The Finnish Property Market 2012 - KTI
The Finnish Property Market 2012 - KTI
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Finnish</strong> <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> sponsors of this<br />
publication<br />
CapMan Group is one of the leading<br />
private equity firms in the Nordic<br />
countries and Russia, with assets under<br />
management of €3.1 billion. CapMan has four key investment<br />
partnerships – CapMan Buyout, CapMan Russia, CapMan<br />
Public <strong>Market</strong> and CapMan Real Estate – each of which has<br />
its own dedicated investment team and funds. Altogether,<br />
CapMan employs approximately 120 people in Helsinki,<br />
Stockholm, Oslo, Moscow and Luxembourg. CapMan was<br />
established in 1989 and has been listed on the Helsinki Stock<br />
Exchange since 2001.<br />
CapMan Real Estate manages four private equity real<br />
estate funds, which invest in commercial and hotel properties<br />
and property developments. <strong>The</strong> team, comprising 20<br />
investment and asset management professionals with<br />
excellent networks in the Nordic countries, has extensive<br />
experience in real estate investments particularly in Finland<br />
and Sweden. Since 2005, CapMan Real Estate has made<br />
approximately 90 investments, out of which about 30 have<br />
been exited. www.capman.com<br />
<strong>The</strong> Helsinki area is a dynamic<br />
hub for international business.<br />
As a prime location for<br />
innovative companies, Helsinki welcomes organisations of all<br />
sizes. Strategically located in the crossroads of East and West,<br />
Helsinki offers businesses Europe’s most highly educated<br />
workforce supported by advanced infrastructure in a green<br />
and stable environment.<br />
Helsinki is the commercial, political and cultural capital of<br />
Finland. Moreover, we are at the heart of the Baltic Sea region,<br />
which is a rapidly developing market of more than one hundred<br />
million people. We share our history with both Scandinavia and<br />
Russia. We have a long history of doing business in Russia and<br />
are increasingly an important business hub between Europe<br />
and Asia. <strong>The</strong> City of Helsinki offers consultation regarding<br />
the business conditions of the city to investors and companies<br />
that are looking for a new location. We also provide support for<br />
developers and investors looking for real estate projects. www.<br />
hel.fi or http://en.uuttahelsinkia.fi<br />
<strong>The</strong> German wholesale bank Helaba<br />
(Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen)<br />
provides a broad range of financial services to corporations,<br />
banks and institutions in Germany, Europe and the United<br />
States. As a balance sheet lender with total assets exceeding<br />
EUR 173 billion (09/2011), Helaba has achieved a reliable<br />
market position and has maintained it throughout the financial<br />
crisis.<br />
Real Estate has always been a highly important feature<br />
for the bank. With a loan book in commercial real estate of<br />
about EUR 34 billion (09/2011), the bank is one of the largest<br />
property lenders in Germany and on a European scale.<br />
Proven expertise, flexibility and an LT-oriented customer<br />
support characterise Helaba’s approach to business and<br />
markets.<br />
Helaba’s lending is focused on commercial properties<br />
in Europe and the United States. Northern Europe has<br />
been a target region for the bank continuously since 2006.<br />
In Finland, Helaba arranged financings for stock-listed<br />
property companies and international investors. Helaba<br />
values the investor-friendly environment and international<br />
profile of the <strong>Finnish</strong> market and looks forward to future<br />
opportunities. www.helaba.com<br />
HYY Kiinteistöt (HYY Real<br />
Estate) offers its customers<br />
prime commercial space<br />
in the CBD and Etu-Töölö with the best real estate service in<br />
Helsinki. HYY owns Kaivopiha, 32 741 m2 of prime office<br />
and retail space opposite Helsinki’s main railway station.<br />
It also owns Domus in Etu-Töölö, 14 278 m2 of space for<br />
housing, offices, and education. All HYY properties are<br />
centrally located and easily accessible by public and private<br />
transportation.<br />
HYY Kiinteistöt complements prime location with<br />
an outstanding service concept. Kaivopiha Ltd, HYY<br />
Kiinteistöt’s service arm, ensures its customers receive<br />
attentive, responsive, 24-hour service to help their business<br />
activities flourish. For more information, please visit: www.<br />
hyykiinteistot.fi<br />
Invest in Finland provides business<br />
opportunities and professional consulting<br />
services for international companies. One<br />
of its primary functions is to assist foreign companies in<br />
finding business opportunities in Finland. <strong>The</strong> organisation<br />
provides information on Finland as an investment location,<br />
and develops and coordinates the Foreign Direct Investment<br />
attraction on a national level through active networking with<br />
regional and international partners.<br />
Services for international companies:<br />
• Data collection<br />
• Information services<br />
• Opportunity analysis<br />
• Entry alternatives<br />
• Networking<br />
• Location management<br />
• Setting up a business<br />
Invest in Finland ensures your fast and smooth entry to the<br />
<strong>Finnish</strong> markets. www.investinfinland.fi<br />
IVG Polar Ltd is a real estate investment<br />
company founded in 1952. <strong>The</strong> company<br />
focuses on office premises owning, leasing and development<br />
in the Helsinki metropolitan area. IVG Polar also manages<br />
properties owned by IVG Funds. <strong>The</strong> company has assets<br />
under management worth of EUR 372.6 million with leasable<br />
facilities amounting to 202,000 sq. meters and ca. 600<br />
customers operating in them.<br />
IVG Polar is a member of the German IVG group<br />
(IVG Immobilien AG), which is one of the major real estate<br />
companies in Europe. <strong>The</strong> company manages assets worth<br />
approximately EUR 22 billion and has about 590 employees