The Tel Aviv Local Planning and Building Commission last week rejected objections to a planned 65-storey skyscraper to be built on the Yediot Ahronot compound on Menachem Begin Rd. (formerly Petah Tikva Rd.). The committee has returned the plan to the Tel Aviv Regional Planning and Building Board for final approval.
The plan calls for adding 30,000 sq.m. to the existing 13,000-sq.m. building on the site, of which 10,000 sq.m. will be for apartments, and the rest office space.
The lot has 450% building rights. The new Beit Yediot Ahronot will have 15 more floors than the Azrieli Towers and will be as high as the planned adjacent Egged building.
The Tel Aviv Local Planning and Building Commission also rejected objections to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) compound plan, and returned the plan to the Tel Aviv Regional Planning and Building Board for final approval.
The Ichilov Hospital plan covers a 60-dunam (15-acre) site owned by the Israel Land Administration and Tel Aviv municipality. The plan supplements the previously approval partial plans, expanding building rights from 247% to 274%, and adds 16,000 sq.m. of built-up space to a total of 165,000 sq.m., plus 200 more parking spaces.
The approved plan allows for the construction of two 27-storey high-rises: one will add 25 floors to the existing Lis Maternity Hospital; the second, to be built on top of the nursing school, will provide residences for Ichilov Hospital staff and nurses. The plan allows for 195,741 sq.m. of main space for the hospital altogether.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on March 28, 2004