Valad will assume responsibility for the on-going asset management of the portfolio. The Omega portfolio comprises 109,000 square meters of space across 13 office buildings, five industrial buildings and four buildings with primarily retail premises.
 
More than 80 per cent of the value of the portfolio is located in the HMA region, which includes the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. The most prominent building in the portfolio is the Kaisanimenkatu 13 office building, a well-located, modernised historical building located on the fringe of Helsinki CBD, which is home to among others the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB). In aggregate, the buildings in the portfolio are currently let to more than 200 tenants, including Mehiläinen, S-Group, St1, Cisco and LähiTapiola.      
   
"With a mix of high quality office buildings such as Kaisaniemenkatu 13 and Stella Terra, part of the Stella Business Park in Leppävaara, and properties with potential for value-adding activities, the Omega portfolio provides opportunities for us to use our local knowledge to create significant value through a variety of strategies. These include leasing, re-zoning for residential use and the creation of sub-portfolios of institutional grade investment properties that will attract a wider group of investors,” says Tomas Beck, Head of Nordics.
 
"The Cromwell business in Europe has an extensive platform which our clients are utilising to access quality real estate transactions. This latest trade highlights how one of our private equity clients has benefitted from our extensive European platform to access good quality deals in a new geographic area. The combination of locally based teams and an established cross-border platform is a great enabler, providing clients with the confidence to invest in new markets as they search for returns from European real estate,” says David Kirkby, CEO Europe.
 
JLL acted as sell side advisor in the transaction.