International law firm Bird & Bird advised Hoivatilat Oyj on the purchase of a Finnish care facility portfolio from OP-Public Services Real Estate Fund. The transaction value was approximately EUR 37.5 million.
The portfolio being purchased includes 6 care facility centres located in Helsinki, Tampere, Kirkkonummi, Kuopio and Tuusula. The centres have a total capacity for 233 residents and are operated by private care operators with long-term lease agreements.
The project was led by Counsel Tuukka Korhonen, and the Bird & Bird advisory team also included associates Joanna Puhto and Eero Husari.
Hoivatilat Oyj, founded in 2008, is part of the Aedifica group and specialises in producing, developing, owning and leasing out day care centre and nursing home premises, service communities and schools. Aedifica, incorporated in 2005, is a regulated real estate company under Belgian law and it is listed on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Amsterdam.