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  Trinova is delighted to announce the signing of two new leases at 33 Kingsway across the entirety of the 3rd Floor with Rice Search Partners and Zanders (UK) Limited.   Rice Search Partners, a global executive search boutique, will occupy c.3,700 sq ft whilst Zanders (UK) Limited, a leading global independent treasury and risk […]

      CityBee, the UK office joint venture between Europi Property Group and Trinova Real Estate, has secured two lease extensions comprising c.60,000 sq. ft at Cuprum, Glasgow.   CityBee, the UK office joint venture between Europi Property Group and Trinova Real Estate, is delighted to announce that lease extensions have been secured with […]

                      Trinova Secures Long-Term Lease with Property Market Analysis at 33 Kingsway   Trinova is delighted to announce the signing of a new 15-year lease with Property Market Analysis, the leading independent global property research consultancy, for the recently repositioned office building at 33 Kingsway in London. […]

    Trinova is excited to announce the completion of the new lease to Marks Sattin at Minerva, Leeds   Following the trend of recent successful leasing activity in the building, Marks Sattin has acquired a full-fitted suite on the 3rd Floor of the building on a 5-year lease. Founded in 1988, Marks Sattin is […]

Trinova completes series of refinancings across UK and European office portfolio Trinova are delighted to announce the completion of a series of refinancing transactions, including restructuring existing facilities and executing new loan facilities with prominent institutional lenders including JP Morgan, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Citi and Credit Suisse (part of UBS Group). The loan facilities are […]

  Planning consent secured for revamp of 30,000sq ft HQ building in St Albans Oryx Real Estate Partners together with their appointed development manager, Trinova, have secured planning consent to revolutionise their Centrium business park building in St Albans, which was formerly home to Premier Foods’ Headquarters. The planning consent provides for two external private […]

  TRIBELL and STARS REI ANNOUNCE THE ACQUISTION OF 36 KIRBY ST, LONDON Tribell, a subsidiary of Trinova Real Estate have announced the acquisition of Kirby Street Residence, in London on behalf of STARS REI. The seller LUCKY DELTA is a Hong Kong based consortium. The acquisition continues Tribell’s strategic acquisition program for residential rental […]

  Trinova and STARS REI are delighted to announce a renewed lease commitment for 6,700sq ft. with Rithum CA (formerly Channel Advisors) at 33 Kingsway, which is nearing completion of a major overhaul.   The 60,000sq ft building was acquired by Trinova on behalf of STARS REI in 2019 and has been undergoing a significant […]

Over the festive period, Trinova hosted a reverse advent appeal (Christmas Food Bank Appeal) and encouraged staff to bring in an item a day. The team collected over 150 items which were donated to the local food bank! The appeal also extended to Trinova’s portfolio where building managers encouraged tenants to contribute. Small actions can […]

        Trinova Real Estate LLP had the exciting opportunity to speak at the   (NPS Korea) and the Korea Financial Investment Association (KIFIN). Trinova shared its views on the current market, outlook and investment strategies with senior portfolio managers and junior investment professionals from NPS Korea, the world’s third largest pension fund. […]

  CityBee, the UK office joint venture between Europi Property Group and Trinova Real Estate, is excited to announce the completion of the major refurbishment works undertaken to the reception and the conversion of car parking into an Active Hub area at Cuprum, Glasgow. This project has renovated the reception area to provide an impressive […]

Earlier in October Trinova braved the elements and visited the Hackney Marshes to assist with cycle path clearance.   As a team, we managed to clear over 400m of cycle path track which would have taken 3 weeks of gardener manpower to achieve the same results.  It was a great teambuilding day demonstrating how much […]

  Trinova Real Estate LLP‘s Windmill Green in Manchester, UK has been shortlisted for the Excellence in Sustainability- Project at the London Construction Awards 2023! A testament to the innovative sustainability considerations throughout the design and build process! Well done to the AM team and the team at Thirdway for the delivery of an exemplary fitout project. […]

  Linus Forsberg and Edmund Costello talk about the similarities between the current market and the GFC   Trinova Real Estate launched its business in 2009 in the midst of the global financial crisis, seeing that UK office market valuations had plummeted and there was an opening to buy quality real estate. Today, with £1.1bn […]

  CityBee, the UK office joint venture between Europi Property Group and Trinova Real Estate, welcomes Ecorys, a leading global consultancy practice, to Minerva in Leeds   Ecorys has acquired a recently refurbished fully-fitted suite on the 1st Floor on a 5-year lease, relocating from elsewhere in the city. Ecorys is an international provider of […]

