CapMan Real Estate press release
28 October 2025 at 09:05 am EET
CapMan Real Estate has sold the Seminaari School property located in central Hämeenlinna, Finland held by the CapMan Nordic Real Estate III fund (CMNRE III). The faster than originally planned implementation of the business plan allowed the early exit of this public use property leading it to significantly exceed the return targets of the original underwriting. The buyer is real estate investment company Hemsö.
The Seminaari School is the largest primary school in Hämeenlinna, accommodating approximately 700 pupils, and the entire property is leased to the City of Hämeenlinna on a long-term lease. During CapMan Real Estate’s ownership, significant value-enhancing projects were completed, including:
- The finalisation of a comprehensive renovation of one of the buildings, originally completed in 1953, in close cooperation with the City of Hämeenlinna
- Implementation of extensive energy-efficiency and accessibility improvements
- Installation of a new geothermal heating system, significantly reducing the property’s carbon footprint and increased the amount of on-site generated renewable energy
Combined energy efficiency and geothermal heating investments are calculated to lead to more than 65% reduction in primary energy demand of the property. Furthermore, these measures allowed the upgrading of the energy performance certificate (EPC) of the property from C and D (CCCD) to EPC class A for each of the 4 buildings making the property EU taxonomy aligned, definition of sustainable investments.
These measures improved the property’s energy efficiency, user experience, and long-term value, positioning the school property as a modern educational facility.
“We are pleased to have completed these planned renovation projects and sustainability investments to the Seminaari School property during our ownership and in good cooperation with the property’s tenant, City of Hämeenlinna. It’s great to hand over a high-quality and sustainable educational asset to its new owner. This transaction highlights our active asset management approach and our ability to enhance the long-term value and sustainability aspects of socially important properties. We would like to thank the City of Hämeenlinna for the excellent cooperation throughout our ownership,” says Aleksi Konsti, Head of Finland at CapMan Real Estate.
“This transaction further reinforces CapMan Real Estate’s strong and proven track record in acquiring, developing, managing, and divesting public-use properties across the Nordics, including educational facilities, care homes, and police stations,” adds Mika Matikainen, Managing Partner and CEO at CapMan Real Estate.
Following this transaction, the second exit from the fund, the CapMan Nordic Real Estate III fund continues its value-increasing activities across all portfolio assets.
For further information, please contact:
Aleksi Konsti
Head of Finland, CapMan Real Estate
+358 400 815 123
About CapMan
CapMan is a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation and 6.5 billion euros in assets under management. As one of the private equity pioneers in the Nordics we have developed hundreds of companies and assets creating significant value for over three decades. Our objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors by enabling change across our portfolio companies. An example of this is greenhouse gas reduction targets that we have set under the Science Based Targets initiative in line with the 1.5°C scenario and our commitment to net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover real estate and infrastructure assets, real asset debt, natural capital and minority and majority investments in portfolio companies. We also provide wealth management solutions. Altogether, CapMan employs around 200 professionals in Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Luxembourg, and Düsseldorf. We are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki since 2001. Learn more at www.capman.com.