Nordic — After Finnish comedy group KAJ won big with the song "Bara bada bastu"(Just take a sauna) in the Swedish Melodifestivalen a little more than a week ago, Nordic Property News asked the question – will more people want to take a sauna now and let the sweat swirl? Will it affect what is demanded in newly produced residential and to what extent are companies working with offering a sauna today? Six companies in the industry answer this question.

Sweden — Have offices become a worse investment? Neither Karl Persson, Nordic CEO, nor Peter W-O Berglin, Associate Director, at Cushman & Wakefield, believe so. They give their views on investor interest in the office market and the potential for neighboring buildings in the future, where Gothenburg in particular have great opportunities.

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.

Sweden — To meet a new reality with changing office needs, Skanska Fastigheter is launching a pilot project with a sharing-based business model. In Sthlm 3:2, two companies will share office spaces and dispose of them two and three days respectively per week. Sofie Hjort, project manager at Skanska Fastigheter, tells Nordic Property News about the project, how the companies will be combined, what the rental picture will look like for the actors involved and about the future of the model after the initial test period.