CBRE expands in Nordics with Helsinki office

CB Richard Ellis has announced it has opened an office in Helsinki, Finland, further expanding its network and capabilities in the Nordic region.

The new office represents another significant development in the growth of CBRE’s presence in the Nordics, the company said in a press release. CBRE already has wholly-owned offices in Sweden and Denmark, together with a long-term affiliate office in Norway.

Opening in Finland will also extend CBRE’s leadership in the European corporate services sector, and support a number of significant contract wins CBRE has recently gained in the Nordics, the company said. Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and Finland’s largest corporate, recently named CBRE as their exclusive global strategic real estate advisor, for services including transaction management, brokerage and lease administration across 60 countries worldwide.

CBRE has also been appointed by StatoilHydro ASA, one of the largest offshore oil and gas companies in the world and the largest company by revenue in the Nordic region, as its preferred global real estate provider of transaction and project management services across 40 countries.

CBRE will maintain an alliance with Realia Management Oy, who will remain a preferred supplier of valuation services for CBRE in Finland.

CBRE has appointed Veijo Saarinen as Head of Global Corporate Services and Transactional Services, Finland. A respected member of the Finnish commercial real estate community, with over 25 years’ experience in the financial and real estate markets, Veijo will take responsibility for establishing CBRE’s Helsinki office and spearheading the corporate and transactional services capabilities.

In 2008, CBRE’s Global Corporate Services team was awarded 33 new contracts including Oracle, Zurich, Software AG, IBM and Lexmark.