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.

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

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.

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.

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 — 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 — 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.

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.

Sweden — Diös will have a new CEO after the turn of the year. David Carlsson most recently comes from the Balticgruppen as CEO, but has also been, among other things, regional director at Akademiska Hus. To Nordic Property News he shares the joy of taking on a company like Diös in these times when northern Sweden is growing with a very large potential going forward.

Nordic — The latest figures from the transaction advisor Colliers show that May was the strongest transaction month in the Nordic market so far this year with a total volume of just over 2.5 billion euros. The Swedish market accounted for over 40 percent of the volume.

Sweden — In the last days of May, Svenska Handelsfastigheter completed the major acquisition from Brunswick, the third largest deal the company has ever completed. CEO Thomas Holm tells Nordic Property News about the fast negotiations, the potential of the new stock and why the building rights can rest indefinitely.

Sweden — The real estate sector is in a defensive phase, but the market is doing better than what could have been thought a year ago, says Arctic Securities analyst Michael Johansson, who recently attended an event organized by SBF Fonder. There, he told, among other things, more about why housing will be by far the strongest segment on the transaction market for the rest of the year and what is currently holding the market back from opening up completely.

Nordic — Svefa continues its aggressive growth investment and adds the rental of commercial premises to its range – an investment that will be led by Jessica Gräsberg. Svefa's CEO Mikael Lundström tells Nordic Property News why they are choosing to launch the new venture now, the situation in the office rental market, the goals for the rental leg and about the key recruitment of Jessica Gräsberg.

Sweden — During an event organized by SBF Fonder, SBAB's chief economist Robert Boije explained that all the factors that previously drove up inflation have been completely normalized and the underlying figures now points towards inflation being defeated. Here he explains more about what this means for the housing market, both in terms of sales, new production and future investments in the segment.