"The occurrence of a strong earthquake is almost certain. Its influence on different regions of the country will be enormous. According to the preparedness framework approved by the government, one must prepare for 7,000 casualties, 8,600 seriously injured, 37,000 lightly injured, 9,500 trapped in the ruins of buildings and 170,000 homeless.'
State Comptroller, 2018
Tens of thousands of people were killed two weeks ago in a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that was felt in Turkey and Syria.
This is one of the strongest earthquakes measured in the world in recent years, and the strongest felt in the Middle East since 1939. The earthquake caused a lot of destruction of buildings and houses.
Israel's location on the Syrian-African fault line, from Mount Hermon along the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, the Arabah to Eilat, puts all Israeli cities, especially those on the Syrian-African fault line, in real danger.
The city of Tiberias, for example, is prone to disasters, the city of Beit Shean also experienced a severe earthquake in the past, so did Safed and other cities along the line in the Finger of Galilee, the Jezreel Valley, the Kinneret Valley and south along the Arava and the Dead Sea Valley.
The immediate danger mainly threatens old buildings, built in the 50's to the 70's of the last century, without strong foundations and some of them are already prone to fall.
A report prepared about a year ago for the Knesset's Research and Information Center revealed that approximately 28,600 buildings could be seriously destroyed during a strong earthquake in Israel, most of them in the peripheral areas. An encouraging bright spot has occurred in the last two years. Although most of the projects
to strengthen buildings have so far been launched in areas of demand and the center (about 76%), in the last year many real estate companies and entrepreneurs began to come to the cities of the north and south and intensively promote urban renewal projects there.
Get to know the projects that are going to change Israel's demand map.
Carmel Castle,
the first project is underway
Carmel Castle, Amram et Nidem company, photo: Zithoni Damiot
The Carmel Castle has been undergoing a major construction boom in recent years, causing great curiosity among investors, housing developers and young couples due to the potential inherent in it.
In recent months, one of the first and special projects of its kind has been implemented in the city.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2022, the RENEW company from the Amram Avraham and Eli Nidam group, under the management of Avi Peretz, demolished a building at 22 Halanit Street in Tirat HaCarmel that included 16 apartments.
In its place, the company will build 2 15-story towers that will include 107 new apartments.
Price of a three-room apartment: NIS 1.5 million.
4 rooms: NIS 1.7 million, 5 rooms: NIS 1.9 million.
The Mayor of Carmel Castle, Aryeh Tal: "In recent years, Carmel Castle has been in a construction boom, establishing it as a developing and intriguing boutique city for many who wish to build their home there.
The renewal of the old neighborhoods is a complementary and inseparable process, being the urban heart of the city.
We continue to focus our efforts on their development, when before our eyes is the improvement of the quality of life of the residents through the renewal and upgrading of the infrastructure of the public space in the neighborhoods.'
Around the Technion / Nesher
11,000 units
In the last year, a master plan was approved for the city of Nesher, which includes the addition of 11,000 housing units mainly as part of urban renewal projects in the old city, over one million square meters for employment and commercial areas and about 45,000 square meters for public areas.
The Oren Carmel complex includes about 130 apartments in 3-4 story buildings and one higher building, and a neighborhood commercial center built in the early 1980s.
The complex is located at the seam with "Ramot Yitzhak", adjacent to the Savioni Dania neighborhood of Haifa, and is also within walking distance of the Technion, not far from the University of Haifa.
The Ramat Technion project of the Sharabiv Bansher company, Photo: OLIN Imaging
Another area that will undergo regeneration in Nesher is a complex on Derech Technion street 24-48.
The project, called "Ramat Technion", is being promoted by the Sharabiv company, as part of which 177 apartments in old and dangerous housing buildings will be demolished and about 1,100 units will be built under them.
In the Atidim project, 8 luxury towers of 16-30 stories will be built, overlooking the spectacular view of Haifa Bay, the Carmel and the sea.
All the towers will have 3-5-room apartments and penthouse apartments, with upgraded specifications and invested and functional public spaces.
In the center of the project, a huge and well-invested park will be built for the well-being of the residents.
According to Adi Breyer, VP of Engineering at the Sharabiv company, the builder in Nesher: "Nesher is a city without vacant land and it is surrounded by forests and a declared park in which it is forbidden to build.
Therefore, the only permitted construction in its territory is as part of urban renewal.'
Kiryat Yam
"No old apartment will remain in the city"
Kiryat Yam visualization for illustration only, photography: Alex Lubimov (visualization) + Eran Dan (drone photography)
In recent years, Kiryat Yam has enjoyed significant momentum in regards to urban renewal.
