TP Group Joins GVA Worldwide, Adding Seven New Offices Across Sweden, Finland & Estonia

November 11, 2008

Stockholm, Sweden -  Bob Barnett, chairman of GVA Worldwide and chief executive officer of GVA Grimley, today announced Stockholm-based TP Group has joined the global real estate services organization. The move adds regional offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Norrkoping and Linkoping, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; and Tallinn, Estonia. The addition further establishes Chicago-based GVA as one of the leading service providers in global real estate solutions.

"We are very pleased to welcome TP Group to GVA Worldwide," said Barnett. "With more than 100 employees in key Scandinavian markets, TP Group is a well respected leader in commercial real estate services that will provide an excellent services delivery system for GVA clients with requirements in the region."

According to Jan Leife, chief executive officer of TP Group, the company is a market-leading consultancy company founded in 1988 that specializes in all areas of commercial real estate services, including corporate real estate, landlord and tenant representation, investment services, project management and property management. TP Group's global clients include Ericsson, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Carlyle Real Estate Advisors and Sungard.

"Our affiliation with GVA Worldwide provides us with the global reach many of our clients demand. Our membership in the organization is simply a logical step in the continued development of our firm and expansion of the high quality integrated services we deliver to our clients," Leife continued. "We look forward to a long and successful collaboration with our new global partners."