The project converted the former container port, Nordhavn in the Port of Aarhus, to a new residential, educational, commercial and recreational area, consisting of high rise buildings of modern architectural designs, seaside promenades and a network of canals.
[1] Aarhus Docklands is part of the larger Peri-urban Harbour-areas (De Bynære Havnearealer) comprising nearly all of the old harbour district along the coastline.
It was planned to comprise more apartments, offices, a hotel and restaurant and underground parking lots.
A countrywide geological survey showed that the building site was in fact one of the most unstable in Denmark.
[4] In December 2013, the investment company Havneinvest A/S decided not to use the buy- and construct-option for the tower site.