Nordic — Hyatt Place Gothenburg Central will open in early spring 2025 at Gothenburg Central Station. The property owner is Balder, who acquired the hotel property in 2024, and Nordic Property News naturally wants to know what the company's CEO, Erik Selin, thinks about the establishment and the hotel market in general.

Denmark — Brunswick and Pictet's joint last mile company Lindu is relaunched with a large portfolio acquisition in Greater Copenhagen. Anthony Romano, Partner and Country Head Denmark at Brunswick, tells Nordic Property News about why they choose to relaunch, the partnership with Pictet, the targets for the new edition and where they look for new acquisition opportunities.

Sweden — The highly debated Swedish transaction market has been healthy all the way through the last years – despite the slowdown – and foreign buyers have misjudged the whole situation. This is the opinion of the renowned panel – consisting of Stefan Dahlbo, Anneli Jansson, Sven-Olof Johansson, Joacim Sjöberg and Theodor Jarnhammar – who discussed the issue during the event Stora Kontorsdagen and who see signs of increased activity in the future.

Sweden — Buys shares in K2A – becomes sixth largest owner in the company.

Finland — Cushman & Wakefield acquires its Finnish affiliate to fully integrate the operations. Janne Eriksson, Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield Finland, tells Nordic Property News about the change, the opportunities that open up and about the state of the Finnish market.

Sweden — Alecta Fastigheter strikes with a huge deal in Gothenburg when Våghuset and Brick Studios are acquired for SEK 2.2 billion from NCC. Lena Boberg, CEO of Alecta Fastigheter, tells Nordic Property News how the buildings complement the existing portfolio, the development of the Masthuggskajen area, the view of the Gothenburg portfolio and how they want to continue growing in the city in the future.

Sweden — On Wednesday, Titania announced that after long negotiations they had reached an agreement with Klövern regarding a future acquisition. 416 homes in a legally approved zoning plan at Huddinge station, outside Stockholm. CEO Einar Janson shares their ambitions for 2025 and the conditions for further acquisitions.

Denmark — A major transaction takes place in as Montagu agrees the sale of DEAS Asset Management Group to Fokus Nordic. Rikke Lykke, Group CEO of DEAS, tells Nordic Property News about the state of the company Fokus Nordic is acquiring, her time at DEAS and the work on divesting the two companies, and about what awaits herself following the closing of the transaction.

Nordic — Croisette consolidates operations. The insurance advisory business is intended to be divested and the property management will be closed down. Croisette's CEO Per Svensson explains why these measures are chosen, how the financial situation has been in the company, how many positions are affected in the consolidation, whether further measures may be relevant and the future plans for the company.

Sweden — Castellum has completed one of the year's largest lettings in Stockholm by signing an agreement with broadcasting company TV4 for 15,000 square meters in Norra Djurgårdsstaden. Sven Stork, CEO of Region Stockholm at Castellum, tells Nordic Property News about the importance of getting such a well-known tenant to the new development area, how he experiences the interest in Norra Djurgårdsstaden and how important a tenant TV4 will be for Castellum in Stockholm.

Sweden — When Trianon presented its report for the third quarter of 2024 it included a renewed business plan. Nordic Property News had a chat with Trianon's CEO, Olof Andersson: "We can state that the urbanization trend is intact."

Nordic — From Cibus' point of view, it is becoming clear that grocery retailing is a stable and non-cyclical industry. The company sees interesting opportunities in all existing markets and is also actively evaluating new markets in Continental Europe. "We continue to develop the company with our internal passion which we call 'Supermarket Love'", explains CEO Christian Fredrixon.

Sweden — Klarabo has released its report for the third quarter of 2024, a quarter in which the company increases earnings on most items. Klarabo's CEO, Andreas Morfiadakis, is satisfied with the figures, but still has a restrictive attitude towards new production going forward.

Nordic — In 2022, Patrizia bought a residential stock in Stockholm consisting of four multi-family buildings, over approximately 47,000 square meters, 879 units and 588 parking spaces from Aros Bostad for approximately SEK 3.6 billion, EUR 0.33 billion. The purchase price made the deal one of the biggest of the year in Sweden. With the deal, Patrizia's Swedish portfolio also reached EUR 0.83 billion.

Nordic — In the report presented on Thursday, it was clear that Skanska delivers a turnover of SEK 42,799 million, which is in line with expectations during the third quarter. As for the operating profit, expectations were higher than the report shows, it rose to SEK 1,261 million. “We see improvements - but it will take time”, says Skanska's CEO Anders Danielsson.

Nordic — Pandox's CEO, Liia Nõu, made it clear at the presentation of the latest quarterly report that they are looking for acquisitions, mainly within the three strong markets they are already doing best in: Great Britain, the Nordics and Germany. "The latest acquisition had a seven percent yield, so that's what we're aiming for", says the Pandox CEO.

Nordic — There has been speculation as to how the outcome of the American election would affect the economy and the stock markets. As Donald Trump was declared the winner early morning Tuesday, Nordic time, Nordic Property News took a closer look at how the construction and real estate stocks responded to the election results.

Sweden — Corem recently presented its third quarterly report for 2024. CEO Rutger Arnhult placed a lot of focus on Kista and the news reporting that presented a demanding rental situation in the district, which has as vacancy rate of around 20 percent according to Newsec.

Nordic — Johan Bråkenhielm, Head of Nordics for Schroders Capital Real Estate, sees increased interest from international investors who have set their sights on Sweden again. Consequently, the rest of the Nordic region follows, where he identifies two really big advantages that Sweden has but which are not shared by Denmark and Finland.

Nordic — Today, the ballot boxes will be filled with the American votes that will determine the incredibly close election. Will it be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris who will be the next president and what significance will that have for the economy? Anders Elvinsson, Head of Valuation and Strategic Advisory, at Cushman & Wakefield, gives his view on the election.

Nordic — Logistea continues to optimize its portfolio by divesting two properties in Norway. After the deal, Logistea's vice president and head of transactions, Anders Nordvall, tells Nordic Property News about the growth plans, about the work to create a joint portfolio after the merger with KMC, the portfolio balance between Sweden and Norway and where you want to invest the additional liquidity from the latest deals.

Nordic — The finish line is close and tomorrow America go to the polls. At the same time, it is incredibly even between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The Chief Economist at the Swedish bank SBAB, Robert Boije, shares his view on what each candidate would mean for the global economy.

Sweden — John Mattson delivers an increased management result and had a continued positive value development in the property portfolio during the quarter. The company's adaptation to new conditions has been successful and John Mattson can now once again invest in long-term value creation.

Nordic — After a blossoming September the real estate and construction share dropped significantly in October. Nordic Property News Nordic Property News presents the winners and losers on the stock exchange during October.

Sweden — The fight is over, the growing debts finally became too much, and the Swedish Tax Agency's bankruptcy application was the death blow. Oscar Properties is declared bankrupt. CEO Richard Bagge comments on the outcome of the court on Thursday.