Ideapark Lempäälä
Total retail floor area 103,027 square metres (1,108,970 sq ft) | | |
| No. of floors | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Website | ideapark | |
Ideapark is a
Lempäälä's Ideapark was opened for business on December 1, 2006. A new Ideapark was opened in Oulu in October 2014 and other one in Seinäjoki in October 2019.
The mall has a total
History
Toivo Sukari and Tamperean businessman Toni Virkkunen had the idea to build the Ideapark in 2003.[1] Sukari, who also owns the Maskun Kalustetalo chain, took on the greatest financial responsibility and the role of a caretaker in the Ideapark project. At the end of 2004, he sold properties for about €25,000,000 to finance the construction of Ideapark.[2] Outsiders had no faith in Ideapark, and no bank loan was received until two years after the start of the project.[1]
An article by Etelä-Suomen Sanomat from July 2007 states that the construction costs of the project were approximately €120,000,000. Ideapark's rental income was reported to be approximately EUR 15 million per year and the total value approximately €200,000,000. There were 185 shops in Ideapark at that time. The Sukari and Viitala companies jointly own the Lempäälä Ideapark.[3] Kiinteistö Oy Ideapark made a profit for the first time in 2009, when in the financial year ended January 2010 the profit amounted to €440,000, while in previous years the loss amounted to several million euros annually.[4]
See also
References
- ^ ISSN 1459-675X.
- ^ "Maskun Sukari myi kiinteistöjä 25 miljoonalla". Kauppalehti (in Finnish). December 14, 2004. Retrieved January 20, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Arvekari, Esa (July 9, 2007). "Sikopaimenesta suursijoittajaksi". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ Vanhanen, Hannu (November 15, 2010). "Sukarin Ideaparkilla hurja korkoriski". Kauppalehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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