T1 Mall of Tallinn ( et, T1 Kaubanduskeskus, abbreviated T1) is a shopping mall in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

, Estonia. T1 calls itself as "Estonia’s first next-generation shopping and entertainment centre". T1 is a project of

Pro Kapital Grupp Pro Kapital Grupp is an Estonian real estate development company which focuses on large-scale commercial and residential real estate projects in Baltics' capitals (Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius). The company is established in 1994. The company has a t ...

. T1 was designed by Italian architect Antonio Lavieri and was built by

Merko Ehitus Merko Ehitus is Estonian construction company ( joint-stock company) which is focusing on prime contracting and project management. The company is active in Baltic countries being one of the leading construction companies in these countries. Mer ...

Eesti AS. T1 was opened in 2018. T1 has shopping area of and consists of over 200 stores. On the rooftop, there is

Ferris wheel A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules ...

rising 120 m above sea level. This wheel is the first rooftop Ferris wheel in Europe. AS Tallinna Moekombinaat, the owner of the shopping center, soon experienced financial difficulties, and in 2020 the company went into reorganization. On June 2, 2021, AS Tallinna Moekombinaat went bankrupt by the decision of the Harju County Court, and AS Pro Kapital Grupp lost control over the subsidiary. On June 28, 2021, the bankruptcy trustee put the T1 shopping center up for auction with a starting price of 85 million euros. There was also an attempt to sell the center at an initial price of 65 million, but a buyer was finally found on the third attempt and at an initial price of 55 million.

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