The Stationsstraat in Sint-Niklaas forms the central axis between two prime locations: the Grote Markt and the Stationsplein. In 2011, the city council planned a thorough renovation of the street, in which greenery would play an important role. The subsequent reconstruction is part of the municipality's overall vision for Stationsstraat, which focused on attracting quality shops, strengthening the shopping atmosphere (shopping as an experience) and thus combating vacancy. The new street is designed as a green urban shopping promenade, and the street profile has been completely redesigned for maximum residential quality. A uniform pavement in natural stone has been laid from façade to façade. A quasi-central functional strip includes various green areas, parking and loading zones, existing and new terraces, water features and street furniture.

The eye-catcher of the project is the green design, which was elaborated by Grontmij in collaboration with Daniël Ost and Kristof Swinnen. It was decided to create 'green city rooms', with the visual effect of making the street smaller and more attractive. The green city rooms provide space for contemporary pruning shapes that do not grow too high. This is a conscious choice. In this way, the buildings in the street remain clearly visible and a symbiosis is created between the façades and the greenery. This also ensures that the planting remains on a human scale and is easy to maintain. By using multi-stem trees, the landscaping also retains a certain lightness. Finally, the trees were chosen to be very seasonal, for example, fresh green in the spring, festive in the summer, with striking leaf colouring in the autumn and beautiful bark in the winter. Van den Berk Nurseries supplied, among others, Magnolias, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Cladrastis kentukua, Acer griseum, Nyssa sylcatica and Zelkova serrata. The greenery now considerably enhances the amenity value of the pleasant walkway.