Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti) is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Helsinki with average asking rent around €384/sqm/yr · ≈ $38.5 PSF/yr USD.

  • Tech and Nokia campus corridor.
  • Prime tier — ~€384/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti), Helsinki — Class A submarket

Tech and Nokia campus corridor. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: €384/sqm/yr · ≈ $38.5 PSF/yr USD

TL;DR

  • Tech and Nokia campus corridor.
  • Prime tier — ~€384/sqm/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Keilaniemi and Karaportti in Espoo anchor Helsinki metro's deepest tech Class A market — Nokia HQ, KONE, Outokumpu, and Aalto University proximity.

Tenant profile

Tech (Nokia, KONE), engineering, cleantech, university spinouts.

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

Metro (Keilaniemi, Aalto Yliopisto), bus.

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

Aalto University, Otaniemi tech campus, Keilaniemi waterfront.

Comparable buildings

  • Nokia Karaportti Espoo
  • KONE HQ
  • Keilaniemi 8

Where Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti) sits in Helsinki

Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti) is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Helsinki, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around €384/sqm/yr · ≈ $38.5 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Helsinki Class A stock, Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti) typically attracts Tech (Nokia, KONE), engineering, cleantech, university spinouts and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti): Etu-Töölö / Kamppi, Pasila / Tripla, Kalasatama, Ruoholahti / Jätkäsaari. The full Helsinki submarket atlas is at /cities/helsinki.

Topic deep-dives for Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti)

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Espoo (Keilaniemi / Karaportti), the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Helsinki Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

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