel Kjørberg Siraj and Sofia Ljungdahl, CEO of Obos Nya Hem say that the house will not only be a landmark in Stockholm, but also for Obos as a company.
Arkadia 6 in Helsinki.

Blackstone's Sponda signs new lease in Helsinki

Finland Finland — Mehiläinen moves its HQ operations to Sponda’s Arkadia 6 office building in Helsinki city centre.
SBB gathers residential assets of SEK 29 billion in Sveafastigheter ahead of broadening of the shareholder base.

SBB gathers residential properties for EUR 2.6 billion in Sveafastigheter

Sweden Sweden — Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden gathers residential stock and residential development of SEK 29 billion (EUR 2.6 billion) in the subsidiary Sveafastigheter AB, a unique platform for developing and managing high quality residential rental properties in Sweden.
Økern school.

Veidekke to build new school for NOK 1.3 billion

Norway Norway — Oslobygg KF has entered into an agreement with Veidekke today to build Økern school in eastern Oslo. The contract is a design and build contract valued at approx. NOK 1,3 billion excluding VAT.
SBB has big plans in Skellefteå. Now they have promised to start 280 homes in 2024.

SBB promises to start construction next year – may be fined if not

Sweden Sweden — SBB has promised Skellefteå municipality that they will be able to start construction of 280 homes in 2024, and has plans for another 200 that are awaiting detailed plans. The land instructions have been extended even though the municipality has repeatedly said that they will not do so unless the companies move forward and there may be a fine if they do not start as planned in 2024.
Erik Dansbo.

"A strong belief in the underlying need for this property type"

Sweden Sweden — Slättö carries out one of the year's biggest deals in Sweden when it acquires 47 community properties from Estea Omsorgsfastigheter for just under SEK 3 billion (EUR 257 million). Erik Dansbo, partner and CIO at Slättö, tells Nordic Property News about the acquisition and its importance for the fund and about bringing Estea in as an owner in the company.
Thomas Holm, CEO of Svenska Handelsfastigheter.

Svenska Handelsfastigheter acquires from Artmax

Sweden Sweden — Svenska Handelsfastigheter acquires a commercial property in Bäckebol's commercial area in northern Gothenburg. The property of just under 4,100 square meters has plenty of parking and is fully let with Dormy, Sova and Hööks as tenants. The seller is Artmax.
Mia Häggström.

Mia Häggström joins Fabege’s Executive Management Team

Sweden Sweden — Mia Häggström, Head of Sustainability, will become a member of Fabege's Executive Management Team on 1 January 2024.

Auratum sells property in Tuusula

Finland Finland — Auratum sells property to Staffia.
Lennart Sten.

Lennart Sten becomes Senior Advisor to SBB's board

Sweden Sweden — Lennart Sten will assume office as senior advisor to the board of Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden on 1 February 2024.
Liia Nõu, CEO of Pandox.

Pandox signs new lease agreement for Hotel Pomander in Nuremberg

Nordic — Pandox has signed a new lease with Scandic Hotels Group for Hotel Pomander in Nuremberg, Germany. The lease is revenue-based with a guaranteed minimum level and long term. The agreement comes into force on 1 March 2024.