  CityBee, the UK office joint venture between Europi Property Group and Trinova Real Estate, has secured three new lettings at Windmill Green, Manchester.   Situated in the heart of the city centre, Windmill Green was Manchester’s first BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rated office building upon completion of a significant retrofit in in 2019. The property benefits […]

  Trinova has completed five leases in quick succession at their GreenYard office property in Brussels. The recently refurbished property comprises 4,936 sqm across two buildings fronting rue des Deux Églises and rue Marie Thérèse connected by a communal garden and car park. SGI Europe, a public sector lobby group, and ACT Europe, the Association […]

  Global Insurer Extends 30,000-Square-Foot Lease at Spectrum       Trinova has completed a near 30,000-square-foot lease regear with global insurer Arthur J Gallagher over three floors at Spectrum in Glasgow until 2033. Arthur J Gallagher is a long standing tenant of the building and had requested proposals to extend its existing lease. It […]

  Trinova are excited to welcome an additional tenant to our trophy office building at 201 Isabella Street on Pittsburgh’s dynamic North Shore. Alcoa Pittsburgh Federal Credit Union will relocate to the building from nearby 30 Isabella Street and will occupy newly created facilities on the first floor of 201 Isabella Street from early May. […]

Lettings Secured in Poole and Hatfield     Trinova has signed two leases at its UK offices. The group has completed a lease with Dorset Software for the seventh floor at Merck House in Pool, taking the building to fully occupied. Dorset Software has signed a five-year lease term on 3,364 square feet at a […]

Adell Nair-Grepinet Joins From Mapletree.     Trinova Real Estate has appointed Adell Nair-Grepinet to oversee its expansion into operational real estate. Nair-Grepinet joins as managing director for its operational real estate activities from Mapletree where she managed a UK student accommodation portfolio exceeding £1.2 billion. Prior to Mapletree, she managed the Coral Student Accommodation […]

Trinova are excited to announce that Maison Goyard (Goyard), the exclusively sought-after luxury French goods and leather trunk maker, is relocating to 103 Mount Street, Mayfair, London, to launch its new flagship UK store. Goyard has been the purveyor to Royalty and Presidents, with the brand letterhead in 1891 featuring the coats of the arms […]

Anchor Tenants Commit to Trinova’s 160 Borough High Street in Southwark Trinova are excited to announce that we have completed lease regears with anchor tenants at 160 Borough High Street in Southwark. St John Ambulance has regeared its lease on the Second and Third Floors to remain in the building until 2028 as one of […]

Trinova and Morood have announced the first close of their new “˜GREF’ fund and have in parallel closed the acquisition of 201 Isabella Street in Pittsburgh, PA for just under $44m. The open-ended fund will invest in long income opportunities in the US, UK and Eurozone. Saad Naim, Portfolio Manager at Morood, commented “We are […]

Trinova have announced the acquisition of Luso Invest SA on behalf of Investcorp which holds two office buildings in Brussels. The seller was Monument Immo Management SA. The buildings at Porte de Hal 27 and Boulevard de Souverain 65 are fully let on long leases to the Flemish Government (department of youth welfare, children and […]

Trinova was delighted to organise the Spectrum Reception Relaunch following the successful completion of the reception refurbishment and the development of new wellness facilities at the property. The repositioning of the reception received very positive feedback from the agents, in addition to compliments from the existing tenants, and created a memorable experience for all in […]

On our Bi-Annual Team Away Day, instead of sitting in the office and looking at our Evaluation & Projection presentation, we decided to jump into action and help out a local charity. The local charity selected was Cody Dock https://codydock.org.uk/ not only because of its history and of its regeneration project but also because there […]

Minuk Lee Has Joined From Nomura While Annelies Harte Joins From Audley Villages BY PAUL NORMAN, COSTAR NEWS.   Real estate investment manager Trinova has added two recruits to its corporate development and investor relations team. Minuk Lee has joined the team from Nomura to drive the corporate development activity in Europe and the US. […]

Three Join From JLL, Centrick and HML BY PAUL NORMAN, COSTAR NEWS.   Real estate investment manager Trinova Real Estate has bolstered its team with three appointments. Sabrina Johal has joined Trinova’s asset management team from JLL, where she was the lead representative on a mixed portfolio in one of JLL’s central London funds. At […]

