The hous­ing mar­ket in Utrecht is under sim­i­lar pres­sure as in Ams­ter­dam. The pop­u­la­tion is expect­ed to increase by 25% by 2030. In recent years, numer­ous new hous­ing projects have been devel­oped, rang­ing from col­lec­tive hous­ing yards to trans­for­ma­tions of indus­tri­al areas and large-scale urban expan­sions.  Some of the projects are very urban, such as a high-rise res­i­den­tial build­ing above a street­car stop at the main train sta­tion. Some­times they have an almost vil­lage-like char­ac­ter, such as a wood­en apart­ment build­ing on a green court­yard. The con­ver­sion of indus­tri­al areas is also part of the pro­gram, above all the new low-car res­i­den­tial area of Wis­sel­spoor. In the west of the city, on the oth­er hand, lies Lei­d­sche Rijn, one of the largest urban expan­sion projects in the Netherlands.