Sweden — The former CEO of Castellum continues to to deepen his social commitment and is now involved in starting a new foundation to create a better Gothenburg. He is part of a well-known trio that also consists of former Säpo chief Klas Friberg and Majblomman's former general secretary Tove Lindhahl Greve. Henrik Saxborn tells Nordic Property News more about the new initiative and what he hopes they will achieve.

Nordic — Edward Fryzer, Director, Investments at Pembroke: “We are creating a lot of organic growth within our portfolio in the Nordics, which is a strategy of ours.”

Sweden — Savills' latest report on the office market in Gothenburg highlights several new interesting findings that Nordic Property News dives into together with Head of Research, Maryrose David, and Savills' Office Expert, Lisa Örn. * Big difference compared to Stockholm * This is where the vacancy levels are increasing * Unusual discounts for new contracts

Sweden — Mattias Lundström only lasted just over nine months in the role of CFO at John Mattson. For Nordic Property News, CEO Per Nilsson explains why the CFO is leaving the company.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents the fees of the chairmen in the largest Nordic real estate companies on the stock exchange.

Denmark — Capital Investment makes a change in CEO as Jesper Damborg steps down. Damborg tells Nordic Property News about the decision, stepping into a role on Capital Investment’s Board of Directors and what’s next for himself.

Nordic — Nordic Property News presents the wages of the CEOs in the largest Nordic real estate companies on the stock exchange.

Nordic — Nordic Property News takes a closer look at the largest transactions on the Nordic markets in Q1.

Sweden — The office market is estimated to continue struggling with even higher yields, a decreased rental growth prospect and increased vacancies, according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest Office Snapshot. Anders Elvinsson, Head of Valuation & Strategic Advisory, on the outcome of the report.

Sweden — The detailed plan for over 31,000 square meters of new office space is now only awaiting approval by the city council before work can begin.

Nordic — Michael Swank, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone, tells Nordic Property News about the Nordic investment plans, the focus segment in the Nordics and the company’s view on ESG when investing.

Nordic — Q1 2023 is the weakest first quarter in the transaction market in a decade, new figures from the adviser Colliers show. The recovery forecast will now probably have to be pushed forward to the autumn, says head of analysis Mikael Söderlundh in an interview with Nordic Property News, where he also comments on the dramatic drop in volume, how discussions are going on the market and why property values will probably have to be written down even more in the upcoming Q1 reports.

Nordic — In Sweden the only type of store segment that has increased in recent years is discount stores. Despite that, until now there has not been a company that has focused solely on that segment. This is what Fredrik Mässing, new CEO of the newly formed company Prisma see as an advantage. "We have large growth plans in the coming years, both in existing acquisitions and through the development of new locations".

Nordic — Patrik Kallenvret, Head of Capital Markets Nordics, CBRE: "There are reasons to be more optimistic now."

Sweden — With inflation continuing to rise in Sweden, Lidl is especially in the limelight after it was the first among the food chains in Sweden to lower the prices of a number of items from the assortment. In an exclusive interview with Nordic Property News, property director Carl Balcer talks about how the chain works with its store concepts, how it has prepared for greater customer pressure and what they are looking for in terms of locations in their quest to expand in the Swedish grocery market.

Sweden — The CEO of SBB increased his basic salary last year and also received a bonus increase of almost 55 percent compared to 2021.

Sweden — Just like last year, Cernera is changing the management team – this time by naming Oskar Malmén as CEO of the company. The incoming CEO tells Nordic Property News about the change, how the company will be weighted going forward and which will be the most important parts during the remainder of 2023.

Nordic — A difficult February was followed by a tough March where property companies continued to fall heavily on the stock market – nearly all of the companies on the largest nordic lists lost value during the month. Here Nordic Property News presents a list of how the companies performed on the stock exchange during the third month of the year.

Sweden — Klövern's owners, Corem, ALM Equity, and Broskeppet Bostad, have entered into a letter of intent with a secret international investor that the latter intends to acquire 25 percent of the shares in Klövern, to a value of approximately SEK 1,350 million. Klövern's Chairman of the Board, Patrik Essehorn, tells Nordic Property News about the new issue and plans for the future.

Nordic — The hottest Nordic recruitments in Q1.

Sweden — Trianon and JM want to build several hundred homes next to the Entré shopping center in Malmö – but the plan will change slightly in connection with the fact that the land reference must now be extended. Nordic Property News takes a closer look at the project.

Sweden — Skanska wants to demolish parts of the existing buildings on the site and develop the block with, among other things, new residential and office buildings. Nordic Property News takes a closer look at the plans.

Nordic — With a new off market acquisition from Corem, Logicor continues to strengthen its position in the Nordics. Christoffer Walljaeger, Director, Asset Management in Sweden at Logicor, tells Nordic Property News about the plans for the newly purchased property in Rosersberg, what new acquisitions they are looking on the Swedish market and about the growth plans in the entire Nordic region.

Sweden — Rutger Arnhult's ownership company M2 Asset Management has repaid a securities loan of just under SEK 3 billion regarding shares in Castellum. After the transaction M2's ownership in Castellum amounts to approximately 1 percent of capital and votes.

Nordic — Nordic Property News has taken a closer look at the listed property companies' rental income in 2022 to find out which heavyweights increased their income the most compared to 2021. Here is the full list.