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Urban Renewal Authority Pushes to Rescue Unviable Redevelopment Projects
How 4 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
100% centerFirst reported by Globes · 4 days ago
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What happened
Israel’s Urban Renewal Authority is urging planning committees to make redevelopment projects more financially viable as market conditions deteriorate. It wants developer profit assumptions raised to 18% to 20%, but appraisers warn this could reduce apartment owners’ benefits.
- 01The Urban Renewal Authority says many approved projects are now financially unviable.
- 02It wants developer profit assumptions raised from 15% to 18% or 20%.
- 03The authority also seeks more planning flexibility and faster, two-year approvals.
- 04Israel Land Appraisers Association chair Nahama Boegin called the move excessive.
- 05She warned higher developer profits would likely come at owners’ expense.
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