Between 1982 and 1994 around 3800 residential units were built completely from scratch on an area of 123 hectares under the motto "Living by the water": The Neuallermöhe-Ost district was created on a green field.
The district is characterised by the canals that run through it in many places and the buildings with low eaves height: multi-family houses with a maximum of four floors, terraced, semi-detached and single houses.