Grana International was founded in Belgium 1987, and was at the beginning, primarily focused on real estate investments and property management. Grana was a sister company to real estate companies operating in Sweden and the United States, owned by the Fogelberg family. Grana invested, by itself and together with different partners, in several real estate projects in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Grana was involved in management, financing, creating legal structures, refurbishments and construction. Blue Tower, the 24 stories well known office building on Avenue Louise in Brussels, was one successful project where Grana was involved, both as owner and manager.
During the early 90’ the business of Grana was expanded to include consulting, broker services, investigations, setting up corporate structures for, and advising other real estate owners/investors in the Benelux countries. Among the customers of Grana were several Swedish Banks and foreign investment Companies.
In 1992 Grana entered into one of its largest projects and started to research the Self Storage market in Europe. In early 1994 a joint venture was created together with Shurgard Self Storage Inc, a leading US Self Storage owner/operator, with the purpose of expanding the business in Europe.
During more than 10 years Grana was involved in the successful European expansion of Shurgard.
Today Shurgard Europe is the largest Self Storage owner and operator in Europe with more then 160 locations in 7 countries, more then 700 employees and has invested close to one billion Euros.
Grana has also participated in several startups and other business investments during the last few years.
Grana International AB, Stureplan 4C, 4th floor, 114 35 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone +46 8 799 99 90, Fax: +46 8 799 99 91
Grana International Belgium S.A., Park Atrium, Rue des Colones 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone +32 2 517 71 41, Fax: +32 2 517 65 00