The first phase of the huge construction project at a central location started on 6 February 2003. The
Maxi building, Finland's oldest
hypermarket built in 1971 and located right next to the construction site, was demolished soon after the completion of the first phase of Sello, when construction of the second phase was started. The Maxi hypermarket was open for the last time on 1 February 2003. Stores opened at the completion of the first phase included
K-Citymarket and the "new Maxi" opposite it, which was open for a little over a year before it was changed to a
Prisma store of the
HOK-Elanto cooperative after the merger of
Elanto and Helsingin Osuuskauppa. The Prisma store was opened on 28 April 2004. The second phase of Sello was opened on 14 September 2005. It brought over 160 new stores and services to the shopping centre. In late 2008 the cinema and entertainment centre
Sello Rex (now known as
Sello Vapaa-ajankeskus) was opened, bringing the number of businesses to over 170. The
Panorama Tower high-rise office building with 17 floors was built on the lot to the east of Sello in 2008. The
Leppävaaran torni high-rise apartment building with 21 floors was built to the north of the railway track opposite the Panorama Tower was built in late 2010, and the 17-floor apartment building
Sellonhuippu was built next to the cinema in October 2011. ==See also==