The Jerusalem Municipality, through the Local Planning and Building Committee, has recently recommended that the District Committee approve and deposit five urban renewal plans totaling approximately 1,100 new housing units in the neighborhoods of Armon HaNatziv, Ma’alot Dafna, Gonenim, and Ramat Eshkol. The plans integrate modern public institutions, vibrant commercial frontages, employment areas, and open public spaces. These initiatives reflect the municipality’s commitment to upgrading infrastructure, improving the urban environment, and providing optimal responses to the needs of residents in Israel’s capital.
In the Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, the committee recommended depositing an urban renewal plan in the area of Meir Nakar and Avshalom Haviv streets, covering approximately 7.7 dunams. The plan, initiated by Beit Yerushalmi and designed by Pras Architects, includes demolishing five old 4–5-story residential buildings and constructing five new buildings—two 22–30 stories and three 11 stories—containing 362 housing units, commercial and employment areas, and public buildings. The Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee recommended an alternative in which two buildings are merged into four overall, enabling a larger open public space, preservation of mature trees, incorporation of an existing public lot, and increasing its building rights, as well as significantly improving accessibility and the public realm between the buildings.
In Ma’alot Dafna in the northern part of the city, the committee recommended depositing an urban renewal plan on Karl Netter Street, covering approximately 7.8 dunams. The plan, designed by Pras Architects, entails demolishing two old 5–6-story buildings containing 83 apartments and constructing six new 14-story buildings above a podium level, with 298 housing units, commercial areas, public buildings, and an open public space. Adjacent to the planned Light Rail Blue Line, the project will provide a complete community framework: kindergartens, daycare centers, a synagogue, and an active commercial frontage.
In the Katamonim (Gonenim) neighborhood, the committee recommended approving for validation an urban renewal plan in the area of San Martin and Rabbi Zadok streets, covering approximately 3.6 dunams. The plan, initiated by Av-Ged Urban Renewal and designed by Guy Igra & Yonatan Shaked Architects, includes demolishing two old 4-story buildings with 36 apartments and constructing a mixed-use 28-story residential building above a commercial-public podium, with 148 housing units (around 20% up to 55 sqm), underground parking, an open public space, and a pedestrian passage.
Another plan in the neighborhood, recommended for deposit, includes urban renewal in the area of Yehuda HaNasi and Tuvia streets, spanning approximately 3.2 dunams near Denmark School and the future Purple Line of the light rail. Submitted by Legacy Properties Givat Shaul and designed by HOK Architects, the plan involves demolishing an abandoned construction shell and building a 28-story mixed-use tower with about 134 housing units, commercial and employment areas, and a high-quality two-level public space.
In Ramat Eshkol, the committee recommended approving for validation an urban renewal plan on a main axis near the commercial center on Paran Street, over approximately 4.2 dunams. The plan, initiated by Capital Gold and designed by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects, includes demolishing an old 5-story residential building with 63 apartments and constructing two 11-story mixed-use buildings with 181 housing units, around 4,000 sqm of ground-floor retail, a public building, and four levels of underground parking.
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion stated: “Urban renewal is the opportunity of our generation. We are proud to be Israel’s leaders in this field. Urban renewal allows us to refresh and reshape streets and neighborhoods, bringing with it social, economic, and environmental justice.”
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