Sweden — A month has passed since Jernhusen's year-end report and the company's sustainability report is also being released in the coming days. So there is a lot going on in the company at the moment when Nordic Property News catches CEO Biljana Pehrsson in the middle of a step. She talks about, among other things, how she notices that the financial market is sending positive signals. – The transaction market has increased activity and there is great interest from the capital market for green bonds.

Nordic — Doxa's presentation of the fourth quarter report is dominated by the Serneke/Mutares affair. Now, trust in the new management is precariously swaying among shareholders and concerns about what might happen to Karlatornet and Karlastaden are seeping out. "I think it's sad for all employees and all customers affected by the bankruptcy", says a downcast Christian Lindgren.

Sweden — 2024 has been a year of strong growth for Prisma, as the company made a number of strategic acquisitions and started development projects. The listing on Nasdaq Stockholm in June can also be said to be a major milestone, at least if you ask CEO Fredrik Mässing: “The listing gave us the financial muscle needed to continue growing at an even higher rate.

Nordic — The listed real estate companies have predominantly low vacancies, but some stand out. Commercial property owners in particular have slipped in the economic vacancy rate. Nordic Property News has taken a closer look at what the companies' occupancy rates looked like when 2024 ended.

Nordic — SBB's associated company in education, Nordiqus, has added additional properties to its portfolio. CEO Jenny Rehn shares how they view additional transactions and the conditions for entering a completely new market in the future.

Nordic — Nordic Property News Nordic Property News presents the winners and losers on the stock exchange during February.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list over the Nordic listed companies with the lowest Interest Coverage Ratios by Q4 2024.

Nordic — Castellum intends to move forward again. That is the message when the company presents its year-end report for 2024. “We are ready to continue acquiring, developing and delivering value,” says CEO Joacim Sjöberg.

Sweden — As Jacob Karlsson, CEO of K-Fastigheter, notes in the recently released fourth quarter report, 2024 has been an eventful year in the company's history. The market climate has remained tough but has also shown signs of stabilizing – yes, perhaps even having started, albeit slowly, to turn upwards. "The bad times we have been through have contributed to a positive diversification of our produced volume, where housing continues to constitute a majority but not to the same extent as before", says Jacob Karlsson.

Sweden — Heitman enters the Swedish self-storage market by acquiring a majority stake in Servistore. After the transaction, they share their plans to scale up Servistore, how they aim to differentiate themselves from competitors, and their outlook on the future of the Swedish self-storage market.

Sweden — After a full career on the ownership and development side, Johan Nihlmark is making the move to the advisory side. Colliers’ new Head of Industrial and Logistics Leasing in Sweden tells Nordic Property News about the transition, the new working methods he believes are needed among advisors, and his views on the market outlook for industrial and logistics properties moving forward.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how high the loan-to-value ratio the listed companies had by the end of 2024.

Sweden — K2A has strengthened its liquidity in 2024, but will likely continue to sell assets to free up even more liquidity, strengthen financial ratios and balance sheet. "How much we will sell depends on how the capital market develops", CEO Johan Knaust tells Fastighetssverige.

Nordic — Brinova continues its work on updating its business plan following the major acquisition from K-Fastigheter. CEO Per Johansson tells Nordic Property News about the increased interest in the company after the massive deal, how they plan to integrate the new portfolio, the staffing needs, and their view on the Danish properties included in the transaction.

Nordic — With a diversified customer base where the largest tenants are large, stable players, Catena feels secure. "We have customers who are in a situation where they choose not to make large-scale investments, but at the same time we see that the operations are rolling and that the vacancy rate in our portfolio is unaffected compared to the previous quarter", says CEO Jörgen Eriksson.

Nordic — Staffan Unge has stepped in as the new Head of Nordics for Hines as the American giant aiming to grow in the Nordics. He tells Nordic Property News about his new role at Hines, the company’s goals in the Nordic region, the market situation, and where they see the best acquisition opportunities.

Nordic — Recently CBRE shared their report Nordic Outlook 2025 with their customers. Nordic Property News was given access to the full report and followed it up with some questions to Jussi Niemistö, Head of Research, Nordics CBRE. He shares his insight to the top three sectors and a hot niche sector.

Sweden — Besqab has presented its figures for the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the past year. "We think this is a stable quarter, a good result. We have completed several successful sales launches and we see that the housing market is starting to pick up", says CEO Magnus Andersson.

Nordic — Prioritizing profitability over growth has been Veidekke's mantra for the last five years. Therefore, says CEO Jimmy Bengtsson, the potential for the company to grow is still great. "All our operations have higher margins now than five years ago - although not all are at a level we are satisfied with."

Nordic — Capman makes one of the largest hotel transactions in the Nordics when it acquires Midstar Fastigheter and its portfolio of 28 properties. Thomas Laakso, partner at Capman, tells Nordic Property News about the company's position as a hotel owner after the transaction, the targets for the hotel fund, the recovery of the hotel sector, and where they’d like to continue growing.

Nordic — An evaluation will show whether NCC should keep the industrial business area within the group - or sell it. At the same time, Tomas Carlsson, CEO of NCC, is clear that the company will contact both industrial and financial players, mainly in Europe and the USA.

Sweden — Debt continues to be a problem for SBB and now CEO Leiv Synnes is presenting the plan for which divestments for EUR 890 million that are on the table.

Norway — When Entra presents its year-end report for the fourth quarter of 2024, one can note, among other things, a slower rental activity for the time being, which is expected to pick up during the year. "We continue to work hard to sign new contracts, but whether we close these contracts this quarter or the next is difficult to say", stated CEO Sonja Horn.

Nordic — Neobo's net operating income increases by 12 percent and the management result shows an increase of 3 percent compared to the previous year, despite the fact that seven properties have been sold during the year at the same time that financing costs have increased. "We intend to increase the pace of our transaction work to further optimize our property portfolio", says managing director Ylva Sarby Westman.

Sweden — Growth is the focus when David Carlsson explains what he wants to achieve as the new CEO of Diös. The company will be both a buyer and a seller and many stars seem to be aligned for the market they operate in. In several places, he sees that northern Sweden is less volatile than the metropolitan cities and that the challenges are fewer – but first they need to deal with a decline in the occupancy rate.