[1] On the site of the square used to be a small railway yard, an express luggage wing, which served as a kind of wholesale arrangement area.
[3] The new town plan south of Töölönlahti was completed in 1996, and it also included the Eliel Square.
[4] Construction can be a business, operational, service and cultural space,[5] but it should take into account the historical nature of the area and preserve the Vltava building, which is more than a hundred years old.
[6][7] The upper limit of the building height is about 44 meters above sea level, i.e. the construction must not be higher than the Post Office.
The area enables the creation of new jobs in the city center with good public transport connections.