The plan includes 730 housing units, commercial spaces, public buildings and open spaces
The Haifa District Planning and Construction Committee approved for deposit a plan of the government authority for urban renewal in the Carmel Castle in the Ben Zvi neighborhood. The plan continues the sequence of plans for urban renewal in the "Gyora" complex and other plans in the planning.
Director of the Senior Planning Division at the Government Authority for Urban Renewal, Gori Nadler:
The Ben Zvi complex approved for deposit is one of a number of large complexes being promoted in the city now. The renewal of the complex alongside the overall renewal momentum in the city, will allow the city to grow according to the demand in this area, while creating modern, urban living environments that provide the residents with what they need nearby or within a public transport ride distance.
A plan for urban renewal
The plan is on a total area of 30 dunams, and is located in the south of the city, in the Ben Zvi and Raziel street complex, where the matron is expected to pass. The plan includes 730 housing units that will be built in eight residential buildings in a variety of heights up to 30 floors. Out of all the housing units, about 183 will be allocated in favor of small apartments.
In addition to the housing units, the plan includes commercial areas, kindergartens and day care centers that will be integrated into the ground floors of the residential buildings, as well as allocating space for the establishment of a new school. Today, the complex has 120 housing units in 10 3-story buildings, which will be renovated for the new project.
Haifa District Planner in the Planning Administration, Ronen Segal:
The plan is an example of the planning that we have been leading in recent years in the planning administration, based on the principles of sustainable planning, mixing uses, connectivity with the existing surrounding fabric, delineating paths and pocket gardens, and creating an active and inviting street wall for pedestrians, which will transform the residential neighborhood into a neighborhood that provides its residents with most of their needs and will reduce the use of a private vehicle. This type of planning encourages walkability and enables community life and joint and diverse activity in the public space and will contribute significantly to the residents' quality of life.
The program was organized by the Darman Warbakel office.
Planning is not enough, you need execution!
In the boaters' neighborhood there has been planning for a big big center for 5 years and nothing is happening. A neighborhood without a grocery store or supermarket!!!
I have to ask. The Carmel Castle has dozens of approved renewal plans and everything is planned in the drawers.
To date, 14 years have passed since they began to approve them. Only one residential building was evacuated.
You can confirm more and more, but a question:
If developers have endless cheap land to build on in the city, why would they carry out construction evacuation there?
And that's exactly what happened. They built in rowers and Carmel waves - and 10,000 people remained in crumbling housing.
So why this illusion of additional program approvals?