The Tallinn City Government has initiated a detailed plan for the Hobujaama Street 12 and 14 properties and surrounding area in the Kesklinn district. The 1.89-hectare area is located at the corner of Hobujaama and Ahtri streets in the Sadama neighborhood, currently used primarily as a parking lot and city bus layover zone.

With the aim to densify Tallinn's city center and add value to the land with new uses, the detailed plan seeks to rezone the area into individual plots, grant building rights for commercial or residential buildings up to 11 stories high, designate a new city park, and set general land use conditions. Given the area's current shortage of green space, it is essential to include as much landscaping as possible, with plans for a new park in the center of the designated area. The new plan will allow property owners within the area to implement the plan independently and in phases if needed.

Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning Madle Lippus noted that the Hobujaama, Ahtri, and Jõe Street areas have undergone significant urban development changes in recent history. “For example, the Rotermann Quarter was one of the first ambitious attempts in newly independent Estonia to create a cohesive and architecturally high-quality urban space. However, much of this transformation has focused on buildings and street space. Now it’s time for parks to take their place in Tallinn, and it’s exciting that the planned park area here will be several times larger than the paved square in Rotermann Quarter,” said Lippus.

Nearly 15 years ago, the city and OÜ PalmGrupp failed to reach an agreement on the previous detailed plan for the area. Since then, the urban development needs and goals for the area have evolved – a tramway to the harbor has been built on Hobujaama Street, and the demand for green spaces has grown. The plan includes a landscape architecture competition to determine the best landscape design for the park, while it is recommended to hold an architectural competition for buildings on other plots.

The detailed plan materials can be viewed in the Tallinn planning registry: Tallinn Planning Registry.