Tommy Åstrand, CEO of SLP.

"SLP is now an even stronger company than before"

Sweden Sweden — In September, Tommy Åstrand will step down as CEO of SLP and transition—if elected—into a board role within the company. In an interview with Nordic Property News, he discusses his decision, his successor, and SLP’s position now compared to when he first took on the role.
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Ingunn Andersen Randa.
Nordic Nordic —
Obos to allocate more capital into the Swedish market: "It's bubbling with positivity in the big cities"
Nils Styf, CEO of Hemsö.
Nordic Nordic —
“Our assessment is that property values have bottomed out”
Peter Wallin, CEO, and Jon Johnsson, CFO, at Bonava.
Nordic Nordic —
Bonava sees strong Swedish growth – sticks to full-year forecast
Stina Lindh Hök.
Nordic Nordic —
Cibus acquires 23 assets in four countries for 103.9 MEUR
Wihlborgs signs large lease agreement with Malmö University.

Wihlborgs signs agreement with Malmö University for 20,000 sqm

Sweden Sweden — Wihlborgs has signed a binding agreement with Malmö University for the construction and letting of the new Amphitrite building at Universitetsholmen, which will have teaching facilities, offices, the Faculty of Odontology and student unions. The building is scheduled for completion at the end of 2027 and will be a key feature of the development of the university’s urban campus as well as the historic waterfront location.
Grand Joanne Hotel Copenhagen will be converted to an NH Hotel.

Capman signs leases for Copenhagen hotels

Denmark Denmark — CapMan Hotels II signs lease agreements with Minor Hotels and Citybox for two of its newly acquired hotels in Copenhagen.
Ylva sells to Niam.

Ylva sells a hotel and residential building to Niam

Finland Finland — Ylva has agreed on the sale to Niam of the Lyyra block in Hakaniemi, Helsinki.
Hanna Mossfeldt, workplace strategist at AMF Fastigheter.

AMF Fastigheter on the complex office issue: "There are no right and wrongs"

Nordic — Twice as many people are working from home now compared to before the pandemic. For AMF Fastigheter, which is one of the big office giants, this has concrete effects: “We need to have a deeper and closer dialogue with tenants,” says Hanna Mossfeldt, workplace strategist.
Gasverket.

CA Fastigheter's plans for Stockholm project green lit

Sweden Sweden — The Urban Development Committee has adopted the detailed plan for CA Fastigheter’s investment in the Gasverket area in Hjorthagen, marking the first step toward realizing plans for 190 residences and 17,500 square meters of retail space within this culturally and historically valuable area. The plan now awaits approval by the City Council before the company can begin site remediation and construction.
Stendörren signs lease with SL.

Stendörren signs new lease in Upplands-Bro

Sweden Sweden — Stendörren completes building and signs lease agreement with SL in GreenHub Bro.

Winners and losers on the stock market in March

Nordic — Nordic Property News Nordic Property News presents the winners and losers on the stock exchange during a mostly horrible March for real estate shares.
Filip Persson.

SLP's path forward under the coming CEO

Sweden Sweden — This autumn, Filip Persson will become one of the youngest CEOs in the industry when he steps into the CEO role at SLP. He tells Nordic Property News about the challenges of taking on the role, his leadership style, SLP's position, and future direction.
Ilija Batljan, CIO, and André Gaden, CEO, of PPI.

PPI acquires two properties from Carucel Eiendom

Norway Norway — Public Property Invest has acquired two property companies for a property value of NOK 223.5 million from Carucel Eiendom. The properties have a total size of approximately 7,050 sqm and are located in Oslo and Hurdal/Eidsvoll. They are fully let to Recovery Bo & Omsorg and Stendi which provide assisted living services in the field of substance abuse, mental health and physical disabilities. Annual rental income is NOK 16.6 million and the lease contracts are close to triple net, with an unexpired lease term of 16 years.
Årsta Park.

Nrep makes residential acquisition in Uppsala

Sweden Sweden — Nrep is expanding its presence in the residential segment by acquiring 231 rental apartments in Årsta, Uppsala. The transaction, valued at SEK 485 million, is being carried out in partnership with Bonava, the project’s developer and seller.
Sven-Olof Johansson.

Sven-Olof Johansson declines re-election in SBB

Sweden Sweden — Sven-Olof Johansson has declined re-election to the board of SBB due to other commitments, including but not limited to Fastpartner and PPI.
Chairman of the Board Fredrik Wirdenius and Mariette Hilmersson.

