ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how supply driven people have become. Many new houses and business parks were built on the outskirts of Dutch cities, thus avoiding contact with the intricate urban fabric and mixed uses Jane Jacobs had advocated. Many new houses and business parks were built on the outskirts of Dutch cities, thus avoiding contact with the intricate urban fabric and mixed uses Jane Jacobs had advocated. On the Dutch market for office and business space structural vacancy is a fast growing problem. The solution of structural vacant buildings in our country will only be effective if more scarcity can be created. To create new impulses for the urban economy people have already learned that 'Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. After many years of seemingly unlimited development in Dutch cities, the market has become traditional and supply-driven, allowing no innovations. The financing of new projects is based on statistics and was, until recently, relatively easily obtained.
