Divestments of Commercial Real Estate Assets in Sweden : A study of decision-making regarding commercial real estate

Sammanfattning: The master thesis discusses Swedish commercial real estate companies’ different influencesto divest real estate. Moreover, the master thesis will review which differences the companieshave based on company type, divided into; family-owned real estate company, operatingpartner, real estate fund and public company. The main purpose with this thesis is to describe, explain and summarize different factors thatare of importance for commercial real estate in Sweden in their divestment decisions and inaddition to shed light on the differences between the decision basis of different company types.This goal has been achieved through a combination of both a survey and semi-structuredinterviews. The master thesis research question is: How do Swedish companies within the transaction space consider their divestments? How aredecisions made and which factors affect divestments of commercial real estate in Sweden?