Myyrmanni
Myyrmanni Shopping Centre in August 2013 | |
| Location | Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 60°15′37″N 024°51′12″E / 60.26028°N 24.85333°E |
| Opening date | 1994 |
| Owner | Citycon Oyj |
| Stores and services | 127 |
| Anchor tenants | 2 |
| Floor area | 42,000 m2 (452,084 sq ft) |
| Floors | 3 |
| Parking | 1,100 bays |
| Website | www |
Myyrmanni is a shopping center in the Myyrmäki suburb of Vantaa, Finland.[1] The center was built in the early 1990s and has over 90 stores and 1,100 parking spaces. The main tenants of the shopping center include K-Citymarket, Prisma, Tokmanni, Clas Ohlson, Jysk, Lindex, Alko and Burger King.[2]
From the center of Helsinki, Myyrmanni is best reached by bus route 300 or P-train to Myyrmäki Station, located next to the mall.
History
1994 to 2002
Myyrmanni was opened on 2 October 1994. At the time it was the second biggest shopping centre in Finland after the Itäkeskus shopping centre in Helsinki; it was later surpassed by newer shopping centres opened relatively close by, such as the Jumbo and Sello shopping centres. Right from the beginning, Myyrmanni included shops such as Anttila, K-Citymarket, Tarjoustalo and a restaurant world consisting of six restaurants.[3]
Already in its first year, there were about six million visitors to Myyrmanni.[4] At first the premises were owned by the company Megamyyri Oy, which was partly owned by the Sampo Group and the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank and partly by the Kesko group and the Ilmarinen insurance company. Citycon bought the majority of Myyrmanni in 1999.[5][6]
Myyrmanni bombing
Myyrmanni was the site of a bombing on October 11, 2002, where seven people were killed.[1]
2003 onwards
In 2005 there were about 7.1 million visitors to Myyrmanni and its total sales amounted to about 158 million euro.[7] In January 2006 Citycon bought the remaining 26 percent of Myyrmanni's shares.[7]
In 2010, the mall attempted to improve the customer flow to the second floor, as there were queues at the landscape lifts, and the steel car lifts were ignored. Kone Lifts turned the elevators into a Hall of Fame for the 'Incredibles' comic strip characters. Making their elevators more attractive to the public solved the people flow problem. This practical case of service design thinking is used in literature as an example of extending products into services.[8]
The Anttila store ay Myyrmanni cosed down in 2015. In March 2016 a large renovation at Myyrmanni was completed. The renovation brought many new and renovated stores to Myyrmanni. As sales of goods had largely moved to the Internet, the shopping centre expanded its selection of services, cafés and restaurants.[9] The Citymarket store at Myyrmanni was its only grocery store for a long time, until an S-market grocery store was opened at Myyrmanni in 2017.[10] A Tokmanni store was opened at Myyrmanni in March 2020.[11]
In early 2022 the UFF, H&M, Vero Moda and Suomalainen Kirjakauppa stores at Myyrmanni closed down.[12] A Prisma store and a Lidl store were opened at Myyrmanni in Autumn 2023.[13]
References
- ^ a b Lyall, Sarah (October 15, 2002). "Teenager Held In Bombing That Killed 7 At Finnish Mall". The New York Times Company. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ "Liikkeet". Myyrmanni (in Finnish). Retrieved March 22, 2025.
- ^ Myyrmanni aikoo koota vuodessa 650 mmk 145000 ihmisen alueelta Maan toiseksi suurimassa kauppakeskuksessa 114 yrittäjää ja 800 työpaikkaa, Helsingin Sanomat 30 September 1994. Accessed on 11 October 2020.
- ^ Myyrmanni saavutti tavoitteensa ensimmäisenä vuotenaan Kuusi miljoonaa asiakasta on jo käynyt, Helsingin Sanomat 29 September 1995. Accessed on 11 October 2020.
- ^ Länsi-Vantaan Myyrmanni täynnä 90-prosenttisesti Noin 800 työpaikasta puolet on uusia, Helsingin Sanomat 22 June 1994. Accessed on 11 October 2020.
- ^ Citycon ostaa kauppakeskuksia, YLE 11 June 1999. Accessed on 10 July 2020.
- ^ a b Citycon osti loputkin Myyrmannista, Helsingin Sanomat 17 January 2006. Accessed on 26 June 2020.
- ^ Stickdorn, Marc; Schneider, Jakob (2011). This is Service Design Thinking (2015 ed.). Hoboken New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons. pp. 63–64. ISBN 9781118156308.
- ^ Myyrmannin liiketarjonta kasvaa - "Pakko pysyä vauhdissa mukana", Vantaan Sanomat 23 January 2016. Accessed on 1 July 2020.
- ^ Myyrmanniin tulee iso S-market, Vantaan Sanomat 23 February 2016. Accessed on 1 July 2020.
- ^ Tokmanni siirtyy Isomyyristä Myyrmanniin, Vantaan Sanomat 24 January 2020. Accessed on 15 May 2021.
- ^ Massinen, Tuomas: Myyrmannin liikkeiden väheneminen harmittaa monia: "Jatkossa täytyy varmaan käydä muualla", Vantaan Sanomat 10 January 2023.
- ^ Massinen, Tuomas: Vantaalle viritellään neljää uutta hypermarkettia - myös useita muita kauppoja on suunnitteilla, Vantaan Sanomat 14 May 2023. Accessed on 21 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Myyrmanni at Wikimedia Commons