The wheels of the committees work non-stop and the municipality embraces the entrepreneurs who work in the field.
Kiryat Yam Kashret the settlement, photo: Demiya office Kobia Shaoli Weber Levy Dayan Architects
The construction of Kiryat Yam III began in 1949 and in the 1950s new immigrants from Yemen and Europe were housed there.
The construction in the neighborhood is mainly characterized by low construction, with many private and two-family houses, and railway buildings in the east and west.
There are almost no public gardens in the neighborhood - a less critical issue for residents who have private yards.
The prominent advantages of the neighborhood are the proximity to the sea, including declared beaches, and public transportation: the neighborhood has frequent bus lines to a variety of destinations in Kiryat, and a metro line (a high-capacity bus on an exclusive route) that allows a quick trip to Haifa.
The source of the urban renewal momentum in the city is the result of a government decision.
The municipality took the opportunity with both hands, when at the same time as issuing the new IBA, signatures were promoted, which sped up the whole process.
Mayor David Ibn Tzur, stated that almost every old neighborhood in the city is in the deposit for a plan to vacate buildings, and promised that he would not leave an old apartment in the city - a statement that attracts many investors to the city.
One of the companies that promotes an urban renewal project is the settlement training.
The IBA for the company's huge project was approved in the Permanent Army compound, which will include 1,450 units.
This is a complex located not far from the beach, where 12 residential buildings of 9-32 floors will be built.
An estimated sales volume of about NIS 1.8 billion.
"The plan that was approved is expected to change the nature of the area, which has been undergoing a development boom in recent years," says Alex Mariash, the CEO of the Yishuv Tet'havot training, "The plan is spread over about 48 dunams in the heart of Kiryat Yam. 6 old railway buildings that were built in the 1960s of the last century will be demolished, and in their place about 12 new residential buildings will be built.'
Another construction evacuation complex in the city is being promoted by the companies Etz Shaked, A. Chavar, and ADML in the "Shaked Beach" area.
The project, whose cost is estimated at more than one and a half billion shekels, will be built in the regenerating Shapira neighborhood in Kiryat Yam, which is located on the first line to the sea and at a distance of less than 100 meters from the beach strip.
The plan includes approximately 1,300 housing units, public, commercial and employment buildings spread over an area of approximately 40 dunams, alongside a school that will relocate and receive a completely new building.
A third mega project will be carried out by the Sheponder Peldon company, where instead of 176 units in old railway buildings, the company will build 880 units.
Acre
added about 18,000 units in the city
Acre has been undergoing a development boom in recent years, under the leadership of Mayor Shimon Lankeri, including the promotion of projects to add approximately 18,000 new units in the city center, the strengthening of trade and employment, and a significant facelift. In Acre, the Governmental Authority for Urban Renewal will promote detailed planning of residential evacuation complexes around the central station areas, while renovating the station itself. The planning will create a separation between the residential, commercial and employment complexes, and the bus station and public transportation complexes, with a budget of approximately NIS 3 million. These plans will include over 1,000 housing units.
In the Neve Aviv neighborhood next to the train station, 340 new units will be rebuilt by the Ayala Agam real estate company instead of 56 units located in four old railway buildings.
"Neve Aviv in Acre is in a phase of growth, and its location near the train station shortens the entire city's proximity to the center of the country and the Haifa metropolis," explains Jackie Suisa, managing partner at Ila Agam.
"Today, peripheral cities are developed with development routes and there is an ability for residents to move to many places of employment throughout the country."
The Baral Group owned by Ariel Babli joined the YBDI Group owned by Yossi Bar David and is working to promote a large construction evacuation project in Acre.
The companies will work to evacuate 108 housing units in train housing and buildings located on Eshel and Golani Division streets in the city.
In their place, about 600 new housing units will be built in three towers and textured buildings that combine residences on commercial areas with a street and a public building.
The buildings on Hashel Street today, photo: Barel Group
"For many years, urban renewal was the share of apartment owners in old buildings, mainly in the center, now the time has come to bring the news of renewal to the residents of the north as well," says Ariel Babli, CEO and owner of the "Barel" group.
"Demands for new apartments in the north of the country have increased greatly in recent years, apartment prices have risen and urban renewal is the right solution that combines the need to renew the old buildings and neighborhoods and create an additional supply of new apartments while adapting the projects to modern and mixed-use planning"
Beer Sheva
expects 15,000 units in the city center
14 urban renewal complexes are currently in various stages of planning in Be'er Sheva that will allow
An addition of about 15,000 housing units to the city center.
