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Azorim CEO Hershey Friedman (left) and Givat Shmuel mayor Yossi Brodny at a groundbreaking event for a new housing project in the city in late 2025. (Courtesy/Azorim)
February 27, 2026, 7:18 am
Betting big on Israeli real estate, Canadian billionaire looks to drive housing markets
After buying foundering developing firm Azorim in 2011, Hershey Friedman has turned it into a NIS 5 billion market leader — and is now doubling down on Jerusalem
By Zev Stub
The Tel Aviv skyline at night. (Shai Pal on Unsplash)
December 27, 2024, 7:38 am
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in December 2024
The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now
By Zev Stub
A planned project of 13 buildings and 950 apartments recently approved in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem. (Mazor - First Architects and Planners)
November 11, 2024, 5:28 am
Jerusalem planners laud anticipated skyscrapers, but wary locals cite towering concerns
While the municipality claims that constructing 500 tall buildings will give the Holy City a vertical facelift, residents say it will mar the landscape and only benefit developers
By Zev Stub
A street in the Christian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, usually lined with restaurants and shops, sits empty amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and the halt to international tourism to the city, December 14, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
July 18, 2024, 8:40 pm
Up to 60,000 Israeli businesses may close in 2024 as war takes toll on economy
CofaceBDI says 46,000 businesses have shut down since Hamas invasion and slaughter on Oct. 7 amid ongoing war; construction, agriculture and services sectors are hit hardest
By Sharon Wrobel
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in Istanbul, Turkey, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
May 6, 2024, 10:45 pm
Turkey’s trade ban: Importers seek indirect routes to bring goods to Israel
New shipping routes to circumvent the Turkey boycott, use of new suppliers, will raise prices, including housing, pushing up the already high cost of living
By Sharon Wrobel
People wave Islamic flags as they march during a protest calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
April 11, 2024, 4:25 pm
Turkey’s ban on exports to Israel deals fresh blow to war-battered building industry
As fears mount that other countries could follow Ankara’s lead, Israeli experts urge greater investment in local manufacturing to reduce dependence on imports
By Sharon Wrobel
File: Indian workers aspiring to be hired for jobs in Israel line up during a recruitment drive in Lucknow, India, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
April 5, 2024, 3:09 pm
Dozens of Indian construction workers fly to Israel to replace Palestinian laborers
New Delhi says it has urged Israeli authorities to ensure safety of new workers amid ongoing war; thousands have flocked to apply for jobs since Palestinians barred after October 7
By ASHOK SHARMA
Palestinian workers stand in line at the Erez crossing to Israel, September 28, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
March 24, 2024, 8:05 pm
Despite ostensible ban, tens of thousands of Palestinians working in Israel — report
Although defense minister and IDF barred entry of laborers into Israel after October 7, TV network says some 2,400 businesses have been exempted for ‘humanitarian’ purposes
By Jeremy Sharon
A residential tower is under construction next to the Mahane Yehuda market in downtown Jerusalem on December 7, 2023. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 29, 2023, 7:12 am
Amid worker shortage due to war, Israeli constructors struggle to build
With most Palestinian workers banned from Israel in wake of Oct. 7 onslaught, and thousands of foreign workers gone, the building sector says it’s at a ‘complete standstill’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Jerusalem's employment bureau (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 19, 2023, 7:56 pm
Israel job vacancies slide 18% since outbreak of war with Hamas
Report by Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the number of vacancies for waiters and bartenders dropped by 28%, while openings for construction workers spiked by 47%
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A construction site in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 13, 2023, 7:41 pm
October war month set to be worse for property deals than 2020 COVID lockdown
Even before the outbreak of war, the number of residences changing hands was down about 30% in September year-on-year, according to a Finance Ministry report
By Sharon Wrobel
The site for a new town temporarily called Tila in the Negev, southern Israel. (Yuval Dax, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
March 22, 2023, 1:57 pm
Planning committee greenlights new ultra-Orthodox town in Negev
Panel rejects original plan for mixed religious-secular town aimed largely at IDF personnel and their families, saying it would compete unfairly with Beersheba, other Negev towns
By Sue Surkes
A man walks over debris of collapsed buildings in Hatay, Turkey, February 11, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)
February 13, 2023, 10:03 pm
Knesset committee fails to update earthquake construction framework
Hundreds of thousands of homes and public buildings are at risk, but no agreement reached on making them earthquake safe
By Danielle Nagler
Luxury cars seized as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in the Defense Ministry construction tender process, February 13, 2023 (Israel Police)
February 13, 2023, 8:29 am
Dozens detained over NIS 1 billion cartel for Defense Ministry construction tenders
Police seize luxury cars, watches during raids after undercover op; ministry employees, construction company owners, lawyers among those held; one linked to criminal organization
By ToI Staff
A building that has undergone refurbishment and expansion through TAMA 38 next to a building that has not. (YouTube screenshot)
February 6, 2023, 11:54 pm
Israeli buildings face major earthquake risk, despite efforts to upgrade them
According to official estimates, at least 600,000 residential homes and many other buildings remain unprotected, as experts urge more comprehensive action
By Danielle Nagler
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