Peugeot Invest Letting Takes 103 Mount Street to Full Occupancy BY PAUL NORMAN, COSTAR NEWS.   Trinova and Stars REI have leased the last remaining office floor at 103 Mount Street in London’s West End to Peugeot Invest, the investor connected to the famous French car group, completing the leasing of the four recently refurbished […]

Capital Tower Has Seen a Spate of Recent Lettings BY PAUL NORMAN, COSTAR NEWS. Trinova has secured a series of lettings at Cardiff’s tallest office building after significant investment to increase flexible leasing options. Capital on Tap has expanded its presence with a longer term flexible lease on more than 5,000 square feet on the […]

Check out Co-Star’s Webinar on ‘What is the outlook for the ‘big six’ regional office markets’ which was hosted by Paul Norman, alongside experts from Knight Frank, Savills, Clockwise, and Trinova’s Partner, Sam Resouly. https://product.costar.com/home/news/2012285563  

Trinova and Stars REI Complete Hat Trick of Mayfair Office Lettings

Mike McCarrick Joins From Workspace to Oversee £1 Billion Commercial Portfolio.

Pan-European Investor Duo Has Speedily Bought Four UK Regional Offices.

Oryx Real Estate Partners together with Trinova have completed the acquisition of Centrium 2 and Centrium 3 in the Greater London town of St Albans.

Trinova Real Estate closely monitored the buying activity of UK local councils throughout 2016 and 2017.

Trinova Real Estate, along with investment manager Morood Investment Company, has completed the sale of Grange Road Business Park in Christchurch.

JLL Debt Advisory has advised Trinova Real Estate and STARS REI on a £47 million acquisition financing from Nuveen Real Estate.

Trinova Real Estate have completed the off-market acquisition of 103 Mount Street, London W1, from Meyer Bergman on behalf of Stars REI for a price reflecting a net initial yield in the region of 4%.   Situated in the heart of London’s exclusive Mayfair district, 103 Mount Street sits opposite the five-star Connaught Hotel and […]

Trinova Real Estate and Oryx Real Estate Partners have acquired a 40,000 sq ft office building in Hertfordshire for around 10.2m, from M7 and Colony Capital. Located in Hatfield Business Park just north of the M25 the building, known as Helios Court, covers 2.31 acres and provides close to £1m per annum in rent, with […]

Trinova Real Estate has successfully reached the first close of its maiden discretionary real estate fund. Targeting well located, refurbished office buildings across the main cities in the UK, the fund anticipates having in excess of £200m of assets when fully invested. Trinova will continue to manage its various separate account mandates which are not […]

Trinova Real Estate has bolstered its team with two new appointments as it continues to grow the capability of its staff. Rosie Oulton has joined Trinova’s asset management team from CBRE, where she was an associate director within the West End Office Agency team. Prior to joining CBRE in 2012, she was at Savills. The […]

  Trinova Real Estate has completed the acquisition of the Spectrum Building in Glasgow on behalf of Futureal Group, a leading real estate developer and investor in Central and Eastern Europe. The transaction marks a significant milestone in Futureal’s expansion into Western Europe. Situated in the heart of Glasgow’s central business district on the corner […]

  Trinova Real Estate announced today their first acquisition of its US Investment Program comprising a fully leased 154,000 sq ft office property situated at 400 Commerce Drive in Newark, DE which has been acquired from The Buccini Pollen Group. Jerry Kranzel and Robert Fahey of CBRE Philadelphia represented Buccini/Pollen in the transaction.   The […]

The new owner of Capital Tower, Cardiff’s tallest office building, is introducing new-look office suites designed to appeal to the growing number of creative and technology businesses being attracted to Cardiff. Trinova Real Estate has fitted out two vacant suites in the iconic 25-storey building in Greyfriars Road with exposed ceilings, vinyl floors and a […]

Trinova Real Estate have completed the acquisition of 33 Kingsway, London WC2 from Aviva on behalf of Stars REI. Situated to the east of Covent Garden and opposite the London School of Economics, the property comprises c.60,000 sq ft of office and retail accommodation. Office tenants include American fashion house Michael Kors, Japanese Pharmaceutical company […]

Trinova Real Estate has secured a new lease with Utility Point over the final floor at Merck House less than two months after the acquisition of the building. The letting completed at £18.00 psf, meaning the property is now fully let to tenants including BNY Mellon, Sigma Aldrich, Carphone Warehouse and Mazars. Sam Resouly from […]

Investment and asset manager Trinova Real Estate, on behalf of Amsterdam based Stena Realty, has completed the acquisition of 160 Borough High Street, London, from W Real Estate for a net initial yield of 6.45%. The building is held long leasehold from the City of London and is fully occupied by four tenants.   Situated […]

