Iso Omena

Iso Omena (Finnish for "Big Apple") is a shopping centre in Matinkylä, Espoo, Finland, opened on September 24, 2001. The construction of Iso Omena aimed to, as far as possible, take heed of the wishes of the population of Espoo. Because of this, Iso Omena includes many centralised municipal and private services. Iso Omena also includes apartments, with a direct connection to the shopping centre. The name "Iso Omena" comes from the nickname "The Big Apple" of New York City in the United States.

Iso Omena
Iso Omena
LocationMatinkylä, Espoo, Finland
Coordinates60°09′43.7″N 024°44′14.3″E
Opening dateSeptember 24, 2001 (2001-09-24)
OwnerDoughty Hanson & Co Real Estate Fund
ArchitectMauri Tommila
No. of stores and servicesover 200
Total retail floor area108,700 m2 (1,170,037 sq ft)
No. of floors4 (3 above ground, 1 below ground)
Parking2,187 bays
Websitewww.isoomena.fi

Iso Omena includes over 200 businesses. The total area for rent is approximately 108,700 m2 (1,170,000 sq ft). The building has three floors, a parking lot on the bottom floor and a separate parking building and an office tower.

Information

It opened September 24, 2001. It is owned by Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate Fund. The architect was Mauri Tommila. Its motto is "Like a small city".

It houses over 200 businesses. It has four floors: Parking lot floor P, Market floor M, Forum floor T and Service floor S. It provides approximately 1,100 jobs.

It has sales of approximately 260 million Euro per year and approximately 12 million visitors per year.

Largest businesses
  • K-Citymarket: 10,594 m2 (114,030 sq ft)
  • Prisma: 10,249 m2 (110,320 sq ft)
  • Kirjasto Omena: 2,443 m2 (26,300 sq ft)
  • Aleksi 13: 1,609 m2 (17,320 sq ft)
  • Stadium: 1,595 m2 (17,170 sq ft)
  • HOK, restaurants: 1,316 m2 (14,170 sq ft)

Area
Market level

It has a Total area of 166,000 m2 (1,790,000 sq ft) with area for rent comprising a shopping centre of 108,700 m2 (1,170,000 sq ft) offices of 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) and Senior apartments of 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) (95 apartments).

Parking

It has approximately 2,200 free parking spaces in total, divided into Parking lot floor P1 (1,061), Parking lot floor P2 (818), Outside on the market floor P3 (136), Outside on the roof P2 (172), Totaling : 2,187

Services
Bus terminal

Services offered include: library, Espoo city common service centre, ticket service and medical and dental health service, chapel, KELA, office of the Finnish employment bureau, and a movie theatre.

Connections

Iso Omena can be reached by all buses travelling along Länsiväylä past Matinkylä, and by buses passing over Piispansilta. Beginning from November 2017, the shopping centre can also be reached by the metro. The Matinkylä metro station is located directly under the southern part of Iso Omena.

References

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