The Omer Industrial Park located in the Beersheva suburb was founded in 1995 by the head of the local council Pinchas Badash. One of its first investors was Stef Wertheimer. The industrial park has attracted a number of top-tier companies: Alvarion Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALVR; TASE: ALVR), Freescale Israel Ltd., patent attorneys Luzzatto and Luzzatto, Kesselman and Kesselman PricewaterhouseCooper (Israel), A.T. Afik Engineering Ltd., and Baran Group (TASE: BRAN; Pink Sheets:BRANF.PK),
Other tenants include Maayan Ventures Ltd. (TASE:MAYN), Negev Software Industries Ltd., and medical devices start-up Madak Sirkin Ltd.
The 1,000-dunam (250-acre) industrial park has 65,000 square meters of built-up space, which is 95% occupied. Expansion plans call for doubling its area, plus 3,000 dunam (750 acres) for other development, including an artificial lake, recreation facilities, an Olympic-class golf course, and a helipad. Green spaces, a sculpture garden, art museum and a museum for Wertheimer’s cars are also contemplated.
The Omer Industrial Park is slated to become a regional engine of development. The IDF computers unit is slated to be transferred to the area.
Office rent ranges from $10 to $17 per sq.m. per month, and falls to $6-7 for space in shell condition.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on September 30, 2007
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