Trinova have acquired Wales’ tallest office building for £25m. The 25-storey Capital Tower in the centre of Cardiff has been acquired by London-based Trinova Real Estate from Topland for a net initial yield of 7.5%. The 124,375 sq ft building is now 98% let following a multi-million pound refurbishment undertaken by Topland in recent years. […]

Trinova Real Estate has secured a new lease with the European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies (EAEPC) for 226 sqm at 26 Rue des Deux Eglises less than two months after the acquisition of the building. EAEPC is a Brussels-based non-profit organisation representing the licensed European pharmaceutical parallel distribution industry. This marks the start of Trinova’s […]

Sam Resouly, Partner at Trinova, comments on the impact of WeWork and their current valuation in this article published by the Sunday Times.   https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eff2e16c-9d7e-11e8-89e6-46fcaabd1aea    

Trinova Real Estate have completed on the acquisition of Merck House, Poole, from Titan Property Developments for £12m. The property comprises 55,000 sq ft of office accommodation in the centre of the south coast city, and is home to well-known occupiers including BNY Mellon, Sigma Aldrich, Mazars and the Carphone Warehouse.   Winston Luk, Partner […]

Trinova Real Estate has completed the acquisition of two office buildings situated at 26 rue des Deux Eglises and 21 rue Marie Therese, in the European District of Brussels. This follows the recent acquisition of Avenue des Communautes 100 in Brussels, which is the headquarters of construction firm Besix. The two newly acquired buildings are […]

Legal & General has acquired a Sheffield city centre office block from Trinova Real Estate for around £50m. LGIM Real Assets has bought Steel Vulcan House, a 120,000 sq ft modern office building, on behalf of its Annuity Fund. The office will be refurbished and is let in its entirety to a government department. Tom […]

Article: https://www.di.se/nyheter/londons-fastighetsmarknad-fortfarande-skakig-efter-brexit/   Video: https://www.di.se/ditv/nyheter/linus-forsberg-om-londons-fastighetsmarknad/

Trinova Real Estate closely monitored the buying activity of UK local councils throughout 2016 and 2017. This activity distorted the market and provided poor value for money for the UK taxpayer. In collaboration with The Sunday Times, Trinova contributed to a piece of investigative journalism which explored this in detail. This article was specifically referenced […]

Trinova Real Estate has completed its first Belgian deal with the €15m acquisition of the global headquarters of contracting giant BESIX at Avenue des Communautes 100, Brussels. The acquisition is consistent with Trinova’s investment thesis since 2016, focused on income with opportunity. The building at Avenue des Communautes was completed in 1997 and has been […]

Trinova Real Estate has completed the acquisition of Mary Morris House, Leeds in an off-market acquisition from clients of LaSalle Investment Management. The operating asset comprises a recently refurbished purpose built mansion block of student accommodation with 247 cluster rooms. The property combines both direct lets and a nominations agreement and is well located within […]

October 28 2017 | by Rhiannon Bury @ The Telegraph Councils are braced for a Budget crackdown on their exploits in the commercial property market, amid mounting Government concern that bad investments could trigger a funding crunch for local services. The Chancellor is expected to unveil tough new rules on council investing next month. Whitehall officials […]

Trinova Real Estate is pleased to announce that it is now authorised by the UK financial services regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). In early 2017 the firm appointed a director of Compliance and Administration to develop the processes and controls necessary to achieve regulatory approval. Trinova’s authorisation will allow the company to advise on […]

Trinova Real Estate has acquired a single let office campus at Grange Road Business Park in Christchurch, Dorset. The property which totals 150,191 sq ft was acquired for an income focused mandate of Trinova Real Estate for £24.2m. Let in its entirety to BAE Systems Ltd, the property has an unexpired lease term of circa […]

April 9 2017 | by Oliver Shah @ The Sunday Times Cash-strapped authorities have become real estate investors to raise funds. Councils are using a loophole in Treasury borrowing to pile into real estate ““”Šand create a tower of debt. After a career as an investment manager at HBOS, the bank that had to be bailed […]

Over the past 18 months a bizarre two-way traffic has emerged in UK local government finance. While local authorities are furiously selling assets to plug gaps in their budgets resulting from central government funding cuts, they have simultaneously been accumulating property assets across the country. Such has been the buying spree that they are now […]

Worth noting comments about move towards AI and closure of bank branches. https://www.ft.com/content/6694c4a0-f125-11e6-8758-6876151821a6

