Varma as a real estate investor

Varma’s selection of commercial premises includes both historical gems and several new sites. We offer a wide array of office and commercial premises of different sizes for various needs. We also own several hotel properties throughout Finland. You can look over Varma’s lettable commercial premises on the separate commercial premises website.

Check out the commercial premises (in Finnish)

We currently own approximately 4,300 rental homes throughout Finland, and we continue to build more. The majority of our rental apartments are located in the capital area and in Tampere. You can also rent your new home in one of the apartments we own in Turku, Lahti, Kerava, Järvenpää and Jyväskylä. The apartment rentals, building management, customer service and other operational activities are managed by our partner Colliers Rental Apartments  | Colliers Asunnot.

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See our available rental apartments on Colliers Rental Apartments's website.

In matters related to apartment rentals, maintenance and building management, please contact Colliers Rental Apartment's customer service.

Customer service 
email: asiakaspalvelu@colliers.com
Tel. +358 20 130 3003 (Mon–Fri, 8.30 am–4 pm)

The price of calls made in Finland (incl. VAT 24%)

landline network: €0.0835 per call + €0.1669 per minute
mobile phones: €0.0835 per call + €0.1669 per minute

The contact details of your housing company’s building manager and maintenance company can be found on the noticeboard in the stairwell and in the One4all Mobile resident app.

Responsibility runs through everything we do, from investment decisions to construction and real estate maintenance. Our actions are guided by the strict responsibility targets we set.

Did you know that a large part of Finland’s carbon footprint results from buildings? That is why we invest in commercial properties that support not only your business, but also your environmental targets. We focus on the energy efficiency of the buildings we own by carrying out energy renovations. We are switching, for example, to using solar panels and heat pumps as energy sources in a large proportion of our residential properties. We aim for emission-free heating and electricity in the properties we own by 2030.

We want to develop and monitor the sustainability of our properties. Our properties already have 62 BREEAM environmental certificates with a rating of at least ‘Good’, which speaks to, among other things, a property’s energy efficiency and waste-sorting and recycling possibilities.

In addition, many of our properties and residential buildings are located near excellent transport connections, which enables low-emission commuting by public transport and by bicycle. The properties also offer bicycle maintenance points and electric car charging points, among other things. Take a step towards more sustainable business premises and living.

Satisfaction among our commercial premises customers has been among the highest in our sector for years now, and it continues to rise. In 2021, overall satisfaction was 4.07 on a scale of 1 to 5 – the best in Varma’s peer group. Satisfaction among the residents in our rental apartments was 3.78 on a scale of 1–5, and we have an exceptionally high number of residents who live in our apartments for a long time.

Taking sustainability into consideration in all our investment activities contributes to both Varma’s objective of first-rate investment and our position as a long-term pension investor. Responsible practices are implemented in all areas of the real estate business: leasing, maintenance, real estate investments and construction, no matter whether we are handling them ourselves or with a partner company

Important themes in responsible real estate investments include the improvement of buildings’ energy efficiency and bringing the circular economy into building and demolition operations.

We make numerous procurements every year, for example, in property development, real estate maintenance and IT services, most of which in Finland. We expect the suppliers who have a contractual relationship with us to comply with Varma’s Supplier Code of Conduct. At the same time, first-tier suppliers must undertake to ensure responsibility in their own supply chain.

We have also drawn up circular economy guidelines for the construction and maintenance of our properties to help our partners.

Circular economy guidelines for maintenance (in Finnish)

Circular economy guidelines for construction (in Finnish)

Sustainability is an essential part of all our operations. Varma’s responsibility for managing pension assets, and for our customers, employees and shared environment spans far into the future. The guiding principle for our Sustainability Programme is “A secure future for everyone”.

Through our sustainability work we are building a better world for current and future generations. The focus areas of our 2022–2025 Sustainability Programme are: Ensuring pension security, Investing for change, and For sustainable working life.

Read more about our Sustainability Programme