Nordicum - Real Estate Annual Finland 2012 | Page 19

Photo: Helin & Co Architects fore special effort is placed on recognising and controlling all risks during the project. The main idea is to fully draw on the experiences from previous projects, such as the Kamppi Centre. “Actually, at the time when Kamppi was constructed it represented even a bigger investment for the company than Kalasatama, proportionally speaking,” Nieminen adds. What will Kalasatama be all about, then? Well, the new neighbourhood certainly seems to be aiming high: Kalasatama Centre consists of six residential towers as well as a hotel and an office tower. The towers will have 20 to 33 floors, the highest being 126 meters high. Green Appeal dertaking is indeed a big one for a company whose annual turnover is around € 600 million. Still, SRV has a reputation of going after the toughest challenges out there – and winning out in the end. Many of these success stories have been extremely highprofile cases, too, such as entertainment oasis Flamingo, Kamppi shopping centre or the recently opened Helsinki Music Centre which was just praised by The New York Times. “We, as an organization, look for these types of challenges and have done so for 25 years,” Nieminen says. The company’s “secret weapon” in handling such projects is the SRV Model which emphasises solid project management, networks and logistics. “Projects such as Kalasatama require broad expertise and we are confident that we have enough resources to succeed.” The value of the infrastructure construction in Kalasatama during the first phase alone is around € 45 million. Ready for the Big Time At Kalasatama, SRV is looking, once again, to create an innovative landmark development project – this time together with the City of Helsinki. Jukka Hienonen, CEO of SRV, has called the undertaking “an enormous construction engineering, financial and commercial effort” for the company, and there- The towers will house 86,000 square meters of apartments for approximately 2,000 inhabitants and 14,000 square meters of offices as well as a hotel of 10,000 square meters. Itäväylä road and metro line will be covered with a green deck. “What this means is that we want to create a park-like setting on the deck which is located six store