The concrete parking garage in Ranta-Kartano, a parade ground in Lahti, has surprised the city’s residents with its massiveness. Plans for a swimming pool and hotel and spa next to it have not progressed.
For some time now, townspeople have been amazed by the massive parking facility that has risen in the lakeside landscape of Ranta-Kartano.
– Especially coming from the lake, it looks huge and massive.
– I do like the fact that a little bit of design has been used. I’ve seen some pictures of it finished and it was quite beautiful then.
However, Anne Virta doubts whether there will be enough users for the paid parking garage when the rest of the construction of the square is still on hold.
– I dare to doubt whether there are enough users for the parking garage.
“This is unlikely to end up in Kiasma”
– It’s not worth criticizing the unfinished.
Pekka Forsström believes that as long as times improve, even the currently frozen hotel and spa projects will move forward.
– Times will improve and all wars will end in time. A new beginning is sure to come.
– There will be wood art and lighting, so it will be quite handsome even in the evening, and we can even get a little plant to grow there on the facade. This will certainly not end up in Kiasmaa, but a handsome hall is coming.
Ranta-Kartano’s new, mostly above-ground parking facility will be commissioned in June. It has six floors, one and a half of which are below ground level. There are approximately 440 parking spaces.
The concrete parking garage has raised concerns among the townspeople with its massiveness and rugged appearance. Special attention has been paid to the facade of the parking garage in the plans, and it will be covered with shaped wood paneling and green plants.
On the side of the parking lot, on the lake side, the city’s swimming hall and a spa hotel realized with private financing were planned. The projects stopped due to the corona pandemic, rising construction costs and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Now a mural has been thought about to decorate the end of the parking garage.