Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments WE HAVE SPACE FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS 2 Seinäjoki PushingMiljardilla the enemmän city forward elinvoimaa with €1 billion of investments DIY Seinäjoki has never shied away from building BIG. “Too outlandish” is not really part of the local vocabulary. Once work gets underway, there is no brake pedal. The Aalto Centre – an internationally 1960 renowned architectural destination Kyrkösjärvi – we did not have a lake, 1980 so we made one Jouppilanvuori (118 m) – we could not find 1980 a mountain, so we made one, and it became the city’s highest point Frami – the heart of the city’s business 2000 and science park. 46,500 m², 3,000 students, 80 companies, 1,000 experts Apila – A library building of 2012 unrivalled beauty OmaSP Stadium – Finland’s classiest 2016 football stadium Boosting the city’s vitality with 2017– investments of €1 billion 2021 Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments Seinäjoki 3 Jorma Rasinmäki Billion Mayor Space for pace success The pace of private investment in Seinäjoki is soaring beautifully. Half of the expected billion "THE RATE OF APARTMENT construction in the capital of space is one of the briskest in euros of investment has already been realised, Finland. Here, the number of workplaces grows, while many new investments are in the pipeline. while unemployment continues to fall. Seinäjoki has often been chosen as Finland’s - WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST of planned private sector investments in best partner for companies. We are in the cent- Seinäjoki from the start of 2017 to 2021. We reached over €1.1 billion! In the re of space, where businesses have more than first two years, over €330 million has been realised and €210 million of projects anywhere else. are underway, calculates Into Seinäjoki’s Managing Director Hannu Kantonen. On top of private sector investments come considerable investments from It is worth investing with us. A billion euros of the city and the hospital district, which together total many hundreds of investment in the next five years are proof of million euros. confidence. - All this helps us to reach our goal of breaking into the top 3 growth cities in Finland, appraises Kantonen. We have space for you!" 4 Seinäjoki Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments The new Seinäjoki city centre reaches towards space SEINÄJOKI, THE CAPITAL OF SPACE, has a new city centre. There are more on-going and planned construction projects than ever before. Thanks to the increase in building height, the new constructions are reaching towards space and the number of residents will at least double from the current lev- el. The market place will return to its old home, and become a new meeting place for the people of Seinäjoki. The expansion of the station area will increase the centre’s commercial and residential area by dozens of hectares. Behind all of this is the city strategy, where Seinäjoki City, Into Seinäjoki and the centre’s real estate owners and com- panies are committed to developing the centre. The centre's population 2 500 10 000 Living 6. 15. R Station area Tiedekatu 2, FI-60320 SEINÄJOKI +358 (0)6 414 1225 - Tehtaankatu 29a, FI-00150 HELSINKI +358 (0)50 364 8305 u u k 5. i n t i e V Date Sheet No. KORTTELI 1 - SEINÄJOKI 08 / 17 SIGGE ARCHITECTS LTD a PERSPEKTIIVIT04/24/13 9.5.20162/22 p a u d e n Commercial services t i e 4. 13. 14. 12. Transport, services, work 3. 7. 2. 8. R THE MARKET PAVILION, Kontra, and the 4.7-metre- u u k Culture, events, high sculpture Horsma will be the visual crowd pullers i n leisure t at Seinäjoki’s new market place. The market pavilion has i e been designed by Seinäjoki architect office OOPEAA, and 1. Horsma by Kuopio artist and industrial designer, Risto Pentikäinen. Both attraction winners were found through a V 10. design competition. Ready in 2019. a p a u d CITY DEVELOPMENTS DERIVED FROM e n t 11. THE CENTRE’S ROAD MAP i e 9. Seinäjoki city, Into Seinäjoki and city centre businesses have co-operated to compile a road map for the city centre development, giving concrete instructions for implementing the city’s new strategy to measurable achievements. irkko - The road map gives a vision for the long-term K katu u development of the centre. For the city’s decision-makers, Kirkkokat concrete goals give criteria for decision-making, and a signal to companies that it is worth investing in the area. The road map is significant both for the companies already operating in the area and for businesses planning COMING UP UNDER CONSTRUCTION FINISHED investments, reasons Niina Koskipalo from Into Seinäjoki, who is responsible for the strategy work. 1. Expansion of Hotel Alma 6. Jerikon kortteli 12. Kassakulma 2. Expansion of the Nordea building 7. Keskustori 13. Rauniotorni 3. Keskuskatu 10 8. OmaSP-talo 14. Toriparkki 4. Osuuspankin kortteli 9. Patruuna-kortteli 15. Saga-palvelutalo 5. Maakunnankatu 6 10. Sofi antupa 11. Seinäjoen Aino Torikeskus A MASSIVE EXTENSION FOR TORIKESKUS The expansion of Torikeskus shopping centre is one of Seinäjoki centre’s most substantial individual construction projects. The goal is close to 20,000 m² of new residential, commercial and service area on many floors. It would be pos- sible to locate the city’s social welfare and healthcare centre in the complex. The plans also include a roofed marketplace for shops and restaurants. The aim is to get the zoning ready by the end of 2019, so that construction could start in spring 2020. The construction company Peab and City Kauppapaikat Oy are responsible for the project. Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments Seinäjoki 7 Torikeskus Raimo Sarajärvi entrepreneur, real estate investor "SEINÄJOKI IS A RETAIL CITY. Chain store sales Nordea building in our shopping centres are amongst the highest levels in the country, so there is sufficient buyers EXPANSION OF TORIKESKUS and purchase power. We will continue to make • 18,000 m² of multi-storeyed space large investments in the very centre of Seinäjoki. • The highest parts 12-floored Seinäjoki is a city of events. For these we are kno- • 100–120 apartments wn, and it is natural to continue to invest in them. • approx. 6,000 m² or commercial space There are many great venues, such as Seinäjoki Designer: UKI Arkkitehdit Arena and the OmaSP Stadium. Seinäjoki is an active family’s dream city. There are so many versatile sports facilities within a short distance, EXPANSION OF THE NORDEA BUILDING that it is difficult to think of a hobby that you can’t 9-floors, 2 lower floors shop and office space, do, and should you wish, strive to do it at the very approx. 36 apartments. The higher apartments highest level." will be two-storeyed. Ready 2021. Sofiantupa Toriparkki SEVEN-SCREEN CINEMA BIOREX In the spring of 2020 BioRex will be a seven-screened, approximately 2,000 m², multiplex cinema, right in the very centre of Seinäjoki. Kauppakatu will have a new building, Asunto Oy Sofian Tupa, with a total of 3,000 m² of commercial space and approximately 80 apartments. - A cinema is one of the most important cultural attractions for a city, and it must be easily accessible for everyone. That is why it is natural to build the new multiplex cinema in the heart of the city, tells Aku Jaakola, managing director of BioRex Cinemas. Arkkitehtitoimisto Aaron Rantala is responsible for the design of the complex and Suunnittelu- ja Arkkitehtitoimisto Partanen & Lamusuo for the cinema. The project will be realised together with building firm Rakennusliike J. Rajala. Oma Säästöpankki Kassakulma ja Rauniontorni LUJATALO: SEINÄJOEN RAUNIONTORNI 9-floored apartment building, 40 apartments, business space, offices. SSR POHJANMAA: SEINÄJOEN KASSAKULMA 9-floored apartment building, business space, offices and 48 apartments. J. RAJALA: ASUNTO OY OMA SÄÄSTÖPANKKI 5–8-floored apartment building, over 100 new apartments, business space and offices. SEIPARK OY: TORIPARKKI carpark with 235 spaces under Keskustori. Ready at the beginning of 2018. J. RAJALA: AS. OY SOFIANTUPA 6- and 9-floored apartment buildings, 80 apartments, 3,000 m² of business space (including BioRex movie theatre). 10 Seinäjoki Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments Komiakortteli Patruunakortteli Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments Seinäjoki 11 Jerikon kortteli Seinäjoen Aino PALLAS RAKENNUS: PATRUUNAKORTTELI Located opposite the city’s railway station, nine 6- to 8-floored buildings with a total of 400 new apartments and some commercial spaces. YIT: SEINÄJOEN AINO 8-floored apartment building. 58 apartments, 3 commercial spaces. Seinäjoen Vieno with 5- Hannu Rajamäki and 8-floored buildings. 70 apartments. unit director, Peab Seinäjoki PEAB: JERIKON KORTTELI Five 8-floored apartment buildings. PEAB: MAAKUNNNANKATU 6 "EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A BIG NORDIC, construction 4-8-floored apartment buildings, 150 apartments company, we operate very locally and in a customer- and three commercial spaces. orientated manner. We have a big interest in Seinäjoki, where the number of apartments is growing rapidly. YIT: KOMIAKORTTELI In Seinäjoki things go actively and smoothly. Officials 12 apartment buildings, over 400 apartments. advance things and strive to find solutions." 12 Seinäjoki Pushing the city forward with €1 billion of investments A large expansion for Hotel Alma THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT in the renewal of the station area will be the extension to Hotel Alma. The hotel in the railway workers’ building and water tower will gain more space with a new building. • 7 floors STATION AREA • 52 rooms, with two suites on the 7th floor • 3 conference rooms • 1 sauna facility 30-hectare • Estimated to open in January 2020 station area for business SEINÄJOKI STATION is one of the most central and lively railway stations in Finland.