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Situated between Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, Ülemiste railway station, Ülemiste Centre and the future Rail Baltica international terminal, it has developed into one of the largest business campuses in the Baltic states and one of Estonia's most significant centres for entrepreneurship, education, innovation, healthcare and urban development.\nThe redevelopment of the former industrial area was initiated in 2005 under the leadership of Estonian entrepreneur Ülo Pärnits.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Clemiste_City", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q18175773", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Clemiste_City", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 1, "county_fips": null, "opp_score": null, "opp_reasons": null, "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/estonia/tallinn-ulemiste-city/", "events": [], "sources": [{"id": 9130, "site_id": "n-6444a35c09", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Clemiste_City", "title": "Ülemiste City", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Ülemiste City", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [{"name": "Mainor Ülemiste AS", "kind": "developer", "role": "developer", "year_from": null, "year_to": null}], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Former Dvigatel industrial complex (1950s–2000s) redeveloped as Ülemiste City, a mixed-use office park in Tallinn, Estonia. 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