The City of Tampere has opened applications for rental row-house and apartment plots in Lahdesjärvi and Lentävänniemi and is selling a Hyhky plot by online auction; applications must be submitted by 15:45 on 30 June 2026.
A protected, century-old factory office at Vernissaraitti 6 in Epilä is being sold at a public auction open until 8 August 2026.
Metso is moving its rock‑crushing production to a new Lahdesjärvi factory, freeing the Hatanpää industrial site for housing; earthworks start this summer and operations are expected in autumn 2028.
The City of Tampere has opened a nature-focused playground in Korpinpuisto, Järvensivu, featuring recycled-material play structures including a log hut and wooden boats.
Kurpitsatalo, a more-than-100-year-old wooden house in Tahmela bought for 33,000 marks and once used as a neighbourhood communal space, has been placed under a usage ban and now stands empty and used for storage.
Tampere continues to pump drinking water from the Pinsiö groundwater area near the Pinsiön–Matalusjoki river, and conservationists warn the extraction is harming critically endangered freshwater pearl mussels.
Tampere's commercial city centre drew 36.4 million visits in 2025, up 4% from 2024, with 63% of visits using services and Fridays and the year-end the busiest times.
The City Environment Committee recommended the city board approve a zoning amendment for Tiilitehtaankatu 5 and handled several other municipal items at its 26 May meeting.
The 70-year-old brick north wing of Tammela School will be demolished in June to make way for a new building; bricks, granite and other original details will be salvaged for reuse and the renewed school is due after the 2028 summer holiday.
The City of Tampere will renovate the Metsäniitty daycare and schoolyard this summer, adding planting, shade structures and nature-based stormwater measures to reduce heat stress for children.
Lujatalo and Balder Finland said they will build an owner-developed service centre of about 7,700 leasable square metres in the new Peltolammi–Lakalaiva district, part of a larger area centre that will include school, daycare and housing for around 2,000 residents.
Valssipadonraitti will close in June for demolition of the Patosilta bridge and the installation of a temporary pedestrian and cycle crossing between Koskipuisto and Vanhan kirjaston puisto.
Tampere will hold a residents' evening on biodiversity on 4 June, featuring presentations and a 'more-than-human' workshop with tips for boosting biodiversity in yards and housing companies.
First tenants for the Hakametsä Sport Campus have been revealed, including SuperPark, Tampere Climbing Centre, VALO Hotel & Work, Compass Group Finland and Varala; construction of the first hybrid block is planned to start in 2027.
The City of Tampere says City Hall will open a new customer service lobby and a public café-restaurant (Viistokatu) at the start of June as municipal services move into the building.
Erkkilä Bridge will open to pedestrians and cyclists on 28 May at 3 p.m.; motor vehicle access will follow later in the summer once surrounding work is finished.
A floating breakwater has been installed at Mustanlahti harbour to protect around 100 new small-boat berths due to be built this summer.
Tampere vocational college Tredu says students built the Aurora show home, which will be presented to media on 19 May 2026 at the Lempäälä Housing Fair media day.
The City of Tampere invites residents and local riders to a workshop to help design the remaining skate and BMX features at Heinurinmäki, part of a 2021 master plan.
The City of Tampere has sold a roughly 2.5-hectare plot in Leinola to developer BRAND toimitilat Oy, which plans a two-phase commercial and logistics complex on the site.