Finland — Barings Real Estate Advisers announces that it has acquired a EUR 43M portfolio of seven residential properties in Finland from Varma. Following this acquisition, Barings’ first in the residential sector in Europe, the firm now manages more than EUR 844M of real estate assets in the Nordics.

Finland — TH Real Estate has agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in the Kamppi Centre, a prime shopping centre located in Helsinki, Finland from Barings Real Estate Advisers, acting on behalf of the Nordic Retail Fund, thereby creating a 50:50 joint venture partnership between Allianz and TH Real Estate. The 50 percent stake, which values the centre at over EUR 500M, is to be acquired on behalf of TH Real Estate’s flagship pan-European investment vehicle, the European Cities Fund, which was launched in 2016.

Finland — Barings Real Estate Advisers has appointed Lotta Lehtinen as Associate Director for asset management in Finland, to further support the company’s growth in the region following the appointment of Göran Bengtsson as Head of the Nordics in October last year.