A year after acquiring adviser Tenzing, JLL has boosted its presence in the Swedish real estate services market further by purchasing Stockholm-based Nextport.

A year after acquiring adviser Tenzing, JLL has boosted its presence in the Swedish real estate services market further by purchasing Stockholm-based Nextport.

Nextport is a tenant representation and relocation management business employing a 20-strong team. The takeover boosts JLL’s workforce in Sweden to nearly 100 people at offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg.

Daniel Gorosch, managing director of JLL Sweden, said: ‘We were attracted to Nextport by the close cultural similarities and commitment to excellence, and by the extraordinarily good match between our respective existing strengths and growth objectives in Sweden.

‘Nextport has a great track record of tenant representation work for Swedish companies and is the leading provider of relocation management services across the country. JLL is strong in tenant representation for international companies and we really wanted to grow our relocation and project management capabilities. It’s a super fit and I am truly delighted to welcome Erik Dellner and his colleagues to JLL.’

The acquisition takes immediate effect and Nextport’s 20-strong team will relocate to JLL’s Stockholm HQ at the end of March.

Erik Dellner, founder and CEO of Nextport, becomes JLL’s new head of an enlarged corporate solutions team of 30 people in Sweden, with former head Marie Cronström moving into a new role as head of business development for corporate solutions.

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