Loyal customers mourn the death of suburban cups-\”This is the end of the world for the whole forest\”
The old shopping center in Lahti Metsäkangas has been sentenced. Customers of a suburban pub in the mall will be left without a living room.
In Lahti, the loyal customers of the Metsäkangas suburb are opposed to the demolition of the old mall.
The city and property owner Bonava agreed early in the year that the mall will be demolished within a year and replaced by a green area.
The mall is a typical 1970s suburban shopping center, where the shops have already left. The Wanha Master of Restel is still present.
Its loyal customers are shocked by the loss of their nearby pub.
The customers of the pub would like to give the concrete building still grace.
Suutari fears that the place will collect all the drug addicts in the area if the ostar is replaced by trees and shrubs.
– There is a strong feeling that people living in the regions are not cared for. They will be taken from the last services and dismantled everything.
After a day’s work, friends used to stop in a nearby cup. The old Lahti people remember the restaurant as a crab, fox hunt or old fox.
Kristian Henene, Business Director of Restel, also regrets the closure of a long -running restaurant.
– We explore the alternative opportunities for continuing operations. The situation does not seem easy when the corresponding street -level retail space is poorly available on the forest, says Henene.
The empty property is prone to vandalism
Metsäkangas shopping center had to be demolished years earlier. Residential buildings were to be built.
According to the property owner, Metsäkangas is not a profitable construction site and the city wants the property to decay.
– The residents of the area have very much asked for something for the mall. It starts to be prone to disruptive behavior and mess. Some think it is even dangerous, says McCarron.
According to McCarron, there are enough sad examples of empty properties in Lahti.
– This is where we want to avoid now that we have another disturbance house with huge safety risks at the heart of the forest fabric.