The Jerusalem Regional Planning and Building Committee has approved plans for the establishment of a new community with 600 housing units in the Adulam area of the Jerusalem Hills.
The approval is subject to certain condition: open spaces must be preserved, and the construction of business district must conform with the area's vistas and terrain. The Regional Planning Committee added that a transportation plan must be appended to the plan, so that access to the new community will minimize harm to the area's ecology, including ensuring the movement of fauna. The Ministries of Health and Environment must approve the plan.
20 families have registered for houses that Mekorot Shlita and Development is building in Kfar Uriah, near Kibbutz Harel in the Judean foothills. 110-220-sq.m. houses will be built on 500-sq.m. lots, for an asking price of $250,000-320,000.
Mekorot Shlita will build 69 houses on Kfar Uriah land, but outside the current members' residential area. The company is negotiating financial coverage from Bank Adanim Mortgages and Loans.
Mekorot Shlita wants to complete marketing by May 2005, because of a High Court of Justice ruling that forbids the direct sale of moshav-owned land after this date. Land may only be sold through the Israel Land Administration.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on December 5, 2004