Plans for 1,200 Apartments and 3 Towers in Ramat Gan – Approved for Submission

Ramat Gan’s local planning and building board has approved several large-scale construction plans. Among the projects approved are a 1,200 apartment complex adjacent to Tel Hashomer Hospital, a 29-storey residential tower at Beit Moetzet Hapoalim in Ramat Gan, a 27-storey residential tower on Sokolov Street, and an additional 27-storey building on Temarim Boulevard intended for offices and high-tech.

Sokolov Tower: fear of a precedent
The site earmarked for construction of Sokolov Tower is owned by Boaz and Yossi Moldawsky. The project is planned for construction on approximately 4.5 dunams at the intersection of Sokolov and Jabotinsky Streets. The plan was initiated by Ramat Gan’s local board, which is seeking to change the plot’s zoning from residential to special residential/commercial. The plan calls for construction of a 27-storey building according to 400% construction – 10,580 sq.m. of prime space, of which 388 sq.m. are slated for commercial purposes, 475 sq.m. for offices, 240 sq.m. for health and approximately 9,500 sq.m. for residential uses.

130 residential units will be built, with a minimum apartment size of 75 sq.m. The project will include 13 thousand sq.m. of underground space and 3,700 sq.m. of service space.

According to the plan, the developer will be able to change the project from a residential one to a hotel or an apartment hotel. Up to now zoning for the site permitted 7-storey buildings of 50 residential units each, with commercial space totaling approximately 5,800 sq.m. The public will be compensated with a 600 sq.m. park and 440 sq.m. plaza.

District Planner Yossi Pirchi recommended to the local board that it not authorize more than 400% construction. Use of this precedent is similar to what has occurred in recent years on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard, where a construction project of the Zion Company was approved for 400% construction. All subsequent projects made use of what came to be referred to as the “Zion precedent.”

Pirchi also approved the option to change the project to a hotel or apartment hotel, and forbade entry to the project’s garage from Jabotinsky Street, which is a main thoroughfare. Thus, apartment owners will enter the project from Sokolov Street, which is smaller. The district board approved submission of the plan, which was prepared by the Asa architectural firm.



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