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Healthy living for everyone: affordable, biodiverse, and community-oriented

NICE Developers residents future-proof residential buildings with a place for everyone. With healthy buildings and facilities for the neighborhood, we do more than just take up space. We give something back. Our residential buildings are firmly embedded in their surroundings and thus form a close relationship with them. By offering space for people to meet and a mix of affordable rental and owner-occupied homes, for example. With integrated greenery for greater biodiversity and climate adaptability. These are NICE Buildings, created to offer you a healthy future.

NICE gives back to the community with green buildings

There is a significant shortage of affordable housing. Nevertheless, we must find solutions for this within existing urban areas. This is the challenge we face. In recent years, it has therefore become increasingly difficult – especially for people with lower and middle incomes – to find a home (whether for purchase or rent).

Our solution? By ensuring a good mix of social, mid-range rental, and owner-occupied homes, we make living in our NICE Buildings accessible NICE Buildings everyone. With Paris Proof residential buildings, we also add more homes and more quality to neighborhoods, while engaging in dialogue with (local) residents. The neighborhood has a voice that we hear loud and clear and take into account in the development. With lots of greenery and outdoor space, we develop healthy wooden residential buildings that capture CO₂ and offer space for shared facilities (mobility, vegetable garden, tools), meeting, and connecting. The whole neighborhood benefits from this!

Good and healthy living for future generations

The answer is NICE

Building differently is important

We realized our wooden residential building SAWA by deciding that it had to happen. We then worked with our partners to do everything we could to take this necessary next step in housing development. After much research, experimentation, learning, and success, we can say with confidence that we know how to do it. That is why we developed the NICE Concept. More NICE Buildings are now NICE Buildings development.

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For the Resident

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Episode 4 of the series “Together” on inclusive living at SAWA

In the third episode of the video series “SAWA — Living Together, Building Together, Celebrating Together,” Freek Boeijen (Focus on Impact) discusses the importance of investing in affordable rental housing in the city, while Gerdien, along with her daughter Lotus, shows what it’s really like to live here.
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Episode 3 of the SAWA video series “Together” on timber construction

In the second episode of the video series "SAWA — Living together, building together, celebrating together," we explore the architecture of SAWA, and Robert Platje (Mei architects and planners) explains how the building is inextricably linked to its location.
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Episode 2 of the SAWA video series "Together" about architecture

In the second episode of the video series "SAWA — Living together, building together, celebrating together," we explore the architecture of SAWA, and Robert Platje (Mei architects and planners) explains how the building is inextricably linked to its location.
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SAWA — Living together, building together, celebrating together

In the video series "SAWA — Living together, building together, celebrating together," we look back on the royal opening of SAWA and take you step by step through the core values of the project. We open the series with the first episode on the reason and the initiative: why SAWA?
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Vacancy: Project Development Internship (University)

Do you want to build an inclusive and climate-resilient city? Do you have an academic background and feel an urgency to innovate the construction sector? Then we would like to get in touch with you.
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Vacancy: Project Developer (University Degree) – open application

Do you want to build an inclusive and climate-resilient city? Do you have an academic background and feel an urgency to innovate the construction sector? Then we would like to get in touch with you.
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Royal opening of SAWA – the aftermovie

On November 18, 2025, SAWA was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Máxima. During the opening, the residents were central. Through personal stories, images, and encounters, it became clear what SAWA truly represents: living together, sharing together, and collectively caring for the place where you live.
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SAWA is the overall winner of the National Timber Construction Award

SAWA has been declared the overall winner by the professional jury of the National Timber Construction Award 2025. According to the jury report, SAWA is “the absolute standout of this year: elegant, beautifully designed, towering in ambition, and sustainable to its core.”
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Queen Máxima opens SAWA
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Her Majesty Queen Máxima opens SAWA

Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Máxima officially opened SAWA, the new circular wooden residential building on the Lloydpier in Rotterdam. This is a special milestone for developers NICE Developers ERA Contour and for all the partners and builders who contributed to the project. But above all, it is a milestone for the residents who have been moving in since this summer.
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Queen Máxima opens SAWA!

A royal moment for SAWA! The Government Information Service announced today that Her Majesty Queen Máxima will officially open SAWA on Tuesday, November 18.
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Are you curious about our solution to your challenge? Don't hesitate to contact us. At our own cafe, NICE Place, we'll gladly serve you a cup of coffee, a fresh beer, and discuss our progressive approach. Email info@nicedevelopers.nl to schedule an appointment.

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