However, the yard closed in 2000, partly due to competition and plans to build a bridge that would restrict access for ships.

[3][4] In 2012, a team of architects won a ten-year lease for their concept of sustainable office park De Ceuvel.

[6] De Ceuvel is a site of 1250 m² located at the Van Hasselt Canal with 15 former houseboats on land.

Due to the soil contamination, it was not possible to dig deeper than 50 cm for foundations or utility pipes, so that they run over the surface.

[11] The cafe-restaurant, designed by architect Wouter Valkenier, was also built with recycled materials such as a former emergency brigade and 80-year-old bollards.

[12] The cafe has been praised for its radically sustainable approach,[13] which cooks partly with ingredients from a greenhouse on the roof and organizes festivals around the theme.