Carl Janglin, CEO of Oscar Properties.

DNB starts selling off Oscar Properties assets: "Major negative impact"

Sweden Sweden — The Norwegian bank DNB has started to sell off a portfolio of Oscar Properties properties because the company was unable to pay the interest on a loan of SEK 1.6 billion from the bank, something that Bloomberg News was the first to report on. For Nordic Property News, CEO Carl Janglin confirms that the company, together with other lenders, is evaluating whether there is a way forward even without the DNB portfolio. He also explains how this affects the restructuring plan.
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Mattias Kettelhoit, Head of Logicenters.

Logistics profile believes over-establishment slows down the logistics industry

Sweden Sweden — Mattias Kettelhoit, Head of Logicenters, does not want to talk about a crisis for logistics companies, but he agrees that the market has become tougher during the autumn and winter. “The supply of premises has increased and thus the demand has decreased,” he tells Nordic Property News in an exclusive interview.
The Kairo project in Arenastaden, Stockholm.

Fabege and the City of Solna take the next step in the development of Arenastaden

Sweden Sweden — The next phase in the development of Arenastaden, in a prime location in the area, has now been made possible. The local development plan for the Kairo and Farao blocks, which has now entered legally into force, contains about 185 homes and about 77,000 sqm of GFA, equating to about 65,000 sqm of office space.
Copenhagen.

CDC Investissement Immobilier ventures into Nordics with two residential acquisitions in Copenhagen

Denmark Denmark — CDC Investissement Immobilier, real estate asset management subsidiary of the French public institution Caisse des Dépôts, has successfully entered the Nordics by acquiring from Bellakvarter A/S two residential complexes totaling 13,400 sqm and 182 units located in urban Copenhagen. Fokus Nordic assisted CDC Investissement Immobilier with this off-market acquisition and will manage the assets.
Marcus Johansson Prakt, CEO of Quartiers Properties.

Why Quartiers' CEO has resigned: "An innovative idea"

Sweden Sweden — At the end of last week, Quartiers Properties announced that longtime CEO Marcus Johansson Prakt will step down from his position to explore new challenges outside the company. For Nordic Property News he looks back on five developing, and somewhat turbulent, years as CEO of the Marbella-based company, why he now chooses to move on and also leaves a hint about what he has in store as a future investment.
Marcus Sandahl.

"Many real estate companies take selling and letting too lightly"

Sweden Sweden — In 2022, he took the step from NCC to an existence as a consultant. Now Marcus Sandahl is returning to life as an employee when he becomes sales and rental manager at Platzer. Marcus Sandahl spoke to Nordic Property News about the new position, his view of Platzer, Johanna Hult Rentsch's importance for the decision to join the company, about the lessons learned from the consulting business and about the last time with the assignment at Hufvudstaden.
Galleria Boulevard in Kristianstad.

Steen & Strøm divests Galleria Boulevard

Sweden Sweden — Steen & Strøm divests Galleria Boulevard in Kristianstad to AB Kristianstadbyggen.
New emergency hospital in Västerås.

NCC to construct new emergency hospital in Västerås

Sweden Sweden — NCC has entered into an agreement for the construction of Region Västmanland’s new emergency hospital in Västerås. The subproject involves the construction of frames, facades and roofs and is being carried out in partnership with Region Västmanland. The assignment has an order value of approximately SEK 800 million.
Kestutis Sasnauskas, CEO of Eastnine.

Eastnine's unwavering faith in offices – these are their expansion plans

Nordic — After the autumn sale of the holding in the Russian company MFG and with a new business plan behind it, Eastnine is ready to grow significantly in the future. CEO Kestutis Sasnauskas tells Nordic Property News about the ambitious growth goals, why they have such a firm belief in the office segment and what type of transactions the company is looking at going forward.
Linus Nilsson.

Pictet's growth ambitions within logistics in the Nordics

Nordic — Pictet recently strengthened its Nordic portfolio with the acquisition of a newly built logistics property in Halmstad. Linus Nilsson, Head of Nordics at Pictet, tells Nordic Property News about the company's requirements for logistics properties, the growth plans in logistics in the Nordics, the view of the Nordic logistics markets and which other segment it wants to grow in.
Erik Dansbo.

Slättö makes EUR 300 million portfolio acquisition

Sweden Sweden — Slättö expands within public use real estate through acquisition of close to EUR 300 million portfolio from Estea.
EHF acquires the property Heimdal 17 in Skövde.

