ERAFP, the pension fund for French civil servants, has bought a Stockholm office property for SEK 546m (鈧60.4m).
Investment Managers bought the prime Bl氓fj盲ll 1 building in Kista on behalf of ERAFP. The purchase is the fund鈥檚 first to be made outside France.
The 鈧17bn pension fund mandated AXA in July last year to source investments for its first venture into European real estate. ERAFP could invest up to 鈧350m of capital over the next three years in the sector.
AXA Real Estate was specifically asked to source and manage a portfolio of unlisted property assets, with a focus on the office and retail sectors. Bl氓fj盲ll 1 is currently fully-let following renovation to Ericsson, which has its headquarters next door.
Henrik Bastman, AXA Real Estate head of asset management in the Nordic Region, said the region鈥檚 鈥漴obust economic fundamentals have proved their resilience in recent years鈥.
ERAFP also uses Global Investors, Investment and Europe as managers, as well as and La Fran莽aise Real Estate as standby managers.