Nordic — Styrmir Bjartur Karlsson, MD Iceland, Croisette Real Estate Partner, on the Icelandic property market, and future growth in the North Nordic country: “A strong market with good yields.”

Sweden — New investors are making their way towards the red hot Swedish logistics market. Linda Persson, Associate Director at Cushman & Wakefield, tells Nordic Property News about new trends on the market and the new wave of international investors.

Nordic — Christopher Mertlitz, Head of European Investments, W. P. Carey, on his new position in the US investor, how 2020 was for the company, and whether any deals were cancelled, due to the pandemic.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents an updated list of the foreign holdings in the Nordic listed real estate companies. An obvious increase among the foreign owners in 2020.

Sweden — Here are the prognosed prime office rents for Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.

Nordic — The Blackstone company Mileway continues to invest heavily in the Nordics. In addition to the new major acquisition from Castellum, they are adding another important person to their team.

Sweden — Carl Strufve, Director Nordics at Grosvenor Europe: “Sales have been lower than normal, but at the same time higher than expected.”

Nordic — Philipp Schaper, Head of European Transactions at the German investor Patrizia, tells Nordic Property News on the challenges in 2020, the Nordic performance last year, and investment targets in 2021.

Sweden — Swedish listed Kungsleden has set new target for the business which include increasing the property value by 34 percent in five years. CEO Biljana Pehrsson explains how they will achieve their new financial targets.

Denmark — Odense keeps catching the eye of investors. Martin Pedersen, Director and Partner at Colliers, tells Nordic Property News of the growing interest in the Odense market, what makes the city attractive to investors and what the hottest segments are.

Finland — After the Major Residential investment: Harri Retkin, CIO of Avara, on the Finnish residential market, why the segment stays resilient, and the Covid-19 impact over the deal flow in Finland.

Finland — S-Bank’s funds have sold a residential portfolio of almost 400 apartments to Avara Residential Fund II. Petri Jokinen, CEO of FIM Kiinteistö Oy, which is a fund controlled by S-Bank on the requirements for the divestment, and the transparent process.

Finland — James Clarke joins CBRE’s Nordic Capital Markets team as Director, Investment Properties. He tells Nordic Property News what attracted him about CBRE, what he hopes to bring with him from his time at Blackstone-owned Sponda and how he views the Finnish transaction market.

Nordic — Nordic Property News lists the largest transactions in the Nordics during January.

Sweden — The City of Malmö has named Finn Williams its new city architect. He tells Nordic Property News about his new role, what he hopes to bring with him from London and why he has always wanted to work in Sweden.

Denmark — Peter Winther, CEO of Colliers Denmark: “We may well see a new record for transaction activity in Q1.”

Norway — Henrik Saxborn on what happens now with the Entra holdings, and the next step in the giant Blackstone deal.

Norway — Norwegian Property’s CEO Bent Oustad on the intense 2020, the Q4 figures and notable trends in the retail and office segments in Norway.

Sweden — Sweden’s largest real estate owner Vasakronan presented stable figures, but with decline in new lettings, in their year-end report. CEO Johanna Skogestig gives her view on the future office demands and why price per square meter is starting to become obsolete.

Nordic — Simon Mallinson, Executive Managing Director at Real Capital Analytics, tells Nordic Property News on which Nordic country that was one of the few markets globally to buck the trend of declining commercial property deal activity in 2020. He also shares a full insight of the Nordic countries' performance, in comparison with other European markets.

Finland — Pia Lindborg, Director Real Estate, at A. Ahlström: “We have updated our real estate strategy for some years ago and included Tampere to it.”

Sweden — Nordic Property News presents how influential the listed housing, construction and real estate companies are on social media. Here are the industry's ten most powerful companies in Sweden.

Denmark — Michael Berthelsen, Country Manager Denmark at Niam, tells Nordic Property News about the recent divestment, and the Danish investment focus for 2021.

Nordic — CBRE makes changes at the top. Colin Waddell takes over as Managing Director of Nordics while Siri Tulikoura assumes the role of Managing Director of Finland. The duo tells Nordic Property News about the changes and how this will make CBRE more attractive.

Nordic — Catella divests its 50.1 percent holdings in its French subsidiary Catella Asset Management SAS for a cash purchase price of SEK 154 million. Timo Nurminen, Head of Property Investment Management at Catella, tells Nordic Property News about the decision, how they performed in 2020, and how Catella will continue to strengthen the property operations.