Tall & Urban News

A proposed 200-meter skyscraper that would make it the tallest building in the city is currently under review after the Jerusalem district planning committee, opened it up for public objection at the end of February.  The Jerusalem Municipality described the project as a “groundbreaking plan, with a unique architectural design, befitting the significant location of the project.”

Around 200 organizations and individuals have objected to a Jerusalem city council plan for a 200-meter-high tower in the west of the city that would overlook the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and the IDF cemetery on Mount Herzl. Among those critics is Deputy Mayor Yossi Havilio, who is leading a campaign to stop its construction.

If approved, the building would be 42 stories and include around 240 residential units, a 9,000-square-meter (97,000-square-foot) hotel, and public areas totaling 5,000 square meters (53,800 square feet), that will include an outdoor plaza and four underground stories. Located on the ridge of a hill known as the Epstein compound, the building is currently referred to as the "Epstein Project." The building would sit on a light rail route, along which the municipality has a policy of allowing buildings of up to 30 stories. 

The plan for the skyscraper was approved by the local Jerusalem planning committee in early 2024 and then placed with the Jerusalem district planning committee, which opened it for public objection. The district committee currently needs to listen and discuss the objections that have come forward before deciding whether to approve the project.

Read more on this story at The Times of Israel.