This project comprises the housing of a new, joint office for the Informatie Beheer Groep (Dutch authority which is responsible for the payment of student grants) and the Regional Tax Office in Groningen. The 47.000 m2 building will be able to house approximately 2.500 employees. The assignment includes the realisation of substitution housing for both departments, as well as the demolition of existing facilities and the realisation of a 9.000 m2 city garden with a pond. A pavilion with commercial functions may become part of the assignment. Underneath the garden feature, a parking garage housing 675 cars and 1.500 bicycles should be realised.

This is one of the first large development projects of the Government Buildings Agency that will be structured as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), governed by a Design, Build, Finance, Maintain and Operate (DBFMO) contract. The contract is expected to have a tenor of 20 years.

Consortium DUO2 - a cooperation between Strukton, Ballast Nedam, John Laing, ISS, and UNStudio - is preferred bidder for the realisation of this project.