real estate
Property development & ownership
SUNBORN owns and operates a broad portfolio of high-quality real estate.
Focused primarily in hospitality and events our property portfolio includes market leading spa hotels, restaurants, offices buildings, healthcare and wellness facilities, as well as timeshare properties and live event venues.
Sunborn also have a substantial portfolio of land assets and waterfront location development rights.
Minne Champagne & Wine
Located in downtown Helsinki, on Esplanadi stands the Industrial Palace, a renowned Helsinki building and flagship building of the Ahlström property portfolio. Built in 1937 and designed by architects Jung & Jung, the historic building houses offices, retail stores and restaurants, including the Restaurant Savoy and Savoy Theatre.
Among the latest additions to the property are the upscale restaurants Café Savoy – and Minne Champagne & Wine and Minne Garden, two new additions to the Sunborn hospitality portfolio and our first development in central Helsinki.
Opening in November 2023 and renovated throughout, Minne Champagne & Wine transformed an old pub into a light, fresh and stylish champagne and wine bar in the evenings and a cafe during the day.
Minne Garden
Minne Garden, the second part of the development opened in the beginning of 2024, a 200-seat restaurant and event space, located in a spacious atrium by the Savoy Theatre. Serving theatre guests during intermissions and regularly used by event organisers for private parties and functions, Minne Garden is also a popular lunch restaurant for nearby offices and residents during the day.
The interior design was inspired by the historic Ahlström building and was created by Turku-based interior architects, Shaw Partners. The elegant Art Deco style of the Savoy Theatre guides the shapes of the individual pieces of furniture and the colours and patterns of the textiles in the restaurant, while at the same time following the simple lines of functionalism.
new developments
LOGOMO
In 2020 Sunborn purchased Logomo, a large-scale facility for live music concerts, cultural events and the creative industries, located in a former railway locomotive factory in Turku, Finland. A public private partnership with the City of Turku – Logomo is partly owned by Sunborn (61%) and the City of Turku (39%).
With 25,000 square meters of floor space, Logomo has a main concert hall and numerous venues, which are used for seminars, private events, exhibitions and live TV productions. In 2019 Logomo hosted 1300 different events with 377 000 visitors and there are 90 companies and artists renting offices and studios in the facility.
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PINELLA
Dating back to 1836, Pinella is the oldest restaurant in Finland, with a long history as a cultural and artistic venue. The derelict original buildings were renovated by Sunborn in 2011, a project that included the largest urban archaeological digs in Finnish history, due to the cultural history of the property and location in medieval Turku.
The property has 2 separate buildings – the original colonnades on the riverside and wood Pinella which faces a city park, which were connected in the renovation by a new glass enclosed staircase. The property is currently leased to restaurant operator, Pizzeria Via Tribunali.
Gilleleje spa, Denmark
Located in a picturesque fishing village in northern Denmark, Gilleleje Spa is an important, high-value, Sunborn real estate project. Within 50 minutes drive from Copenhagen, the area is a popular location for holiday homes and is a vibrant cultural and commercial centre throughout the year.
The property investment includes 13 hectares of land, with full planning authority approval for a spa hotel and wellness resort. Designed by a leading Danish architect, the new hotel resort has 22,250 square meters of floor space, with 250 guest rooms and suites, as well as a large spa facility with swimming pools, restaurants and bars.
Surrounded by a golf course and a beautiful rural location, the newly constructed hotel will also have excellent conference and event facilities and aims to become the one of the top conference and leisure destinations in Zealand, Denmark.