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Before and after images of Jerusalem's Rasco neighborhood under a proposed construction project (Rasco protest organization)
March 20, 2025, 7:43 pm
Jerusalem court sides with residents over city planners in precedent-setting case
District court blocks proposed construction project for the Rasco neighborhood, saying it failed to comply with an existing master plan
By Zev Stub
Bialik House in Tel Aviv is part of a series of January 2025 tours (Or Yishai)
January 12, 2025, 4:55 pm
Tel Aviv-Jaffa offers urban tours during January
See the city from the inside and take historical, culinary and cultural looks at its neighborhoods
By Jessica Steinberg
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
Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 25, 2023, 3:48 am
Planning approvals for new housing hit multi-year high in 2022
Planning authority sees nearly 50% rise in new housing agreements, while protected spaces and green energy projects also increase
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: A building in Kiryat Bialik undergoing urban renewal as part of Tama 38 regulation, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)
May 4, 2023, 5:39 am
Urban renewal project approvals tripled in 2022 in bid to increase housing
Frameworks that allow for renovating — or demolishing and reconstructing — buildings with more and better apartments show growth in new government data
By Danielle Nagler
The proposed new look for the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, due for completion in 2028. (Courtesy/Up Architects)
April 21, 2023, 2:57 am
Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv to get massive upgrade, surrounding public square
Work on Tel Aviv’s main synagogue will remove 1960s additions and add much-needed public space on Allenby Street
By Danielle Nagler
A view of a collapsed columnas part of a TAMA 38 renewal project in Kiryat Bialik, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)
April 13, 2023, 11:41 pm
Housing minister extends urban renewal program, despite no boost to quake readiness
TAMA 38 scheme to reinforce older buildings to withstand earthquakes in towns along Syrian-African rift has been exploited in central Israel, where projects are more lucrative
By Danielle Nagler
An aerial view of the city of Afula, September 2013. (Assaf Sagi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
February 2, 2023, 11:19 pm
Afula to build massive new neighborhoods to grow population
Northern planning district gives green light on major urban expansion, with new housing, commercial centers, offices
By Danielle Nagler
Kiryat Yovel, April 2022. (By Bar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=124376597)
January 26, 2023, 8:45 pm
Jerusalem moves forward with urban renewal plans in key neighborhoods
Green light for makeover of Katamon, Arnona and Kiryat HaYovel to deliver homes, services and public space
By Danielle Nagler
A rendering of development plans for the Kikar Atarim area in Tel Aviv, proposed in a presentation to the Tel Aviv Municipality in January 2022. (Screenshot via the Tel Aviv Municipality website, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 28, 2022, 6:23 pm
Tel Aviv residents bash new development plans for city’s Brutalist Atarim plaza
Critics argue proposed project hands public space to private developers who hope to build two 25-story towers and a six-story building for mixed residential, hotel space
By Danielle Nagler
Construction in Holon, May 2020. (100 via iStock by Getty Images)
December 22, 2022, 7:34 pm
Holon gets okay for central Israel’s largest urban renewal plan
Planning committee approves construction project that will add 30,000 new homes in city on outskirts of Tel Aviv to boost much-needed housing supply in Gush Dan area
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative: A digital rendering of a development plan to build a complex of four mixed-use buildings, including a 17-story tower and a residential building of 200 apartments in Tel Aviv's bohemian Florentin neighborhood, December 2022. (Cityel/Florentin Square/3DVision Ltd)
December 14, 2022, 11:58 am
Developers secure funds to build proposed Florentin Square project in Tel Aviv
Re-development of iconic Florentin district finds financing alliance outside of the regular players, with financial corporations
By Danielle Nagler
A mural on the Neve Raya nursing home in Petah Tikva: produced by Moti Shemesh, Shira Ariel, Marina Gontcharov, Sarit Shay, On Meir, October 2022 (courtesy Moti Shemesh/ Israeli Airbrush Center)
November 4, 2022, 2:48 pm
Israeli artist’s vast, colorful murals bring city buildings to life
Moti Shemesh uses large, bold patterns to transform otherwise uninspiring public spaces across the country
By Danielle Nagler
Artist's impression of Ashkelon inner city re-development, October 2022 (Ashkelon municipality)
November 1, 2022, 1:46 pm
Ashkelon to overhaul one of its oldest neighborhoods, expand housing
Plans approved for major rebuilding as part of the urban renewal program for southern coastal city
By Danielle Nagler
The Dan Pearl hotel in Jerusalem seen in this photo on the right side. (Chris Yunker from St. Louis, United States, Jerusalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39497276)
October 14, 2022, 7:10 am
Plans underway for new Jerusalem hotel after city gets okay to raze central eyesore
Following two decades of negotiation and litigation, abandoned site opposite Jaffa Gate to be bulldozed and replaced
By Danielle Nagler
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