The Genesis Tower in the Babli neighborhood, which has 44 floors (Photo: Tal Moshe)
A country on the rise: From the analysis of the CBS data carried out by the office of Miloslavsky Architects, it appears that in the first three quarters of 2022 there was a jump in the construction of towers in Israel, when 12,620 apartments in towers of 16 stories and above began to be built - a figure that represents an increase in the amount of construction starts for towers even before the quarter's figures were published the fourth of the year - compared to 12,361 such housing units that began to be built in all of 2021.
Also, the total number of construction starts in Israel in the first three quarters of 2022 amounted to 51,268, so the rate of construction starts in towers constitutes almost 25% of this total. For comparison, the average annual rate of tower construction from the total was 13-14% per year in the last decade - hence the 2022 figures represent a sharp jump.
According to architect Guy Miloslevski, "The expected reality in terms of the size of the population in the future and the demand for housing that will exist, necessitates raising another stage in construction to height due to the scarcity of land in the major cities, and in my estimation this reality will bring construction to height to new heights in the coming decades both in terms of the scope of construction of the towers and the height of the towers themselves."
Tel Aviv is weakening, the periphery is getting stronger
An examination of the leading cities in high-rise construction during the examined period shows that the city of Tel Aviv, which was the leader in the construction of towers in the last decade, is only in third place with only 693 housing units that began to be built in buildings of 16 stories and above (estimated annual rate of 924 units), a decrease Compared to 1,503 such units that began to be built in the city in 2021 as a whole.
Bat Yam took the top spot: in first place among the leading cities in high-rise construction is the city of Bat Yam where 2,251 units began to be built in the first three quarters (an estimated annual rate of 3,000 units) - a jump in the rate compared to 1,233 units in all of 2021.
Avi Zithoni, CEO of the A. Zithoni company, which is building, among other things, the new "Park Hayam" neighborhood on the coastline in Bat Yam, notes that "the city of Bat Yam managed to overtake Tel Aviv in the construction of towers in 2022, and is in first place among all the leading cities in this category , with a jump in the pace of construction compared to last year."
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Zithoni in Bat Yam, which includes 21 floors (Photo: Zithoni)
Netanya is placed in second place with construction starts of 1,825 units in towers of 16 stories and above, a jump in pace compared to only 878 units all of last year.
In fourth place is Givat Shmuel with 684 construction starts on towers compared to 369 last year, followed by Jerusalem with 670 compared to only 210 last year.
The city of Ashdod ranks sixth among the leading cities with 654 units that began to be built in high-rise buildings, following on from 405 last year. The nearby city of Ashkelon shows a sharp decrease in the rate of construction in high-rise buildings with 514 units from January to September 2022 compared to 1,638 in all of 2021.
Apart from them, other settlements in the periphery We see more and more residential towers - for example, in Be'er Sheva, construction began on 343 units, in Kiryat Yam 222 units, in Kiryat Malachi 195. In settlements such as Kiryat Motzkin (138), Yakneam Elit (138) and Nesher (110) there were construction starts at the beginning of the year of towers after not one tower was built in 2021.
"The increase in the construction of towers in the periphery is not surprising"
According to architect Guy Miloslevski, "The increase in the construction of towers in the periphery is not surprising. First, the increase in prices throughout the country forces many families to move to buy and rent apartments in areas far from the center. Another reason is the increase in the planning policy of mixed-use complexes, which places a high standard of living in the complexes even in the periphery which include residences, employment, commerce, services, leisure and green areas - for example in the Migdal Kerem project that we are planning in Acre, which includes two residential towers. The residents of the periphery also realized the quality of life that can be obtained by living in a tower, and therefore the demand for living in towers in the periphery is increasing, and the mayors of the cities in the periphery also realized that in order to To attract residents to them, they need to invest in education infrastructure, in attracting companies to set up offices and factories in their city, as well as support entrepreneurs who wish to initiate projects in the areas of their city."
Architect Guy Miloslavsky, Miloslavsky Architects office (Photo: Miloslavsky Architects)
Furthermore, Miloslavsky says, "It should be noted that even in the periphery the high land costs and construction costs oblige entrepreneurs to maximize the utilization of the land and build to the height of towers, and oblige us planners to adapt them to the local context in which they will be built - socially, geographically, economically, etc. An example can be seen in the project we are planning For Rain, the holdings in Nesher include a 64-story tower - the tallest tower outside the borders of Gush Dan, and also a mix of uses including student dormitories and residences for academic staff, sheltered housing, offices, commerce and services, a huge park and a unique link via a bridge leading to the Technion."
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