Isomyyri

Isomyyri is a shopping centre located in the Myyrmäki district of Vantaa, Finland. It was constructed in 1987 and has been owned by the Finnish shopping-centre operator Citycon since 1999. The centre occupies two floors and houses around twenty retail units, serving the everyday shopping needs of the Myyrmäki neighbourhood and the wider Vantaa area. The centre is part of the Myyrmäki commercial and transport hub, which is served by local rail and bus connections. Its official website is operated under the Citycon umbrella and presents the centre as a local shopping destination with a feedback channel for visitors. Isomyyri's long-term future has been the subject of urban-planning discussion. An architectural competition named Myyr York Downtown proposed replacing the Isomyyri and Myyrinpuhos sites with high-rise buildings and a substantial amount of new housing, meaning the existing shopping centre has been considered threatened with demolition. As of the available evidence, Isomyyri continues to operate as a shopping centre under Citycon ownership.

Isomyyri was built in 1987 as a shopping centre in the Myyrmäki district of Vantaa, Finland. Myyrmäki developed as one of Vantaa's principal suburban centres, with a railway station and a concentration of retail and public services, and Isomyyri formed part of that local commercial fabric. In 1999 the Finnish shopping-centre company Citycon acquired Isomyyri. Citycon subsequently became one of the leading owners and managers of shopping centres in the Nordic region, and Isomyyri was integrated into its Finnish portfolio as a neighbourhood-scale centre. Under Citycon ownership the centre has continued to operate with two floors and roughly twenty shops and service units, catering to daily needs rather than destination retail. In the 2020s the future of the site became uncertain. An architectural competition called Myyr York Downtown selected a proposal to redevelop the area around Isomyyri and the neighbouring Myyrinpuhos building with high-rise construction and a large number of new dwellings. Under that plan the existing Isomyyri shopping centre has been described as threatened with demolition, although the centre has continued trading and maintaining an official web presence under Citycon.

• 1999

  Citycon acquires Isomyyri.

• 1987

  Isomyyri shopping centre is built in Myyrmäki, Vantaa.

• Architectural competition Myyr York Downtown proposes high-rise redevelopment of the Isomyyri and Myyrinpuhos sites, threatening the centre with demolition.

Local neighbourhood shopping centre in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, owned and managed by Citycon.

• Two-storey shopping centre with around twenty retail units

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2. 2Isomyyri – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Isomyyri – Wikipédia (français)fr.wikipedia.org