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Catella forms a new EUR 10 billion fund Investment Management platform

Sweden — Catella announces the strategic merger of the front office operations of its subsidiaries Catella Residential Investment Management GmbH, Berlin (CRIM) and Catella Real Estate AG, Munich (CREAG) to form Catella Investment Management GmbH (CIM). The merger aims to create a stronger fund investment management platform for enhanced operational efficiency, effective from January 1, 2025.

The foreign investors' misjudgments of the Swedish market: "It's laughable"

Sweden — The highly debated Swedish transaction market has been healthy all the way through the last years – despite the slowdown – and foreign buyers have misjudged the whole situation. This is the opinion of the renowned panel – consisting of Stefan Dahlbo, Anneli Jansson, Sven-Olof Johansson, Joacim Sjöberg and Theodor Jarnhammar – who discussed the issue during the event Stora Kontorsdagen and who see signs of increased activity in the future.

Wihlborgs sells housing development rights outside Copenhagen

Denmark — Wihlborgs has sold the housing development rights for the Vasekaer 7 property in the Hørkær area in Herlev Municipality northwest of Copenhagen. The rights comprise a GFA of 18,500 square metres and were sold in October to a joint venture of Nordkranen and Catella for DKK 72.5 million (EUR 9.7 million).

Catella strengthens Corporate Finance Sweden with Bengt Claesson as a new Partner

Sweden — Catella Corporate Finance further strengthens its organization with the recruitment of Bengt Claesson as a new Partner who will take office in January 2025. Claesson joins from SEB and gives Catella increased strength in qualified advice for capital market and M&A deals as well as larger transactions.

Fredrik Kihlström joins Catella

Sweden — Catella Corporate Finance strengthens its operations in Stockholm by joining Fredrik Kihlström as Associate Director with a focus on transaction advisory within the industry and logistics segment. Fredrik comes most recently from Prologis where he worked with acquisitions.

The Swedish Order of Freemasons sells property in Lund

Sweden — Catella acted as advisor to the Swedish Order of Freemasons in the sale of a residential property in the historic Kulturkvadranten in the absolute center of Lund to Malmö Nation.

Theodor Jarnhammar named acting CEO of Catella Corporate Finance Sweden

Sweden — Catella has decided to appoint Theodor Jarnhammar as acting CEO of Catella Corporate Finance Sweden. He thereby replaces Daniel Gorosch, who has been appointed acting CEO and CEO of Catella Group during the time that the recruitment of a new CEO is underway.

Catella’s CEO Christoffer Abramson leaves the company

Nordic — Following 3.5 years as CEO and President of Catella, Christoffer Abramson and the Board have agreed that he shall resign from his position. The Board will now initiate the recruitment of a new permanent CEO and President, and has in the meantime appointed Daniel Gorosch, currently CEO of Catella Corporate Finance Sweden, as acting CEO and President commencing immediately.

How Catella will gain the upper hand through AI: "We want to shake up the industry"

Nordic — For almost two years, Martin Johanson, CIO and CAIO at Catella, and the team have worked on developing an AI tool that will shake up the otherwise conservative real estate industry. “We think it will hit pretty hard when the traditional well-ironed shirt meets the one who has the upper hand in information.”

Areim buys light industrial portfolio from Castellum

Sweden — Areim has acquired eight light industrial properties in Västerås in Sweden with approximately 17,000 sqm of lettable area from Castellum. The properties are located in the Hälla and Hacksta industrial areas. With this acquisition, Areim establishes itself in Västerås, Sweden's sixth largest city, within the light industrial sector and expands outside the metropolitan regions.

Catella turns to a loss in the second quarter

Nordic — Catella reports declining turnover during the second quarter compared to the same period the year before, and operating profit also decreased.

Catella’s pan-European Fund CER III Acquires Student Housing Property in Leipzig

Sweden — Catella European Residential III Fund (CER III) has acquired a 177-unit fully rented student housing development in Leipzig, in the eastern German state of Saxony for around EUR 23 million from the Family Office Drengenberg. This latest investment takes CER III’s total assets under management to EUR 800 million. The Fund is managed by Berlin-based Catella Residential Investment Management (CRIM).

