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Question: Svante Krokfors - Nordea Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: Yes. Thank you, Tuomas, and [Samu]. Perhaps that's the first question regarding your plots. You have made some cleaning-up there. Are you happy
with the situation now? And will you continue to invest there at the same pace as earlier? Or what's your reasoning there?
Question: Svante Krokfors - Nordea Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: And then on the housing side also, how have you seen the investor demand developing there? I mean it's roughly 30% of your housing businesses,
I guess, in the investor side and obviously important for you, but also, kind of a way to -- if there's drop in consumer demand, a way to at least you
have built joint venture to solve that problem.
So how do you look at the development there? Is it so that the funds still have a lot of cash that they need to deploy or how should we look at it?
Question: Svante Krokfors - Nordea Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: And then third question regarding your cost savings, which you managed to achieve EUR 40 million year-to-date in Q2. I guess that was both from
central functions and also from the divisions. But is there more to come on that side?
Question: Svante Krokfors - Nordea Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: And then the last question on Mall of Tripla. It's a relatively big part of your balance sheet. And how do you look at; a, the operational performance
there; and b, the investor market in shopping centers?
Question: Svante Krokfors - Nordea Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: And also on Mall of Tripla, last question. Could you remind us about your official exit plan for Tripla?
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