12/02/2017 | by Oliver Shah @ The Sunday Times It was the kind of property that changes hands every day: an office block in Newcastle, leased to a firm of regional lawyers for 15 years. Priced at £10m and offering an annual return of more than 6%, it should have been attractive. But one of […]

14/10/2016 | Av MIKAEL BJÖRK Britternas brexitbeslut har skakat om fastighetsmarknaden i London, som var svajig redan före folkomröstningen. “Det där bygget läggs i malpÃ¥se, det där gÃ¥r sakta och det där blir nog inte av”, säger fastighetsinvesteraren Linus Forsberg och pekar ut över London city. Utsikten är strÃ¥lande frÃ¥n toppen av “The Gherkin” eller […]

22/07/2016 | Karl Tomusk, Estates Gazette Lloyds Bank has issued the first loan from its £1bn green lending scheme. Fund manager Trinova secured £17m of debt from the bank for its £30m acquisition of Vulcan House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The 120,000 sq ft building is fully let to the government. The four-year loan reflects […]

Trinova Real Estate has acquired the freehold interest in Vulcan House, Sheffield on an off-market transaction. The property, built in 2008, provides 119,108 sq ft of office accommodation and has a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’. http://www.egi.co.uk/news/trinova-buys-sheffield-office/?keyword=trinova

08/07/2016 | by Janie Manzoori-Stamford How will the outcome of the US presidential race impact real estate? Against the odds, Donald Trump has swept his way to the Republican Party nomination. When the property tycoon announced his intention to enter the presidential race back in 2015, Paddy Power gave his chances of winning as 53/1. […]

23 juni 2016 | Mikael Bjork Londons fastighetsbransch hÃ¥ller andan inför resultatet av torsdagens EU-omröstning. “Majoriteten av fastighetsbranschen är nog för att stanna kvar eftersom de vill ha stabilitet”, säger Linus Forsberg, partner i Londonbaserade Trinova som fokuserar pÃ¥ fastigheter. Bolaget sÃ¥lde det mesta av sina innehav under 2014 och 2015. Sedan dess har priserna […]

21/06/2016 | Rebecca Kent, Estates Gazette London: How Likely Is It? London’s failure to prioritise its airport capacity problems is damaging its reputation among international investors, experts said at the London Real Estate Forum last week. Speaking at Estates Gazette’s keynote session “London: How Likely Is It?”, Linus Forsberg, partner at Trinova Real Estate, said […]

Trinova Real Estate has acquired Citymark, 150 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh from Ardstone Capital in an off market transaction.

30/10/2015 | Liz Hamson, Property Week There we were at MIPIM UK debating THE big question on everyone’s lips – where are we in the property cycle? – and UCL professor Peter Rees suddenly chipped in with a rather racy comment on soaring house prices. “Students come over here for the best free sex and […]

Trinova have sold One Brindleyplace, Birmingham, to GLL in an off market transaction.

18/09/2015 | Johan Eklund, SIX News STOCKHOLM (SIX) Fastighetsvärdering kan te sig som mer utav en konst än en vetenskap, med stora variationer även mellan hur de olika noterade bolagen värderar. Samtidigt bör fastighetsbolag fokusera pÃ¥ att brinna för förvaltning och utveckling, och att därigenom maximera sina lÃ¥ngsiktiga kassaflöden. Det uppger fastighetsbolaget Wihlborgs finanschef Arvid […]

3 July 2015 | by Jack Sidders European real estate prices have been seemingly immune to the Greek crisis this year, with little sign of any volatility in the six months since the anti-austerity Syriza government was elected. But with prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s shock decision to call a referendum on the final bailout terms […]

Germany, UK & France Briefing, European Real Estate Opportunities, New York, June 2015 Martin Brühl, Head of Investment Management International, Union Investment Real Estate, Linus Forsberg, Partner, Trinova, discuss whether there are investment opportunities to be found in the UK beyond London. Martin Brühl, Head of Investment Management International, Union Investment Real Estate, Linus Forsberg, […]

Trinova have sold the freehold interest in 24 Martin Lane, London EC4 to a fund managed by AEW Europe in an off market transaction.

On behalf of Stena Realty, Trinova have sold the long leasehold interest in 20 Red Lion Street, London WC1 to Mayfair Capital Commercial Property Trust.

Dutch based and privately owned Stena Realty (part of the Swedish Stena AB Group), has sold the freehold interest in 100 Leman Street, London E1.