About 33% of the 400,000 m[sup]2[/sup] development planned in the vicinity of Rotterdam's central train station will be allocated to offices, it has emerged. Last week, a spokesperson for the municipality suggested the vast majority of the space would be used for offices, with the addition of 100 residences in one location.
About 33% of the 400,000 m2 development planned in the vicinity of Rotterdam's central train station will be allocated to offices, it has emerged. Last week, a spokesperson for the municipality suggested the vast majority of the space would be used for offices, with the addition of 100 residences in one location.
But the municipality's project manager Fons Meijer has now said that the development would be roughly 'a third offices, a third residences and a third other', depending on specific locations. The 'other' component encompasses retail and leisure. The master plan is to be published in the summer.
Amsterdam, in contrast to Rotterdam, is cutting 40% of planned office development. In January, Amsterdam's planning alderman Maarten van Poelgeest confirmed that 800,000 m2 of planned office space has already been shelved in the Dutch capital as part of his drive to cut 40% of all planned office projects. His policy is based on research that showed 18.5% of existing office space in the city was vacant at the beginning of 2006. City planners estimate the capital will 'in the most favourable scenario' need a maximum of 1.5 mln m2 of new office space until 2030. But by the start of 2006 some 4.5 mln m2 of new office space was on the drawing board.
