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Roger Andersson is the managing director and a board member of Vastint Poland, a company owned by the Vastint Group, an international organisation operating in the European real estate market for over 30 years. He has been leading the Polish branch for over 25 years, overseeing operational management and the expansion of Vastint’s investment portfolio in the country. A graduate of the IHM Business School in Stockholm, he has over 40 years of experience in the sector, previously holding senior management positions in several construction and development companies in Sweden. Thanks to his strong leadership and long-term vision, Roger has ensured the company’s stable growth in a dynamically evolving market. Vastint Poland manages 29 properties located in major regional cities across Poland. The current market value of the company’s portfolio amounts to EUR 800 mln. Roger is actively involved in the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce, where he served for several years as chairman.
Vastint Poland is a company with a long-standing tradition and extensive experience. You’ve been operating on the Polish market since the early 1990s – a few years longer than ‘EurobuildCEE’. How would you assess the transformation of the commercial real estate sector over these years? What has changed the most?
Roger Andersson, Vastint Poland: Poland has moved on from being an emerging market to a mature one. In the early 1990s, Poland’s commercial real estate market was in its infancy. The country was just beginning its transition from a centrally planned economy to a free-market system. Back then, the sector lacked institutional investors, professional standards and modern infrastructure. The sector has since undergone dramatic professionalisation. From the design through the construction to the property management, international best practices are now standard. BREEAM, LEED and Well certifications have been widely adopted. One of the most impactful
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