A VERSATILE CENTRAL CITY BLOCK

The WSOYtalo building is over 120 years old. The beautiful building holds a special place in the heart of Finnish culture and, specifically, that of the urban culture in Porvoo. Within the building, we have built facilities for both office and health care services as well as those suitable for educational and cultural purposes. We have listened to our customers and worked together with them when developing new solutions. Otherwise, we could not have created the versatile city block WSOYtalo is today.

WSOYtalo carries spaces readily available for businesses and communities. In addition, there is raw space, fully adaptable to customers’ needs. 

WSOY BUILDING IN NUMBERS

• customers 90
• occupancy rate 87%
• leasable area 22 000 m²
• unused building rights 1,700 m²

LOCAL HISTORY

The history of the WSOYtalo building dates back to 1897, when Swedish Count Louis Sparre and Belgian A.W. Finch launched the operations of the Iris factory. The factory manufactured Finch’s unique pottery and furniture designed by Sparre. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö purchased the property for its publishing operations in 1906, and it was developed into the most modern printing house of the time in the Nordic countries. Renor purchased the WSOYtalo building in 2005.