Denmark — Hines has secured a major debt financing package for the Trinity Quarter redevelopment at Copenhagen’s Købmagergade. James Robson, Managing Director of the US investor Hines’ Nordic operations, tells Nordic Property News about the redevelopment plans and how the refinancing took place.

Finland — Citycon’s CEO F. Scott Balls comments the Q2 figures and shares his view on the falling occupancy levels in Norway.

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

Finland — Christoffer Sundberg from Cobbleyard Real Estate on the global interest for the Finnish property market, and how long it took for Cobbleyard to divest the assets in Tampere.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how high the loan-to-value ratio the listed companies have, according to their Q2 results.

Nordic — Tom Leahy, Senior Director, EMEA Analytics at Real Capital Analytics on the European investment volume in H1, which Nordic country that stands out and the future of the office segment.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how much the listed Nordic real estate companies divested in the first six months of 2020.

Norway — Launches a unique platform for flexible office spaces in Norway.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how much the listed Nordic real estate companies have acquired during the first six months of 2020.

Sweden — CEO Jacob Karlsson: "It has become a much smaller competition."

Nordic — Nordic Property News has the complete list of how the Nordic real estate and construction companies performed on the stock exchange in July.

Sweden — One of Sweden’s most profiled real estate CEOs, Hans Wallenstam, compares the current Covid-19 crisis, with the big financial crisis back in the 90s, and he also tells Nordic Property News how the giant company has acted towards the tenants, during the pandemic.

Sweden — Fredrik Svensson, CEO of Arvid Svensson Invest, on the purchase of shares in SBB for almost SEK 19.8 million.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents the current market capitalization among the Nordic real estate companies on the stock exchange.

Finland — YIT’s CEO Kari Kauniskangas on the postponed investments in Finland due to the coronavirus, and the dispute in Mall of Tripla: “We were forced to rush things.”

Finland — HGR Property Partners’ CEO Kari Helin: “These are the characteristics that we look for in our development projects – a perfect fit for us.”

Sweden — "We had a transaction record in the first quarter but then it became much calmer in the second quarter," Skanska's CEO Anders Danielsson tells Nordic Property News.

Denmark — More than 50 stores are empty or their spaces available for rental at Strøget and other Copenhagen main streets as the effects of the corona crisis are laid bare. John Hansen, CEO of Handelstandsforeningen for inner Copenhagen, tells NPN that the severity of the situation is unprecedented during his 45 years in the business.

Sweden — Petter Stordalens real estate company Strawberry Forever has sold the property that houses Clarion Hotel Amaranten in Stockholm for SEK 1,5 billion to the Nordic real estate investor NREP. Marianne Hoffman, Investment Director at NREP, tells Nordic Property News all about the major deal and why it's so unusual.

Finland — “Shopping malls are still closed In Russia. But not totally, the most ones are now opened. But there is a low visibility in the market. I hope for a better market in september”, SRV:s ceo Saku Sipola tells Nordic Property News.

Denmark — Catella were the advisors to Bach Gruppen in the €100 million sale of a premium student housing project in Copenhagen to global investors Nuveen. Morten Gustafson, Director of Catella Corporate Finance, tells all about the major deal and why the buyer is likely to do more business in Denmark and the rest of the Nordics.

Sweden — "There is quite a lot to do. Everyone is waiting for something cheap. But at the same time, everyone has plenty of money", Nyfosas ceo Jens Engwall tells Nordic Property News.

Finland — "The guarantee interest rate of 6.5 % is all time low in Russia and from the customers' point of view very positive", Teemu Helppolainen, Executive Vice President, Housing Russia segment, YIT, tells Nordic Property News.

Norway — “The Covid-19 situation has resulted in considerably increased uncertainty and will be impacting our business”, Pål-Sverre Morin Jørgensen, Group Treasurer & Investor Relations Officer, tells Nordic Property News.

Norway — “Our strategy is to grow our freehold portfolio further, both in the larger urban areas of Norway, and also in smaller markets with increasing demand”, Self Storage Groups ceo Fabian Emil Søbak tells Nordic Property News.