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

Jerusalem's District Planning and Building Committee has approved five urban renewal projects across the city, totaling approximately 1,430 new residential units. These developments will introduce high-rise towers of up to 38 stories in neighborhoods including Neve Yaakov, Gilo, Ramat Sharet, Kiryat Moshe, and Beit HaKerem. The projects are designed to integrate residential complexes with commercial spaces and public buildings near light rail routes.

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 to build three towers up to 38 stories and two buildings up to 10 stories, totaling around 530 apartments. In Pisgat Ze'ev, J Garden's approved plan calls for demolishing 65 units and constructing a 35-story tower plus two 10-story buildings with about 290 apartments.

Ramat Sharet'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 roughly 250 apartments, connected by pedestrian access to the light rail. Kiryat Moshe will see the demolition of two buildings with 79 units along Reines and Weizmann Boulevards, replaced by a 29-story tower and two 10-story buildings with 226 apartments, commercial spaces, and synagogues. In Beit HaKerem, Hod HaBira's plan proposes demolishing 40 units to build a 24-story tower above six commercial floors with 135 apartments near Herzl Boulevard.

All projects include a mechanism to allocate 20% of apartments as smaller units for young residents and establish a dedicated fund for long-term building maintenance. Dan Keinan, Jerusalem District Planner at the Planning Administration, emphasized that these plans focus on renewing older residential areas along the light rail to improve building protection, infrastructure, walkability, and public spaces in the capital.