Metsä Group to lease premises in Varma’s Keilaniemen Portti

Located in the Keilaniemi office hub, the 57-metre-high Keilaniemen Portti will have 14 above-ground floors. Wood is the primary material used in the building’s ambitious architecture. 

The premises to be leased by Metsä Group cover roughly 9,300 square metres. The total amount of lettable space in the building is approximately 17,700 square metres. Another lessee in the building is CSC – IT Center for Science , which entered into a lease agreement with Varma in the Summer 2023.  

The construction of Keilaniemen Portti began last summer, and the building is scheduled for completion at the end of 2026.

“For Varma, Keilaniemen Portti is an exceptional office building project with a strong focus not only on factors that enhance work satisfaction, but also on environmental aspects and circular economy principles. It is great that we have found long-term lessees and reliable partners for the project already at this stage. It speaks to Keilaniemen Portti’s appeal. In the business premises market, there is demand for high-quality spaces that focus on employee satisfaction,” says Sampsa Ratia, Head of Real Assets at Varma. 

The forest industry company Metsä Group uses wood, a renewable natural material, as the raw material for its products.

“We want to offer our employees modern working opportunities in a state-of-the-art office building. The use of wood as a key construction material for Keilaniemen Portti is well aligned with our values and makes the site particularly interesting for us. Good transport connections are important for our personnel,” says Arto Lampinen, Metsä Group’s SVP, Technology. 

Keilaniemen Portti is located at a traffic hub 

Keilaniemen Portti is located at a traffic hub near the Jokeri Light Rail terminus and the Keilaniemi metro station, next to Ring Road I and the Länsiväylä highway. 

The building’s frame consists of glulam posts, a concrete-CLT composite slab and steel beams. Wooden cladding will be installed on the aluminium frame of the facade. BREEAM Excellent environmental certification will be sought for Keilaniemen Portti. Keilaniemen Portti supports Varma’s goal of a carbon-neutral investment portfolio by 2035. 

Varma is one of Finland’s largest real estate investors, with real estate assets worth approximately EUR 5.7 billion. The lettable premises include hotel properties, business premises, commercial centre premises and over 4,400 rental apartments. 

Additional information:     

Sampsa Ratia, Varma, Head of Real Assets, sampsa.ratia(at)varma.fi, tel. +358 40 564 4456   

Marjut Tervola, Varma, Communications Manager marjut.tervola(at)varma.fi, tel. +358 45 673 0120     

Arto Lampinen, Metsä Group, SVP, Technology, arto.lampinen(at)metsagroup.com, tel. +358 40 834 9350