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• The construction of two towers is under way at the Redi shopping centre. The second one, dubbed Loisto, will be completed later in the year.
• Seven residential complexes will be completed in Sompasaari in the coming seven year, and the construction of the final residential block (ATT) will begin in summer. Services will emerge in the first ship plots over the course of the summer.
• In the southern part of Verkkosaari, seven residential construction projects will be completed within the year.
• One large residential project will be completed in the Työpajanpiha area, along with the start of two other residential construction projects and the possible construction of one commercial building.
• The construction of Loviseholm Park continues in Sompasaari.
• Street construction continues in Sompasaari, southern part of Verkkosaari and Vilhonvuorenkatu. By Kalasatama Comprehensive School, Arielinkatu will be restricted to pedestrians and cyclists only.
• The preliminary and street construction of the northern section of Verkkosaari continues.
• The construction of the Verkkosaari day care centre will begin in summer.
• Under the ‘From Kalasatama to Pasila’ project, the preliminary and street construction of Kalasatama district’s southernmost area, Nihti, is about to begin, alongside the preparations for building a railway line from Kalasatama to Pasila. Click this link for more information on the ‘From Kalasatama to Pasila’ project. Click this link for more information on the ‘From Kalasatama to Pasila’ project.

• Sörnäistenniemi has some 2,900 residents. The area already has a school, with a second stage scheduled for completion in 2020, two day-care centres, and one temporary day-care centre, two small grocery stores, a few restaurants and some other business premises. The hotel plot currently housing the temporary day-care centre will be built up later. You can reach Mustikkamaa from Sörnäistenniemi by crossing the Isoisänsilta bridge.
• Sompasaari will have homes for some 3,000 people. The first apartments were completed in 2018. Loviseholminpuisto park is located in the middle of Sompasaari, and the shore areas have plots for ships that must be open to the public, such as restaurant ships. The local detailed plan also allows for the construction of a spa hotel.
• Nihti is located at the southernmost tip of Kalasatama. The area has great views of the sea, the centre and Tervasaari. Planning for the area is under way, and it will have some 3,000 residents. Nihti will also be the terminal station for the Kalasatama tramway, and the goal is for the tram to start operating in 2024. Around the year 2026, the Kruunusillat bridges will link Nihti to Merihaka and further to the centre. 
• The Redi Shopping Centre opened in autumn 2018. Redi will also have eight towers, seven of which will house apartments for some 2,500 residents, while one will have offices and an apartment hotel. The towers will be 20–37 storeys high, with the tallest reaching 132 metres. The first apartment tower was completed in autumn 2019 and the second tower, scheduled for completion in 2021, is currently being built.
• The first apartments in southern Verkkosaari were completed in late 2018. Kesko’s head office, K-Kampus, was completed in spring 2019. More business premises are being built along Itäväylä. The area also has a health and wellness centre that started in 2018. The seaside blocks overlook the sea in front of Vanhakaupunki. Redi’s services and good public transport connections are right next door.
• A residential area for some 3,600 residents, a large day-care centre and a small boat harbour will be built in northern Verkkosaari in the 2020s. Pre-construction and street construction are already under way in the area.
• Verkkosaarenranta will see 40 floating apartments in the early 2020s.
• Students live in the campus area in northern Kyläsaari, the northernmost part of Kalasatama. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences moved there in 2016. The sports hall and student apartments for Arcada University of Applied Sciences were completed in early 2019. Other parts of the Kyläsaari area will be completed during the final stages of Kalasatama’s construction in the 2030s.
• Hermanninranta is located between Hermannin rantatie and the future Hermannin rantapuisto park. Land use planning for the area was started in 2020. A plot for a comprehensive school will also be allocated in the area.
• The old gas plant area buildings in Suvilahti will be preserved and restored mainly for use in cultural activities. The area hosts numerous events each year, and the plan is to develop the area into an event venue.
• The operation of the Hanasaari power plant will cease by the end of 2024. Apartments and more will be built in the area in the 2030s.

Streets and parks are being constructed in stages according to the area’s housing construction schedule. Street finishing work and planting can usually only be carried out once the adjacent buildings have been completed. Kalasatamanpuisto park will be nearly completed in 2020. The construction of Loviseholminpuisto, located in Sompasaari, will begin in summer 2020, and the goal is to have the park near completion during 2021. Most of the construction in Loviseholminpuisto will take place in 2021. Hermannin rantapuisto will be built in the northern part of Kalasatama in the 2030s. In the future, a six-kilometre shore route will run along the shoreline, from the mouth of Vantaanjoki river via Arabianranta and Kalasatama to Merihaka.

The names for the new streets and parks come from Kalasatama’s history as a port, for example. There are streets named after ships, such as Junonkatu and Capellanaukio. Kivihiilenkatu (“Coal Street”) and Koksikatu (“Coke Street”) are named after the former coal docks, warehouses and gas plant. At Verkkosaari, the nomenclature is based on fishing terminology.

Plans and street and park construction on a map

Local detailed plans define land use in the area, such as where to build apartments, offices and parks, and where the streets and other routes will run. Read more about land use planning here

Local detailed plans for the sub-areas of Kalasatama and their related documentation on the Helsinki Map Service