Salmisaari () is a small area (a sector, ''pienalue'') belonging to the
Ruoholahti
Ruoholahti (; ; both meaning "Grass Bay") is a quarter in Helsinki, part of the Länsisatama Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood and Kampinmalmi Subdivisions of Helsinki#Districts, district. It is located in the southwestern ...
quarter of the
Länsisatama neighbourhood
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of
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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.
The Salmisaari island was previously located west of the Helsinginniemi peninsula. However, during the early times of Länsisatama, it was annexed to the mainland by filling the sea in between. The area of Salmisaari has been named after this island.
Since 1953, Salmisaari has included the Salmisaari power plant, owned by
Helsingin Energia. It also has offices of
Altia (Salmisaarenranta 7). The opposite half of the same building acts as the
Helsinki Court House.
Renovation
On the site of Salmisaari's former power plant's
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal i ...
supply area, in the immediate vicinity of the
Länsiväylä highway, there will be completed in autumn 2008 100,000 square metres of high-level office and business premises and an exercise building of 20,000 square metres, containing two ice hockey halls. The central location, diverse services and good traffic connections make Salmisaari a unique target. The new office building has been planned in respect of the old buildings, and Salmisaari is planned to have a stylish and comfortable city district with its own
marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
and beach boulevard.
[One tower after another rises in the place of the Salmisaari coal supply, ]Helsingin Sanomat
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6 August 2007, page A8 Tenants include the insurance company
Varma,
Ahlstrom,
Sponda,
YIT,
Omenahotelli,
Regus, and
Technopolis.
References
External links
The office building planned by Varma in Salmisaari
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Subdivisions of Helsinki
Ruoholahti