Sweden — Stadsrum Fastigheter acquires the properties Dragarbrunn 23:1 and Dragarbrunn 23:3 (commonly known as Åhlénshuset) in Uppsala from Axfast.

Sweden — The global real estate investor Invesco Real Estate, together with its local partner in the Nordic region Scius Partners, acquires the office property Skålen 24 in Hagastaden, Stockholm from SEB Trygg Liv.

Sweden — Catella strengthens their retail offer by adding former the Agora and Steen & Strøm CEO as a Senior Advisor.

Sweden — Atrium Ljungberg and Folksam are selling properties to each other in a swap worth SEK 3.7 billion (EUR 335M).

Finland — Tradeka has sold three hotel properties to two different buyers: Investors House and a privately owned Finnish real estate investment company.

Sweden — Sigillet expands their portfolio by acquiring a building on Östermalm in Stockholm.

Finland — VVT Property Fund I Ky has bought a logistics property close to Helsinki Airport from Union Investment. The entire 6 600 square meter building is leased to Dayton Group.

Finland — Corum Asset Management has acquired Skanska's headquarters in the Ruskeasuo area of Helsinki from Union Investment.

Sweden — Barings Real Estate acquires the office building Fleming 7 in Stockholm CBD from Menugs as part of its pan European core investment strategy on behalf of institutional investors for over EUR 100M.

Finland — FinCap has sold one residential and one assisted living property located in Turku and Tampere. The properties were divested from funds managed by FinCap to Nordea Life Assurance Finland Ltd.

Finland — Finland’s real estate investment market remained exceptionally active until the end of 2017. As a result, a record-high transaction volume was achieved for the second year in a row. This time, the new record came to around EUR 10 billion, which was driven by a few major deals and strong demand by international investors. This according to the Catella Market Indicator.

Finland — Exilion sells a landmark office property in Keilaniemi to a fund managed by Deutsche Asset Management. The transaction is one of the biggest individual office property deals in Finland in 2017.

Sweden — Two hundred clients of Catella and its distributor partners have subscribed for shares in newly formed company Tre Kronor Property Investment AB (publ), which through a subsidiary has acquired a portfolio of 72 grocery properties in southern Sweden.

Denmark — The international pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S has divested part of the headquarters in Valby, Copenhagen, no longer needed for their operations.

Finland — Catella was the advisor in sale of the property holdings of Minerva Palveluasunnot II.

Finland — Minerva Palveluasunnot II Ky, managed by Minerva-yhtiöt, has sold a portfolio consisting of four supported living properties to Nordea Life Assurance Finland Ltd. Catella acted as the seller’s advisor.  

Sweden — Regio, owned by Sveafastigheter and AP3, acquires Sigmahuset in Västerås.

Finland — The new Catella Market Indicator Finland spring 2017 has now been published. The real estate transaction volume last year exceeded the previous record in Finland, and it seems like the market will remain very active also in 2017. 

Denmark — Munich-based investment manager Catella Real Estate has acquired a parking garage with 360 parking spaces in Copenhagen for its newly launched open-ended real estate special AIF, Catella Parken Europa. The property is leased to the well-known car park operator Apcoa on a long-term basis. 

Finland — Newly established investment company CTV Properties AB has bought a diversified logistics and light industrial property portfolio in Finland. The portfolio consists of 29 properties in both Helsinki and other growth regions of Finland, with in total 103,000 square metres of floorspace. Catella’s asset management sourced the deal, acted as structurer including arranging the financing, and will manage the company. Catella Bank conducted the capital raising, and 93 private investors and institutions have invested in the company, with Sampo Group as anchor investor.

Finland — Catella’s asset management team in Finland has closed the final sale of a retail portfolio of 18 assets across Finland. Catella was mandated by Mount Street Loan Solutions LLP in 2014 to act as a strategic asset manager for the portfolio and to lead the sales process of the assets. 

Sweden — Capman Nordic Real Estate fund has agreed to sell Bergshamra Bro in Solna, Northern Stockholm, to Solnaberg Property AB, a company established by Catella. The price is MSEK 858 (EUR 89M).