Pitkäniemi hospital area in Nokia put up for sale with protected wooden house and 30,500 m² of building rights

According to Tamperelainen and YLE, Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Services is moving forward with the sale of the Pitkäniemi hospital area on the shore of Lake Pyhäjärvi in Nokia. The corporate and premises committee will consider the proposal on Tuesday 8 September. Officials plan to divide the property into three sale packages: one large consolidated lot and two individual sites. One parcel includes a protected wooden rental house with four leased apartments on the site’s northern edge; another is the Linna building, zoned for service use. The largest parcel, which brings together protected structures with new building plots, is set to start at €15,577,000. YLE reports that the smaller lots are priced at €150,000 (the wooden house) and €300,000 (the Linna parcel). About 30,500 square metres of new building rights are available, and a zoning amendment that took effect in October 2025 aims to preserve the area's character while allowing new housing and services. Petri Laurikka, the wellbeing area's property director, said officials want a buyer who will develop Pitkäniemi as a coherent neighbourhood and hopes the site can be sold mainly as a whole, with a deal potentially completed as early as next year. Nokia has outlined a new local street network for the site and parceling has already begun. Although psychiatric care moved to Tays University Hospital, Pitkäniemi will continue to provide disability services, a family support centre and other support services. Planners are also proposing a new residential unit for disability services. Voimia operations and certain support functions are also expected to remain after any sale. The psychiatric hospital operated for just over 123 years and closed in January 2024 after services moved to the Tampere University Hospital campus. YLE has also published a documentary titled "123 Years at Pitkäniemi."