Satama was located 500 metres (1,600 ft) north of the Kalasatama metro station.

The building had 360 square metres (3,900 sq ft) in three stories.

[2] The building was given to squatters by the Helsinki Board of Youth Issues in October 2008 after an exhausting series of squattings and evictions around the city.

[3] After long negotiations between the centre, the Mayor, the Youth Board and the Public Works Department, the city decided to evict the building.

[3] In August 2011, the police evicted Satama, which had been in the news due to the Romani people inhabiting it.