Jerusalem Approves 1,430 New Apartments in High-Rise Urban Renewal Projects

Jerusalem's District Planning and Building Committee has approved five urban renewal plans across the city, totaling approximately 1,430 new housing units. These projects will introduce residential towers up to 38 stories high in neighborhoods including Neve Yaakov, Gilo, Ramat Sharett, Kiryat Moshe, and Beit HaKerem. Each plan incorporates commercial spaces and public buildings near light rail routes, with 20% of the apartments designated for young residents. For the first time, a dedicated fund will be established to ensure long-term maintenance of the buildings.

In Gilo, a plan by Tz.P. Building Company covers 13.5 dunams between Tirosh, Tzvia, and Yitzhak streets near two light rail stations. It involves demolishing 120 units in four buildings and constructing three towers up to 38 floors and two buildings up to 10 floors, totaling about 530 apartments. In Pisgat Ze'ev, J Garden's plan calls for demolishing 65 units and building a 35-story tower plus two 10-story buildings with around 290 apartments.

Ramat Sharett's project by Rothstein Real Estate spans six dunams on Kadish Luz Street, replacing 62 units with a 25-story tower and two 10-story buildings totaling approximately 250 apartments, connected by pedestrian access to the light rail. Kiryat Moshe's plan by Tra Real Estate involves demolishing two buildings with 79 units along Reines and Weizmann Boulevards, replacing them with a 29-story tower and two 10-story buildings comprising about 226 apartments, commercial areas, and synagogues.

In Beit HaKerem, Hod HaBira's proposal includes demolishing 40 units and constructing a 24-story tower above six commercial floors near Herzl Boulevard, with around 135 apartments. Dan Keinan, Jerusalem District Planner at the Planning Administration, emphasized that these plans focus on renewing older residential complexes along light rail corridors to improve building protection, infrastructure, walkability, and public spaces in the capital.