How Svenska Handelsfastigheter digitalised one million square meters in one year - Superior

Svenska Handelsfastigheter manages retail properties across Sweden. 300 properties. More than one million square meters. A portfolio that requires the right information in the right place, regardless of who is on site the day something happens.

During 2024, the company digitalised its entire portfolio using digital twins in Vyer. In one year.

"This is not just a technical achievement, it is a strategic leap that makes us first in our industry"
– Thomas Holm, CEO Svenska Handelsfastigheter

What one year of digitalisation actually means

20,000 rooms mapped. 700 digital checklists in place. All information gathered, structured and always up to date.

These are not numbers for the sake of numbers. They are the answer to one of the property industry's most concrete challenges: that the technician walking into a building should know what is there, where it is located and what has happened previously, without having to call anyone.

"We act faster, plan better and create more value from every square meter"
– Thomas Holm, CEO Svenska Handelsfastigheter

Fewer site visits, smarter maintenance

One of the direct effects is reduced costs. Less manual work, fewer unnecessary site visits and maintenance that can be planned based on actual data rather than experience and intuition.

This is a change that does not show up in a single invoice but is felt across the organisation over time. When information is available digitally, no one needs to travel out to look at a problem that could have been handled remotely.

The future of property management is already here

Thomas Holm describes the digitalisation as a step toward property management that is data-driven, sustainable and collaborative. Not a completed project, but a direction.

"We are only at the beginning. But this is proof of what we can achieve"
– Thomas Holm, CEO Svenska Handelsfastigheter

For Svenska Handelsfastigheter, this is about living up to their own core values: experience, long-term thinking and collaboration. Digitalisation is not an end in itself, it is the tool for actually living by them.