The station area in Hoofddorp is a new area development, initiated by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and offers space to about 15,000 new houses and 11,000 jobs. This was partially due to the arrival of the Noord/Zuidlijn in this area.
The plans for this area development were accomplished after cooperation with eight cities from the Metropole region Amsterdam (MRA), named ‘Accessible Cities’. The objective of this area development is to show that consolidation surrounding stations, offers many opportunities, resulting in more and faster housing construction that encourages the use of public transport.