Tamar Poria, the city's engineer, points out that the complexes are currently in various stages of planning by the local committee and the municipality's urban renewal directorate.
The Reger Besh Avenue project in the Yaakov Avino complex. Photo: Damiya - Evolve media
The first construction evacuation project in Be'er Sheva is underway in the Orot complex in neighborhood C in the city.
Recently, the Southern District Planning and Construction Committee made a decision to deposit the plan in the Orot cinema complex in neighborhood C. This is the first construction evacuation project in the city, starting on an area of 60 dunams, within the framework of which two railway housing units comprising 112 housing units will be demolished and 20 residential buildings of 6-10 floors will be built. with 747 housing units.
Even before the decision to submit the plan to the district committee was made, the first tender for tenants was held in the complex, and Shikun and Binui won the tender in one of the complexes.
Another renewable complex in Be'er Sheva is Ya'akov Avinu in neighborhood D.
136 housing units will be demolished and 660 units and 20,000 square meters of employment, commercial and public areas will be built.
The companies Africa Israel, BSR and Electra are the entrepreneurs of the project.
In order to give an additional boost to construction evacuation projects in Be'er Sheva, the municipality recently announced a full exemption from the improvement levies for construction evacuation complexes in the urban renewal area according to the outline plan for the city.
In addition, the municipality invites you to contact it and the director of urban renewal in order to receive information regarding the planning policy and the possibilities for promoting additional projects.
"Accelerated regeneration processes" routes
Alfasi neighborhood, Almog company routes, photo: Almog group
Another city that appears these days on the map of urban renewal and has huge potential is Netivot.
A number of real estate entrepreneurs, led by the Almog Group, have begun to promote large-scale urban renewal projects in the city. The
Almog Group is promoting a large construction evacuation project in the Alfasi complex in the city. The complex includes 20 old buildings that include 431 apartments.
The company reports that it has reached the required majority in accordance with the law.
The complex was declared by the government as a preferred complex for housing and therefore will be discussed within the framework of the Vatmal, and its planning is promoted by the Netivot Municipality.
At the same time, the company works to promote other significant construction evacuation projects in the city.
According to Amir Heller, Deputy CEO of the Almog Group: "The city of Netivot and its residents will benefit from accelerated urban renewal processes in the coming years, in light of the support of Mayor Yehiel Zohar and the clear need to promote these processes in the city.
Urban renewal in Netivot is a necessity, given the geographical location of the city and the existence of many old buildings with old infrastructure.
"Urban renewal projects influence and promote the environment and the entire neighborhood, dramatically improve the quality of life and personal security of the long-term residents, and in addition will create an additional supply of apartments in the city."
Nof HaGilil
urban renewal and connection to the train
The Venus project in the Galil landscape of the Barel Group, photo: SO Architects visualization
Nof HaGilil, led by Ronen Plott, is pushing hard for urban renewal in the city.
The North District Planning and Construction Committee approved a policy document for empowering rights and urban renewal along the light rail routes in the Galilee landscape, which includes saturated construction combined with commerce and employment in the Tirosh (7-15), Shaked (2-6) and Zeit (1-11) complexes.
"Connecting the railway project to urban renewal projects is an engine of growth and a center of attraction for real estate investments," said the mayor, Ronan Plot.
The Israel Land Authority (Israeli Land Authority) is currently promoting a master plan for urban renewal in the Galilee landscape. The direction is to mix uses in residential complexes, so that in the future it will be possible to add, according to the new policy document, saturated construction combining commercial and employment floors on the lower floors, which will be adapted to residential areas.
The Baral Group is planning an urban renewal project in the Tirosh complex, which will include the evacuation and demolition of 5 buildings of 4 floors each comprising 120 units. In place of the old buildings, 7 residential buildings of 17-25 floors will be built which will include 778 units, alongside an office building and trade.
Ariel Babli, the owner of the Barel Group, says that entering the Galilee landscape to carry out an urban renewal project was born from a phone call he received from a local childhood friend (then Nazareth Elite).
"In the beginning, I did not believe that the project had economic viability, but as I studied the details and realized that the financial requirements at the beginning of the project were low, I decided to try and move forward. Today, 4 years later, with extraordinary support and assistance from all the parties in the Nof Galil municipality, we are with a plan entrusted to- by the district committee, with signed contracts with all the tenants and expected to build the project."
