COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, Helsinki area, Finland
Iso Omena has been a huge success
We completed a major expansion project for the Iso Omena shopping centre in spring 2017. After its expansion, Iso Omena has been a huge success, achieving numerous awards and more satisfied customers and tenants.
In the development project, the gross leasable area of Iso Omena increased to more than 100,000 square meters. The project brought many new shops and services to the centre, including the restaurant world M.E.E.T (Meet, Eat, Enjoy, Together) boasting an impressive selection of high-quality food, the Service Centre of the City of Espoo (6,000 sqm) and a cinema. With more than 200 different shops and services, Iso Omena is among Finland’s largest shopping centres.
The Iso Omena shopping centre has been awarded a LEED® Platinum certificate for its extension, the highest rating level within the environmental certification system.
Years of implementation (two phases)
2013 - 2017
New gross leasable area, sq.m
40.000
New shops, restaurants and service units
100
Award-winning Iso Omena
Iso Omena has won several awards in the shopping centre industry. The Nordic Council of Shopping Centers (NCSC) chose it as Finland’s best shopping centre in 2018 and as Best Nordic shopping centre in 2019. The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) selected Iso Omena as the winner in the category of extra-large shopping centre refurbishments and expansion projects in 2019.
The shopping centre also features the busy Matinkylä metro station and a feeder transport bus terminal which are located directly underneath the centre. Footfall of Iso Omena increased by 74 % to 20 million annual visitors after metro opening in 2017.