The lot for the tower had originally been designed for an office building. The original plan had specified 16 floors for the building, like in the Panorama Tower located across the railway track. The plan was for a pair of twin towers to form a gate to Leppävaara. Floors in office buildings are usually higher than in residential buildings. Because of this, the main architect sought a change in the zoning plan to increase the number of floors to 20, so that it height would almost correspond to that of the Panorama Tower. The city council of Espoo approved the plan in autumn 2005, but a complaint about the plan detailed the project by over a year. As well as this, Skanska had to delay the start of construction because of a depression in sales of apartments in the capital area.Rakentaminen hyytyi täysin pääkaupunkiseudulla, omakaupunki.fi. Construction was finally started in August 2008.
