Jumbo shopping centre

This article is about the shopping centre in Finland. For the centre on Gran Canaria, see Yumbo Centrum.
Jumbo shopping centre
Kauppakeskus Jumbo
Jumbo during the Christmas season
Map
LocationVantaa, Finland
Coordinates60°17′28″N 24°57′53″E / 60.291053°N 24.964636°E / 60.291053; 24.964636
AddressVantaanportinkatu 3
Opening dateOctober 1999 (1999-10)
OwnerUnibail-Rodamco,
Kesko,
HOK-Elanto,
Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company[1]
No. of stores and services119[1]
Total retail floor area86,100 square metres (927,000 sq ft)[1]
No. of floors3
Parking4600[1]
Websitejumbo.fi/en/ (in English)

Jumbo- Flamingo shopping centre (Finnish: Kauppakeskus Jumbo- Flamingo), commonly referred to as simply Jumbo, is a shopping center in Vantaa, Finland. With its gross leasable area of 86,100 square metres (927,000 sq ft), it is the second largest shopping and entertainment center in the Nordics.[1]

Jumbo was completed in October 1999. It currently[when?] employs approximately 1,500 people.[2] It has two hypermarket chains: Prisma (owned by S Group) and K-Citymarket (owned by Kesko).

History

Jumbo's foundation was laid before the recession of the 1990s due to the great demand that arose in the area for a shopping center. The construction companies Haka and Polar purchased the area and its surroundings from the consumers' co-operative Elanto and named the newly established development company Vantaanportti Oy. The company also purchased the neighboring residential areas and business park land. In October 1999, Jumbo was completed. In its first year, the shopping center attracted 6 million customers, with the number of customers rising since. An expansion was completed in 2005.[2]

In 2008, the Flamingo entertainment center was built next to Jumbo. Prior to completion, it was referred to as "Jumbo Park", as it is connected to the shopping center and the two centers act in co-operation rather than competition. Together, the two are referred to in Finnish as Viihdekauppakeskus (entertainment shopping centre).

In 2019, Jumbo merged with the Flamingo entertainment center, making it the largest shopping and entertainment center in the Nordics, with a leasable area of 140,000 square metres (1,500,000 sq ft).[3]

Panorama of Jumbo
A panoramic view of Jumbo in Aviapolis, Vantaa. Ring III runs through the foreground, and Flamingo can be seen in the background to the left

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kauppakeskukset: Finnish Shopping Centers 2013". Kauppakeskusyhdistys. Finnish Council of Shopping Centers. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "The History of Jumbo". Jumbo Shopping Centre. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ Honkamaa, Antti (27 June 2019). "Vantaan Jumbo ja Flamingo yhdistyvät: tuloksena Pohjoismaiden suurin kauppa- ja viihdekeskus – vuokrattava pinta-ala 140 000 neliömetriä" [Vantaa's Jumbo and Flamingo merge: the result is the largest shopping and entertainment center in the Nordic countries - a leasable area of 140,000 square metres]. Tekniikkatalous (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 May 2020.