Norway — DTZ Realkapital Corporate Finance (RCF) has bought the property Greenland 34 from Oslo Areal for MNOK 170 (EUR 19M). The office property on 6,700 sqm has a very central location in Union Brygge in Drammen. The property is fully leased to Sykehuspartner and Gjensidige.

Norway — Jørn Høistad, founder and former head of DTZ´s valuation business in Norway, joins Pangea Property Partners.

Denmark — Aarhus-investor Niels Albertsen divests four properties in Aarhus to a private buyer for circa MDKK 200 (€27 M). DTZ were advisors to the seller.

Denmark — Postnord rents 10,000 sqm from British American Tobacco in Vallensbaek, Denmark.

Finland — Digia Oyj places its new head quarters in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, where the company has signed a lease with BNP Paribas.

Sweden — Agneta Jacobsson has been appointed Swedish CEO and responsible for the Nordics for the new Cushman & Wakefield, which has now merged with DTZ. Anders Nordvall is Head of Capital Markets.

Sweden — Real estate remains attractive and many markets are hot, some showing signs of overheating, according to the 41st edition of DTZ’s flagship report Money into Property.

Sweden — After an average first quarter with a transaction volume of just over €2,38 billion the activity accelerated in the second quarter which ended at nearly €4,44 billion. This gives a six-month volume 2015 of just over €6,8 billion, which is significantly higher than the average H1 volume over the last ten years, which is €5,85 billion. Yet the H1 2015 volume is not as high at the 1H volume last year which was nearly €7,15 billion.

Sweden — State-owned group Swedavia has sold 20 airport properties to a joint venture company owned equally by occupational pensions specialist Alecta and Swedavia.

Sweden — Sweden is Europe's second most liquid property market, according to DTZ, who measures the liquidity in volume of transactions per year related to the market's total property portfolio. Finland is on the third place.

Sweden — DTZ strengthens the Swedish Capital Markets transaction team further by recruiting Victor Anderkvist, Sara Vesterlund and Magnus Petersson. They all come from Pangea.

Finland — Finnish Property investment company Sponda Plc has awarded DTZ Finland Oy as the property agent of the year for 2014. The same property agency was now rewarded for the first time on two consecutive years.