More in the Galil landscape: in the second half of 2022 Best Izum and Ayala Agam were chosen by apartment owners in the Jezreel Shekma complex to build 758 new units instead of the 120 that exist today.
Additional plans for urban renewal are being promoted in the planning drawers of the local committee.
A record number of building permits was reached in the city
The Olga neighborhood in Hadera is about to change its face and become one of the sought-after neighborhoods in the northern Sharon area.
The very fact that the neighborhood is on the western side of the city of Hadera, next to the seashore, and due to the huge IBA planned for it, without a doubt, the Olga Hadera neighborhood will become a real real estate gem.
"Olga Hadera is undoubtedly Israel's new real estate news," says Gal Castel, VP of Urban Renewal at Oron Real Estate.
These days Oron Real Estate received a construction permit for the first eviction project in the neighborhood. The company will demolish 36 apartments and build 274 units in two 30-story towers.
Apart from the Olga neighborhood, it is impossible to miss the data that 2022 was the year of Hadera, when over 1,000 new housing units were promoted with building permits in five urban renewal projects in the city.
The city center, which today is filled with old and old buildings of 2-3 stories, will become a living urban center that combines residence, employment and commerce in the intensive construction of 20-30 story towers.
Recently, a building permit was received for the demolition of 64 apartments in 7 buildings of 2-4 floors on the second Aliya street in the center of Hadera.
Instead, a plan is being promoted for the construction of 5 new 18-25-story towers that will include 400 housing units, combined with public and commercial buildings.
Sela Beitar complex of the Dan company, photo: Ganot-Lerman Architects and Pick Architects offices
The project will be carried out by the Rain Holdings Group and Lekhet Company.
Another project will be carried out by the Dan Real Estate companies from the Dan Public Transportation Group, the Rothstein Real Estate Company and the Farkash Group.
The three were chosen by the tenants of the Sela Beitar complex - David Shimoni Street in Hadera, in a tenants' tender to carry out a building evacuation project with the scope of 1,452 housing units, combining commercial and employment areas.
Another big plan that will come out in the neighborhood is that of the Azorim company, under which a new neighborhood will be built that will include 1,840 housing units in a combination of commerce, employment, sheltered housing and high-quality public areas.
Nir Ben Haim, Acting Mayor of Hadera:
"The city of Hadera has positioned itself in recent years as a leading city in urban renewal at the national level and attracts a young and strong population that contributes to the strengthening of the place.
In light of the agreements signed with the state, we were able to show amazing results in a short time and issue construction permits for over 1,000 new apartments, the beginning of which the residents will be able to see on the ground as early as 2023." Gal Lachmi, Head of the Urban Renewal Directorate at the Economic Society: "The projects in the Hebrew Legion and the second increase that has just
happened They received building permits and their construction will begin soon, as well as about 3,000 units that were approved in Hadera during the past year, they are another catalyst for urban renewal in the city center."
Kiryat Malachi
Pinoy-Binoy combined with green energy
Kiryat Malachi Urban Renewal Visualization Chabad neighborhood - Ben Gurion Pinoy Binui, Photo: Visualization Lea Shneor Architects
The new immigrants who came to Kiryat Malachi from all over the world established a diverse and vibrant city of all walks of life, Iraqis next to Moroccans and Tunisians, Romanians and Poles next to a vibrant community of Georgian immigrants.
Kibbutz Galuyot neighborhood in the city was built in the 1960s on the axis of Route 3 when the first residents were housed there after leaving the "Kastina Crossing".
The neighborhood is characterized by mainly low construction next to railway buildings.
An urban renewal project is being promoted in the neighborhood, initiated by the Levinsky Ofer company and with the cooperation of the municipality.
In addition to the evacuation-construction project, Levinsky Ofer will receive additional land in another construction area of the city.
Kiryat Malachi Urban Renewal Visualization Chabad neighborhood - Ben Gurion Pinoy Binui, Photo: Visualization Lea Shneor Architects
In the neighborhood there is a eviction plan under which new buildings of different heights will be built, where each housing unit will receive an addition of 25 square meters of construction and a 10-meter balcony, a parking lot and a 5-meter warehouse.
A large-scale project for the neighborhood which will increase to 4,500 housing units and more commercial areas, kindergartens and dormitories, experimental schools, new synagogues, an amusement park and sports facilities.
The new neighborhood will be built to a very high standard using new technologies and green energy that will be at the forefront of the neighborhood.
As of this date, there are eviction agreements with more than 85% of the apartment owners.
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