Guy Nardi, globes.co.il
The Committee for the Advancement of Housing Preferences (IDF) today approved the Herzliya skyscraper program, north of the Seven Star Interchange, near Herzliya Railway Station. The Herzliya skyscraper program was promoted by the Israel Lands Authority and Citec (25%, Rotem 25% And the rest is Kibbutz Galil Yam) and conducted by Moshe Tzur Architects.
The plan includes 1,650 housing units to be built in 7 to 22-60-story towers. Of the total housing units, 330 housing units will be allocated for small apartments, as well as the possibility of establishing 500 special housing units. In addition, the plan includes 200,000 sq.m. for employment and commercial areas, 12 acres for open public space, 7 acres for the establishment of elementary schools for neighborhood needs, and 6,600 sq.m. for daycare and kindergartens as well as 5,000 sq.m. for public and cultural needs. The program offers the establishment of a metropolitan transportation center and a sports hall and commercial uses.
Tel Aviv District Planning Authority, Gili Tessler: "Building empowerment plans such as these meet the need for streamlining planning and land use in general on the one hand and maximizing rights in passenger and user-intensive transportation complexes. The effort made in this area surrounded by roads is indicative of tightening contexts and use. "This is a definite policy in the Tel Aviv District and as such will only intensify."
Herzliya Mayor Moshe Fadlon said in response to the approval of the WMC plan: "The City of Herzliya will respond to all the tools at its disposal and will not allow construction without adequate response from national infrastructures such as transport, drainage, public areas and more. We are disappointed that the issues presented by the municipality throughout the planning process and the detailed objections document were not accepted at all and were rejected out of hand without going deeper. The certificate hijacking proves once again how the IDF continues, and not for the first time, to run rough on local authorities and approve building plans completely detached from the authority's needs and conditions on the ground. "