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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.
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.
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.