Finland — Skanska has acquired a development property in Espoo. The seller is MSD Finland Oy and the investment amounts to EUR 23M, about SEK 230M.

Finland — Antti Pelli will start 1. September as a Senior Director in JLL Finland’s Capital Markets team. Antti has over ten years of experience in the real estate industry and has previously worked, e.g., on Genesta and Sponda managing significant office portfolios.

Finland — JLL is expanding its Debt & Financial Advisory service to Finland in order to respond to the growing demand. Eemeli Lehto has been appointed to lead the Debt & Financial Advisory service of JLL Finland.

Finland — Tarkala Oy has sold retail and office premises located near Helsinki city centre to HOK-Elanto.

Sweden — JM has signed an agreement with SPP Fastigheter for the sale of two rental properties. The transaction amounts to approximately SEK 1.3 billion with a profit of approximately SEK 390 million.

Sweden — BentallGreenOak marks entry into the Swedish real estate market with a logistics acquisition in Malmö from Genesta.

Sweden — Magnolia Bostad forms a JV with KF Fastigheter for the joint development of land in a new residential area by Lake Mälaren in Upplands-Bro municipality. In total, around 950 residential units with 80,000 sqm of GFA will be developed.

Finland — S-Bank’s funds have sold a residential portfolio of almost 400 apartments to Avara Residential Fund II. The portfolio consists of 17 assets, of which 8 are wholly- and 9 minority-owned. The leasable area of the portfolio is approximately 20,000 sq m.

Sweden — Patrizia has acquired a residential development project in Malmö, in the attractive suburb of Hyllie from Slättö, for approximately EUR 100 million.

Finland — The Danish K/S Lohja Retail Parks and K/S Lohja Retail have sold two retail properties in the Lohja region to Innovestor Oy. The freehold properties were built in 2007, with a total leasable area of approximately 6,500 square meters.

Finland — JLL announced that Klaus Koponen will join the firm as Head of Corporate Solutions in Finland. Based in Helsinki, Koponen will be responsible for the strategic development and growth of the occupier-focused business which helps clients create, shape and manage the future of work by enhancing the performance of their workplaces, real estate portfolios and people.

Nordic — NREP is now selling 11 selected logistics properties in the Nordics. The divestment will enable a strategic renewal of the Logicenters portfolio, including investments in new developments and acquisitions across the Nordics.

Finland — Areim has acquired a residential portfolio in the Helsinki Metropolitan area, from the Finnish Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company. The portfolio consists of 17 assets and some 54,000 sqm of lettable area.

Finland — Antilooppi has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of nine properties in Ruoholahti from Sponda Oyj and its subsidiaries. The lettable area of the target portfolio is approximately 100,000 square meters and it also includes more than 1,650 parking places.

Finland — JLL has announced that Tero Lehtonen has been appointed as CEO of JLL Finland to succeed Christian Hohenthal who will leave in January 2020 to join Sponda plc as CEO. Sponda is majority owned by real estate funds managed by Blackstone.

Finland — Mutual Pension Insurance Company Ilmarinen has sold the Dixi office property located in Helsinki Metropolitan Area to Patrizia.

Finland — Mutual pension insurance company Ilmarinen has completed the sale of an office property located in Pasila to the special investment fund Aktia Commercial Properties.

Finland — Varma sells SOK headquarters in Vallila, Helsinki to Fleming Properties for EUR 130M.

Finland — Telia Pension Foundation sells Quartetto Harmonia office property to Special Investment Fund Evli Rental Yield.