CEO fired from major company: “The cooperation has not worked”

Sweden Sweden — Mariette Hilmersson held the role of CEO at Willhem for just over 19 months. On Friday, the news came that she would be leaving. Chairman of the Board Fredrik Wirdenius explains the path to the decision, what went wrong and what they are looking for in the next CEO.
Tommy Åstrand is replaced by Filip Persson as CEO.

SLP makes change in CEO ...

Sweden Sweden — The board of directors of SLP has appointed Filip Persson, 34 years old, as the new CEO from September 1, 2025. He has served as Project Manager at SLP since 2020, and is today part of the company's management team. Current CEO, Tommy Åstrand, is suggested to become a new board member for the company.
Logistea expands in Norway.

Logistea acquires in the Stavanger region

Norway Norway — Logistea is expanding its property portfolio and has today entered into an agreement to acquire a logistics property in Bryne Næringspark in Time municipality just outside Stavanger through the acquisition of the property owner company Bryne Næringspark AS.

The most shorted real estate shares

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the current short selling situation in the real estate sector as a whole. Short selling has increased in several large companies over the past year, and one real estate giant is by far the most shorted stock on the entire stock exchange.
Kilenkrysset sells to SLP.

... And acquires two logistics properties “off market” in Haninge

Sweden Sweden — SLP has acquired and taken possession of two fully leased logistics properties in Haninge, Jordbromalm 6:90 and Jordbromalm 4:4, in a so-called “off market transaction” with Kilenkrysset. The properties have a total lettable area of approximately 24,000 square meters, with large parts consisting of cooled areas, and have a total annual rental value of approximately SEK 29.5 million. The agreed property value amounts to SEK 465 million.
Patrizia receives more keys in Stockholm.

Patrizia receives 156 apartments in Stockholm

Sweden Sweden — Besqab completes and hands over another rental property project to Patrizia.

Canadian OTPP buys from Blackstone in Sweden and Denmark

Nordic — The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has completed the acquisition of a 92.000 square meter logistics portfolio from funds managed by Blackstone. The portfolio consists of three properties in Sweden and two in Denmark.
Lerstenen sells the majority of its commercial properties to Diös.

How Lerstenen wants to grow after the large divestment to Diös

Sweden Sweden — Lerstenen sells the majority of its commercial portfolio to Diös for SEK 1.6 billion. CEO Erik Sällström tells Nordic Property News how they plan to invest the proceeds from the transaction, where in Umeå they see the best opportunities, their outlook on the future of their commercial portfolio, and their thoughts on their shareholding in Diös.
Bain Capital invests in Företagsparken.

Bain Capital invests EUR 150 million in Företagsparken

Sweden Sweden — Global investment firm Bain Capital is investing EUR 150 million in Fastator's largest holding, Företagsparken, a leading Swedish company in the light industrial real estate segment.
Sege Park.

The recession puts a wrench in the plans – Boklok wants to sell its share in Sege Park.

Sweden Sweden — Skanska's residential division is struggling, and the company has now decided not to develop housing in the flagship area Sege Park in Malmö, instead opting to try to sell the property that has been owned by Boklok since 2021.
The transaction volume in the Nordics in February increased compared to the same month in 2024.

Increased transaction volume in February

Nordic — The beginning of the year has seen transaction volume increase by over 20 percent in the Nordic market compared to the first two months of 2024. In Sweden, the volume is up a full 34 percent after two straight months with over ten billion in transaction volume, this is revealed in Collier's latest monthly analysis of the Nordic property market.
Arwidsro will develop a Swedish center for sports and health in Arlandastad, together with Arlandastad Group. Now they want to expand the portfolio further, says CEO Peter Zonabend.

"We've had dry powder for a long time"

Sweden Sweden — Earlier this week, Arwidsro made an acquisition worth a whopping SEK 440 million, approximately EUR 41 million. It concerns nearly 21.000 square meters in the Överby shopping area, just outside Trollhättan, and CEO Peter Zonabend calls the purchase part of their growth journey. This is how he wants them to grow in the future through more acquisitions.
Niklas Zuckerman, CEO of Logistea, and Anders Nordvall, deputy CEO of Logistea.

Logistea acquires two properties in Malmö

Sweden Sweden — Logistea has entered into an agreement to acquire the properties Grönsakshandlaren 4 and Grönsakshandlaren 6 in Malmö. The properties have an agreed underlying property value of SEK 150 million before deductions of SEK 10 million, including a deduction for latent capital gains tax. The properties are fully leased to Golvpoolen and Skåne Stadsmission and have a total leasable area of approximately 12,300 square meters. The annual rental income amounts to approximately SEK 14.3 million with an average remaining lease term of about 5.3 years.