EHF buys from Oscar Properties

Sweden Sweden — EHF acquires another central property in Skövde. The property is located in the main street in the center and the seller is Oscar Properties. The property (Heimdal 17) has a total area of 5,052 square meters and consists of eight homes, garages and commercial premises.

Backaheden acquires in Varberg

Sweden Sweden — Backaheden Fastighets AB has via the company TBP 3 AB acquired the property Varberg Sparrhornet 3 from Tuve Projektutveckling AB. Through the acquisition of the Company, Backaheden takes over the obligations relating to the completion of construction on the property.
This illustration shows the possible design of Selvaag Boligs' project in Nacka.

Selvaag goes green in Swedish housing project

Sweden Sweden — With its proposal "Grønn", Selvaag Bolig won a land allocation competition for residential construction in central Nacka, Sweden, in 2021. Before the consultation of the detailed plan, the first illustrations of the green project, produced by Belatchew architects, are now available, and Nordic Property News can tell you more about the company's investment in Nacka.
Eva van der Pluijm-Kok, Director Research & Strategy at Prologis.

Prologis predicts the coming trends in logistics property

Nordic — Head of Research at Prologis, Eva van der Pluijm-Kok, says that there are a few factors affecting the logistic real estate in the near future. One being a decrease in new production.

Catena builds new logistics property for e-commerce company

Sweden Sweden — Catena is building a new logistics facility with substantial office space in Malmö, a total investment of SEK 195 million. A nine-year lease agreement has been signed with the e-commerce company Rugvista.
Rutger Arnhult, CEO of Corem.

Planned Corem divestments terminated

Sweden Sweden — Two letters of intent which were communicated have not resulted in agreed divestments but instead been terminated.
Revelop acquires in Åkersberg.

Revelop makes new Stockholm acquisition

Sweden Sweden — Revelop acquires the Berga 11:52 property in fast-growing Åkersberga in the northern Stockholm area. The property consists of 6,500 square meters of lettable space where the majority of tenants are publicly funded.
Mattias Johansson.

The real estate industry late with sustainability reporting despite EU requirements

Sweden Sweden — The EU's taxonomy regulation, which determines when a business is sustainable, comes into effect on January 1, 2024, and the sustainability reporting directive, CSRD, becomes law in Sweden on January 1, 2025. Nevertheless, very few real estate companies have begun to prepare for the transition. According to Mattias Johansson, partner and auditor at KPMG, they run the risk of being cought off guard when the law comes into effect. His message to the industry is clear: “It's time to raise the issue now!”
Daniel Gorosch.

How new CEO Daniel Gorosch wants to rebuild Catella

Sweden Sweden — At the beginning of the 2023, Daniel Gorosch announced that he was leaving the assignment as CCO at Colliers, a role he took after the acquisition of Pangea. Now he has taken the step into one of Catella's CEO chairs and sees great opportunities to rebuild the company's market share in the current market situation.
SBB.

Fredrik Svensson leaves SBB's Board of Directors

Nordic — The board member Fredrik Svensson has informed the Board of Directors of SBB that he will leave his position in SBB. Fredrik Svensson has been a member of the board since 2018, representing one of SBB’s largest shareholders, Arvid Svensson Invest.
Johan Knaust, CEO of K2A.

K2A sells Umeå property

Sweden Sweden — K2A Knaust & Andersson Fastigheter is selling its Umeå Äppellunden 1 property to Bantorget Hyresbostäder. The sale is taking place at an underlying property value of SEK 135.7 million (EUR 11.6 million), which corresponds to 99.8 percent of the book value as of the latest interim report.
Erik Skalin.

Erik Skalin appointed new Business Area Director for leasing at Atrium Ljungberg

Sweden Sweden — Erik Skalin will take over as the new Business Area Director for leasing and join the Atrium Ljungberg executive management team. He comes from JLL, where he was the Head of Agency and responsible for the consulting operations leasing, tenant representation and corporate account management.
Niklas Sparw and Helena Hed.

NCC appoints two new Heads of Business Areas

Sweden Sweden — NCC has appointed new leaders for two business areas. Niklas Sparw will become new Head of NCC Building Sweden. He is currently division manager within NCC. Helena Hed will become Head of the new business area NCC Green Industry Transformation. She is currently CEO of the listed consulting group Projektengagemang. Both will join NCC’s Senior Management Team.
Wihlborgs.

Wihlborgs secures new tenant to Börshuset in Malmö

Sweden Sweden — Malmö-based conference operator High Court will conduct restaurant, conference and co-working operations at Malmö Börshus (Börshuset 1) when the building opens its doors in 2025 after comprehensive renovation work.