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How new CEO Daniel Gorosch wants to rebuild Catella

Sweden Sweden — At the beginning of the 2023, Daniel Gorosch announced that he was leaving the assignment as CCO at Colliers, a role he took after the acquisition of Pangea. Now he has taken the step into one of Catella's CEO chairs and sees great opportunities to rebuild the company's market share in the current market situation.

Colliers' expert: Why real estate stocks are climbing right now

Nordic — After a longer sour period, real estate shares are currently doing very well on the stock market and the sector has had an upswing of over 20 percent. Nordic Property News takes the help of Colliers head of research Mikael Söderlundh to get a handle on what is driving the positive trend right now, what the upswing means for the outlook on the real estate sector and how the companies will act in 2024 following the Riksbank's and the Financial Supervisory Authority's calls for, among other things, more sales.

"There are still investors with a lot of capital who will continue to invest in 2024"

Sweden Sweden — CBRE strengthens its advisory operations with Daniel Hummel as new CEO of the Swedish operations. He tells Nordic Property News about the new position at CBRE, the return to the real estate industry and gives his view on the transaction market in 2024.

YIT's way through the construction crisis

Finland Finland — Heikki Vuorenmaa, President and CEO of YIT, tells Nordic Property News about the challenging housing market, what measures that have to be done, and how to act, going forward.

November 2023: The Nordic top transactions

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents the largest transactions on the Nordic property market in November, 2023.

Geopolitical tension and it's effect on investments in the hotel market

Nordic — Where does the hotel capital come from and how does it move in the global market? When the JLL manager summarize how geopolitics affects how capital moves, there are a number of different markets to keep an eye on.

Niam turns its eye towards logistics with major acquisition: "Seriously entering the segment"

Nordic — Through the deal with Savills IM, Niam is seriously entering the logistics market. The company's fund manager, Henrik Gerdin, tells Nordic Property News what the acquired portfolio means for the investment, what they look for in new logistics acquisitions, which markets they look at, and how he sees the logistics market in the Nordics.

The dark side of the real estate industry: "A million people can be working here illegally"

Sweden Sweden — The use of illegal labor may be much greater than previously thought. According to Jessica Löfström at Ansvar Säkerhet, as many as one million people can work in Sweden illegally, without security and with low wages. Nordic Property News has had to take part in the shocking figures.

Keyplayer leaves JLL

Nordic — Leaves JLL after four years to return to a former employer.

After the Nordic MD's resignation: How Mileway moves forward

Nordic — Mileway's Chief Real Estate Officer Thomas ten Bokum on the Nordic organization and the view on the Nordic market for the Blackstone company.

Comeback month for Nordic real estate stocks in November

Nordic — November was by far the best stock exchange month of the year for real estate shares so far in 2023 with almost perfect gains, several of them strong. Here Nordic Property News summarizes how the companies performed during the penultimate month of the year, with several of the stock exchange's heavyweights near the top.

The infrastructure project that will have a major impact on Danish logistics

Denmark Denmark — CBRE expects the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link to strengthen the Danish industrial and logistics sector. Dragana Marina, CBRE Denmark's Head of Research and Sustainability Lead, on the possible increased interest in Danish real estate.

Cibus appoints new CEO: "A natural step"

Nordic — Cibus has found the successor to Sverker Källgården. The new CEO from mid-January will be Christian Fredrixon. Chairman of the board Patrick Gylling tells Nordic Property News why the choice fell on Christian Fredrixon, and Fredrixon himself talks about his new role, and gives his view on the company and the market.

Housing sales on the rise in Finland: First home buyers active again

Finland Finland — The number of housing transactions began to increase clearly in October in some cities in Finland, which makes Sb-Hem's CEO Jukka Rantanen believe that there will be more housing transactions in Finland in November than during the corresponding period last year. "Now the development has finally turned in a positive direction," says Jukka Rantanen to Nordic Property News.

The markets where Nordiqus looks for new acquisitions in the Nordics

Nordic — The deal between SBB and Brookfield has been approved and thus their joint company Educo has taken a new shape and a new name: Nordiqus. The company's CEO Jenny Rehn tells Nordic Property News about the direction going forward, about the work to get a new rating, about the portfolio and about the possibilities for new property acquisitions in Sweden, the Nordics and in new markets.

"Now hotels are the best commercial properties to own"

Nordic — What is fact and what is fiction when it comes to the European hotel market and why are hotels the most attractive property in the commercial segment? This is what Robin Rossmann, CEO of international business at STR, explained when he visited the Pandox Hotel Market Day.

Arehult: "Our focus is to reduce new construction"

Sweden Sweden — Akademiska Hus has an ambitious program in terms of sustainability work and strives to achieve net-zero emissions in the entire value chain by 2035. CEO Caroline Arehult talkes about how she views the challenges that lie ahead of her, the company, the industry and the rest of society.

The MD Nordics for Blackstone's Mileway leaves the company

Nordic — Steps down after four years at the helm.

Nordic top buyers in the first three quarters

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the top buyers among the listed Nordic real estate companies in the first three quarters.

"More positive growth outlook than we expected"

Nordic — At the Pandox Hotel Market Day with a geopolitical outlook, David Goodger, Managing Director Tourism Economics at Oxford Economics, said that there is a reason for cautious optimism in the hotel sector despite difficult-to-fight inflation.

These are the Nordic top sellers in the first three quarters

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list of the top sellers among the listed Nordic real estate companies in the first three quarters.

The companies with the lowest ICRs in the Nordics

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents a list over the Nordic listed companies with the lowest Interest Coverage Ratios for Q3 2023.

Corem's plans for the Danish market: Staying – but cannot rule out more divestments

Denmark Denmark — In one of the largest deals in Denmark in 2023, Corem sold two properties in Copenhagen – which together accounted for 59 percent of the company's rental value in the Danish portfolio – to AP Ejendomme for EUR 334. Corem's Head of Transactions, Peeter Kinnunen, tells Nordic Property News about Corem's future plans in Denmark and gives his view on the transaction market in Denmark versus Sweden.

The companies with the highest LTVs in the Nordics

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents how high the loan-to-value ratio the listed companies had in Q3 2023.

Office yields expected to continue rising in Sweden’s largest markets

Sweden Sweden — These are the yield development expectancies in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, according to SEPREF’s Q4 consensus forecast.