"There is both international and domestic capital looking actively"

Finland — Catella makes a management change as Petteri Kokko succeeds Antti Louko as Managing Director in Finland. Petteri Kokko tells Nordic Property News about his step up, his view on Catella’s position in Finland, the state of the Finnish market and how it will develop going forward.

Petteri Kokko appointed new MD of Catella Corporate Finance Finland

Finland — Catella has appointed Petteri Kokko, current Head of Transactions, as new Managing Director at Catella Corporate Finance Finland succeeding Antti Louko. Petteri Kokko will start his new position 1 July 2024.

Catella’s pan-European Fund CER III acquires portfolio in Finland’s ‘Golden Residential Triangle’

Finland — The Catella European Residential III Fund (CER III) has, in cooperation with Catella Asset Management Oy, acquired a portfolio of 243 new-build apartments, six commercial units and 122 parking spaces in the Finnish cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Vantaa, for approximately EUR 50 million from Oivat Kaupunkikodit Ky, a fund managed by EQ Asset Management Ltd.

Indlog Properties Oy has bought a logistics property in Kouvola

Finland — Real estate investment company Indlog Properties Oy managed by Confido group and Catella has bought a logistics property in Kouvola. The acquisition is the company's eighth target after its establishment in 2022. The investment company's strategy is to invest in high-yield small-scale industrial and logistics sites in Finland, and its target portfolio size is EUR 100 million.

Jussi Artema joins Catella

Finland — Jussi Artema joins Catella Asset Management Finland as Associate.

Catella appointed as local operating partner for Corum in Finland

Finland — Catella Asset Management appointed as local operating partner for Corum in Finland. Corum Origin and Corum Eurion (Corum) owns a Finnish real estate portfolio of 21 properties with a total gross leasable area (GLA) of 142,000 sqm. The portfolio’s assets are located across Finland, and they are mainly leased to a single tenant on a long lease.

Catella on the market forecast

Nordic — Nordic Property News reporter had a unique opportunity to sit down with Catella's CEO Christoffer Abramson for a conversation about the health forecast for the property market in general, how Catella is preparing for the future and how he wants their project portfolio to develop going forward. “We must follow and lead the development,” he says.

Daniel Gorosch: "It's not like money is being thrown into the market"

Nordic — Daniel Gorosch visits Mipim for the first time as CEO of Catella. For Nordic Property News he talks about the willingness to invest, his view of the market and how international investors see the changing image of Sweden.

"We should become a sharper in certain segments"

Sweden — Catella continues its journey towards a stronger position among real estate advisors by recruiting Theodor Jarnhammar as Partner and to the position of Head of Office Transactions. The company's CEO Daniel Gorosch tells Nordic Property News about the strategy surrounding the recruitment for the new role, his view on the transaction market for offices going forward and about his start at Catella.

M2 Asset Management sells residential property to Pensam

Denmark — Rutger Arnhult's M2 Asset Management sells a residential property containing 78 apartments and 15 parking spaces in Copenhagen to Pensam.

Kojamo divests historic Helsinki property to Cobbleyard and HCP Bricks

Finland — Kojamo sells the historic property located in Kamppi to Cobbleyard Real Estate Oy and HCP Bricks.

How new CEO Daniel Gorosch wants to rebuild Catella

Sweden — At the beginning of the 2023, Daniel Gorosch announced that he was leaving the assignment as CCO at Colliers, a role he took after the acquisition of Pangea. Now he has taken the step into one of Catella's CEO chairs and sees great opportunities to rebuild the company's market share in the current market situation.

Catella appoints Daniel Gorosch as new MD of Corporate Finance Sweden

Sweden — Catella appoints Daniel Gorosch as new Managing Director of Corporate Finance Sweden. Current Managing Director Jacob Bruzelius will thereby whole-heartedly focus on the company’s successful offering within Debt Capital Markets.