Finland — Catella acted as an advisor to employment pension company Varma in the sale of Kiinteistö Oy Kuntotalo and in a sale of Lappeenrannan Kodinkeskus retail property.

Finland — Investors represented by Cobbleyard Real Estate and Revcap have divested two modern office properties located in the Hervanta office area in Tampere to a fund managed by Quadoro Investment Gmbh.

Denmark — Catella procures debt financing for Hines’ unique redevelopment project of a hotel and retail in central Copenhagen.

Sweden — In the July issue of Catella's CREDI, the Main index increases from 33.7 to 40.4 as corporates have strong expectations of a near future recovery while the current situation is deemed gloomy by both banks and corporates.

Finland — Senate Properties sells a property, which comprises an entire block in the Helsinki city centre. The buyer is a Finnish real estate development company HGR Property Partners Oy.

Sweden — Catella invests MSEK 500 to develop a logistic property in the municipality of Norrköping together with the former owners of Royal Design. The transaction is conditional on the granting of building permits.

Sweden — Catella enters into a strategic partnership with Athanase, with the object to further develop and enhance the client offering through Catella Fondförvaltning. In conjunction, Athanase acquires 70 percent of the shares in Catella Fondförvaltning (“CFF”) for cash consideration of SEK 126-154 million, depending on CFF’s development until the transaction date.

Sweden — Jacob Bruzelius has been appointed Head of Debt Advisory and Restructuring at Catella's Corporate Finance in Stockholm. He joins Catella from Rikshem. Previously he has held positions at Aareal Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

Finland — Mutual Pension Insurance Company Varma has sold a reception centre property in Helsinki to an unnamed buyer.

Finland — A private owner has divested the office property in the address Laturinkuja 6 in the Vallikallio area in Espoo.

Finland — Catella acted as private investor’s financial advisor in the purchase of an office property in the Tampere city centre. The seller of the property was another private investor.

Finland — Balder acquires seven properties in Finland.

Finland — Matkahuolto divests of a property portfolio consisting 13 assets in several locations across Finland. Most of the assets are commercial premises in travel centres and bus stations. The buyer is a group of private investors.

Finland — Evli acquires healthcare property from Fincap.

Finland — Kruunuvuoren Satama, which is a subsidiary of Kesko Group, has divested a retail property located in Karjasilta in Oulu. The anchor tenants of the property include Budget Sport and Intersport.

Finland — Lumo Kodit Oy and Valio Pension Fund with Valio Mutual Pension Insurance Fund have agreed on the acquisition of 143 apartments.

Finland — The property is well-known as the former headquarter of Amer Sports and comprises circa 10,000 sqm of lettable area. The seller is a German fund in liquidation.

Denmark — Agat Ejendomme and By & Havn divests an underground parking facility at Amerika Plads in Copenhagen for DKK 335 million to Jeudan.

Finland — Fennica Properties, managed by Fennia Group, acquires a retail property located in Suomenoja, Espoo, from Julius Tallberg-Kiinteistöt.

Sweden — Catella's President and CEO Knut Pedersen has informed the Board that he wishes to leave his role as CEO. He will continue in his current role during the notice period of a maximum of 6 months and will leave the position as CEO at the latest in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting.

Finland — Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company sells the Syke Shopping Centre in Lahti to Osuuskauppa Hämeenmaa cooperative.