Sweden — Odevo has made its third acquisition in the United States and with the four billion deal grows into one of the world's largest players in property management. This just one year after establishing itself on the other side of the Atlantic. Daniel Larsson, CEO of Odevo, comments on the deal and talks about the plans for the company.

Finland — Kinland’s CEO Benjamin Thorsen on the Finnish portfolio acquisition, the market for social infrastructure, and the challenges in financing at the moment.

Sweden — Logicor continues to make acquisitions in Sweden, this time through a purchase in Gothenburg from Grandab Fastigheter II. Christoffer Walljaeger, Director, Asset Managemen in Sweden at Logicor tells Nordic Property News about the acquisition, his view of the Gothenburg market and where Logicor wants to grow in Sweden.

Finland — As part of its asset rotation programme, the company has signed an agreement to sell a portfolio of 10 buildings in Finland.

Finland — Jaakko Ristola, Head of Real Estate at Evli on his new role since the merge with EAB, and the investment targets in a more challenging market.

Sweden — Besqab lays off 40 employees due to changed market conditions; which for Besqab means lower production volumes as a result of the deteriorating market situation which is behind one third of the working group now receiving a notice. "We will still have a large and strong core left," says CEO Carola Lavén to Nordic Property News.

Sweden — On July 1, it is time for Nasdaq Nordic's largest index, OMXS30, to make the next revision regarding which 30 stocks will be included in the coming six months. SBB was included almost a year ago and is one of the most traded shares in the index, but the question is whether the turbulence in the company and the volatility in the share could endanger the company's place in the index? Nordic Property News reviews the factors that could lead to an exclusion and Aktiespararna's general counsel Sverre Linton gives his view on SBB's future in the index.

Nordic — Patrizia appoints Erik Beets as Head of Asset Management for the Netherlands and Nordic Region. To Nordic Property News Beets shares his view on the Nordic market; the challenges, and where he expects to find the most attractive investments.

Finland — Johan Bråkenhielm, Head of Nordics for Real Estate on the new recruitment in Finland: “This will create great opportunities for us.”

Nordic — Judging by Moody's latest report on the European real estate market, Sweden stands out as the black sheep in the real estate family. Nordic Property News has taken a deep dive into the credit rating agency's latest analysis, where several different negative factors are flagged in the Swedish real estate market, such as high interest rates, lower valuations and a potential erosion of credit quality.

Sweden — Anna Nyberg steps down as CEO of Ica Fastigheter. She tells Nordic Property News about the decision, her time at the company and about her future plans.

Nordic — After Croisette last month launched its new partnership with global property advisor Knight Frank, it has been given yet another reason to try to expand operations to the only Nordic country where Croisette does not yet have any operations – Norway. For Nordic Property News, CEO Per Svensson shares more information about the Norwegian ambition, what type of business they want to establish there and how they aim to use the collaboration with Knight Frank to advance in the market.

Nordic — MSCI’s Europe Quarterly Property Index shows that commercial real estate investments generated negative total returns of -1.1 percent in the first quarter this year compared with the preceding three months. That created a negative total return of -7.4 percent in the last year.

Norway — Union Residential Development takes a big step by acquiring Bonava’s Norwegian portfolio and operations. Baard Schumann, Partner and CEO of Union Residential Development, tells Nordic Property News about the acquisition, what new investments they are looking for and when they hope to have the next deal done.

Nordic — Nordic Property News has taken a closer look at the listed property companies' rental income in Q1 2023 to find out which companies increased their income the most compared to Q1 2022. Here is the full list.

Nordic — Bonava sells its operations in Norway to Union Residential Development and with it leaves the Norwegian market completely. CEO Peter Wallin tells Nordic Property News how they arrived at the decision, how they will use the capital that is freed up and how Bonava views its other markets.

Denmark — Niam makes a change in its Danish leadership as Jacob de Lichtenberg becomes new Country Manager while Michael Berthelsen transitions into a new role as Senior Director. Jacob de Lichtenberg tells Nordic Property News about his new role and where Niam sees opportunities on the Danish market going forward.

Sweden — According to the Tass news agency, Russia has announced that the Russian consulate in Gothenburg will be closed from September 1. Now the political parties D, M and KD, who are part of the opposition, want the city management office to be tasked with investigating the possibilities of acquiring the land and property where the Russian consulate is housed today. Axel Josefson, opposition councilor and the municipal board's 2nd vice chairman, tells Nordic Property News more about the proposal and what ambitions they have for the property if the acquisition can be carried out.

Sweden — Investment activity in Swedish commercial properties has collapsed in the past year as companies have had difficulty adapting to higher interest rates. The latest statistics from MSCI show that the listed companies together have sold properties for approximately 3.1 billion dollars, close to 2.9 billion euros, so far in 2023. In an exclusive interview with Nordic Property News, Tom Leahy, executive director of MSCI Research, talks about the dramatic developments in the Swedish real estate market and what the future may hold.

Nordic — Nordic Property News lists the largest transactions in the Nordics during May, 2023.

Sweden — A major expansion of the vacant area at Hornsberg's old bus depot is underway. Selvaag Bolig is proposed to receive a land reference for the construction of housing and NCC for the construction of 9,000 square meters of offices, both land references where awarded in great competition.

Finland — The CEO chair at Conficap gets passed down to the next generations as Erik Toivanen succeeds Maarit Toivanen in the fall. The duo tells Nordic Property News about the change, their new roles and about what is next for Conficap.

Sweden — The project is being re-directed from the original idea of a school to nearly 500 homes with mixed forms of tenure. Nordic Property News reveals more about Citycon's plans in one of Stockholm's biggest focus areas.

Sweden — This Monday, the bid was completed which has now meant that Doxa has taken over more than 90 percent of Serneke Group. Ola Serneke, founder and previous CEO, says to Nordic Property News that it will be fun to enter a new and larger context.

Sweden — This is the expected development of yields in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, according to SEPREF’s consensus forecast.