Denmark — Thylander gets a new CEO as Bjarke Mikkelsen takes the helm while Lars Thylander assumes the role of Chairman of the Board. Bjarke Mikkelsen tells Nordic Property News about his return to the Denmark and the first step into an environment where real estate will be his main business, the state of Thylander and the company’s most important tasks going forward.

Sweden — On Wednesday, NP3 Fastigheter was able to announce that they completed six transactions and thereby acquired six properties with a property value of SEK 181 million (approximately EUR 16.5 million), primarily for industrial purposes. A small sum, but also a start to get back to the transaction market after a two-year hiatus for the acquisition-hungry company that NP3 is, says CEO Andreas Wahlén.

Norway — The Norwegian market has been picking up speed in the start of 2024. Frida Tosterud Grov, recently promoted to Head of Capital Markets Norway at Colliers, tells Nordic Property News how she sees the market situation in Norway developing, about the foreign interest in Norwegian real estate and which segments will be leading on the transaction market in Norway in the future.

Sweden — Yesterday was dividend day in SBB and tomorrow the company has its annual general meeting where, among others, Lennart Sten is expected to be elected as the new chairman of the board. Nordic Property News discusses the situation for the pressured company with Arctic Securities analyst Michael Johansson.

Sweden — Skanska takes a big step in the work of building up its own management portfolio, by selling the Citygate office property in Gothenburg to its own Investment Property branch. Ida Granqvist, Investment Properties Manager at Skanska Fastigheter, tells Nordic Property News about why Citygate is a good fit for the company, about the importance of having also established itself on the Gothenburg market, about the next step for the Investment Properties business and how the first period since she assumed her new position has been.

Sweden — SBB is being pressured on the stock market, bankruptcy threatened Oscar Properties is getting ready to release its delayed annual report and Kvalitena is continuing with the reconstruction of the company. Nordic Property News goes thru the current situation regarding some of the industry's most pressured players.

Sweden — Poyan Katebi leaves the role as CEO of Samfastigheter to instead become CEO of the newly started company SINDI backed by heavy players such as Brunswick and SEB. The new company is focused on social sustainability in the real estate industry and for Nordic Property News Poyan Katebi talks more about the new investment and ambitions.

Finland — Slättö grows its Finnish portfolio through two separate transactions. Ilkka Salminen, Head of Finland at Slättö, tells Nordic Property News about growth ambitions for the Finnish market, what segments and locations they consider attractive for new investments and how he sees the Finnish real estate markets developing going forward.

Nordic — They invested the most money in their own existing portfolios in Q1.

Sweden — Skaraborg is facing a major change and the population will increase dramatically if the municipalities themselves are to be believed. One of the municipalities, Mariestad, is investing heavily in the establishments that await. 11,000 homes are needed – largely due to decision from Volvo.

Nordic — Paul Hampton, Charles-Nicolas Tarrière and Kevin Muscat have regrouped to launch Evonite, after previously working together at Rockspring Property Investment Managers and Patrizia.

Sweden — 41,000 square meters of offices, center operations and parking will be scrapped when the furniture giant rethinks project. Nordic Property News takes a closer look at the project.

Nordic — A "new" actor enters the Nordic logistics markets when Logistea and KMC Properties merge and form one of the Nordics' largest listed logistic real estate companies under the name Logistea. Niklas Zuckerman, CEO of the company, tells Nordic Property News about the decision to merge the companies, the position the new company will get in the market, the advantages that come with becoming a clearer Nordic player, and how hey view the portfolio that the new Logistea will have at its disposal .

Nordic — Technopolis wants to increase its focus on its Nordic core markets and is therefore adjusting its geographical presence through two divestments in the Baltic region. Through this, they want to concentrate resources and investments in the Nordic region, where the company sees the greatest potential for growth. Nordic Property News has spoken to Emma Kuzmina, Chair of the Board of Technopolis, who describes the strategy and thinking behind the sale.

Sweden — Oscar Properties' new CEO Richard Bagge gives a few brief comments to Nordic Property News about his new role as CEO and board member in the pressured property company. Among other things, there is new hope around the company's attempt to achieve a reconstruction. CFO Magnus Thimgren adds some additional answer regarding the situation for the company.

Nordic — Bids farewell to the company after nearly six years.

Sweden — Bonava is, as we learned last week, starting production of around 180 homes in Germany. It is the regions of Berlin, Rhine-Main, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony that will be the stage for the current production starts, which are expected to be completed in 2025 and 2026. Nordic Property News has spoken to CEO Peter Wallin, who tells us more about the German investment.

Sweden — It has been a busy two months for Oscar Properties, which teetered close to bankruptcy and had its restructuring application rejected twice with reference to the fact that the board is not in a decision-making body as it now only consists of the company's founder Oscar Engelbert. He, in turn, sees this as the company becoming "rulerless" and has called for an extra general meeting to be held today with the aim, among other things, of electing a new board and chairman. Nordic Property News takes a closer look at the twists and turns at a company in crisis.

Nordic — CBRE strengthens its Industrial & Logistics team and promotes Jouko Lehtonen to Head of Industrial & Logistics, Advisory, Nordics. He tells Nordic Property News about the change and his new role, the goals for the business area, the interest from non-Nordic investors look like for Nordic logistics and how he sees the Nordic logistics market developing in the future.

Sweden — Third time's the charm for Serneke who, in collaboration with Semrén & Månsson and Mareld arkitekter, has now produced a new proposal for the design of the much-talked-about Cirkustomten in central Gothenburg. See the illustrations and read more about the project that Serneke has been working on since 2016 when the land was first granted to the company.

Nordic — Skanska's Commercial Real Estate Development had a busy 24 hours earlier this week when they closed two major sales for a total of approximately SEK 2 billion. After the sales in Poland and Denmark, Claes Larsson, Executive Vice President and responsible for commercial development at Skanska, tells Nordic Property News more about how the divestments came about and how the company continues to work on the transaction market.

Nordic — Nordic Property News has taken a look at the listed property companies' reports for Q1 2024 to see which of them report the largest increase in net rental income compared to 2023.

Sweden — Yesterday, Tuesday, the Swedish statistical authority SCB published new figures for their forecast for how much the cities will grow in population in the coming five years. At the top is Gothenburg, which will grow by over 16,000 inhabitants. For the capital Stockholm, that number is only 10,000. But being the city that will grow the most also places greater demands on the municipality, says Christina Heikel, who is responsible for urban development at the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

Sweden — Through an acquisition from Bonava, the upstart Aeonic takes a big step towards its goal of creating its own long-term housing portfolio. The company's CEO and co-founder Peter Saxby tells Nordic Property News about the new acquisition, about the business model with a focus on refinement, about the long-term goal of 10,000 homes and how to get there.

Sweden — Volito Fastigheter is acquiring the property Gustavshem 2 in Västerbro in Lund from Riksbyggen. Volito, which was previously strictly Malmö-based, is thus expanding its operations to Lund. CEO Marie Persson tells Nordic Property News about the purchase – and the company's growth journey.