Verdi

Verdi is the most westerly neighbourhood in Zuidas, located between Amstelveenseweg, the river Schinkel, the Nieuwe Meer lake and the Olympic Stadium. In the years ahead, Verdi will develop into a mixed living and working area, combining housing and employment with (water-based) leisure, nature and sport. There is plenty of space to accommodate it; with its 60 hectares (around 90 football pitches), Verdi covers a quarter of Zuidas.

For water-related fun and activities, you already have the Nieuwe Meer lake, and the De Oeverlanden nature reserve is full of plants and wildlife. Lovers of sport can use the Sportpark Zuid, the Frans Otten Stadium or one of the many other sports facilities – there are good reasons why Verdi is a key part of the Amsterdam Sports Axis (information in Dutch).

But this is not all. On the north side of the area, on land owned by the Stichting Burgerweeshuis, there are plans for around 250 homes, offices, a school, two child daycare centres and a pedestrian bridge across the Stadiongracht canal. Slightly to the south, on the other side of the A10, around 19,000 sq. m. of new office accommodation is being developed on the Aida plot next to Infinity. The owner of Meerparc is also converting the office building in Amstelveenseweg into a building with housing, offices and amenities. Finally, we are exploring the redevelopment of the Waterleidingterrein (Water Pipeline site).

But not everything is proceeding as planned. For example, in 2021, we announced the development of around 1,000 social and mid-market homes in the Verdi neighbourhood. Around 550 of these were to be developed on the site where the Sporthallen Zuid sports complex is currently located. The plan was to move the sports complex into a stacked building in order to create space. However, the relocation of the sports complex was scrapped in March 2023. This housing will therefore not be developed.

The transformation of the Tripolis 100 office building into social rented housing has also hit the buffers – the last of the three monumental towers in the Tripolis complex will now continue to be used as office accommodation and renovated to a high standard.