Flughafen Zürich AG is planning the largest construction project in Switzerland: at the foot of Butzenbüel hill, a closely networked community of service providers will be built on an area of 37'000 square metres.
The complex will be known as "The Circle", and with it Zurich Airport will develop from a transportation hub and commercial centre into a destination in its own right. Starting in 2017, national and international brands, corporate embassies and premium-segment service providers will present themselves to an international public in an area of around 200'000 square metres.
Approximately 5,000 new jobs will be created. Flughafen Zürich AG submitted the planning application to the town of Kloten on 21 October 2011.