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Ramat Shlomo Slated for Expansion
by Betzalel Kahn

The Israel Land Authority has authorized Moriah Construction to execute a large-scale plan for the expansion and densification of Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood through the addition of a total of 800 residential units and a broad sweep of public areas and educational facilities.

Moriah received approval for the extensive plan following efforts by Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rabbi Uri Lopoliansky, who also serves as Commissioner of Planning and Construction. The plan was evaluated as part of an expansion and densification program similar to programs carried out in Ramot and Kiryat Yovel as well as the attempt to increase available housing in Mattersdorf by building in Nachal Romema.

According to the plan approved by the Israel Land Authority and the City of Jerusalem, approximately 1,100 additional housing units will be built, including 800 units on existing Urban Construction Plan lands. These housing units will be built through expansive construction on a plot of land covering 180,000 square meters (44 acres). In addition public and educational facilities are slated for construction on 25,000 square meters (6 acres) of land as well as community facilities such as a community center and library covering 15,000 square meters (4 acres). The new Urban Construction Plan will also include 100,000 square meters (25 acres) of office space and other places of employment.

During the first phase of construction the neighborhood will be expanded in the framework of the existing Urban Construction Plan and another 800 housing units and educational facilities will be built. The modifications to the Urban Construction Plan are being prepared by the Reches Eshkol architectural firm and will be submitted to the planning committees in another year- and-a-half.

Six months ago the planning committees approved the construction of the Bnei Beitchah project in Ramat Shlomo. This sells individual lots to homeowners who then undertake to build private homes. In the coming weeks Moriah will begin offering these units for sale on 76 lots. Deputy Mayor Rabbi Lopoliansky expressed his surprise that the Bnei Beitchah project, approved over a year ago, has not yet been offered for sale. He said he hopes sales will begin soon, together with the completion of the other expansion programs in Jerusalem.

Moriah began the construction of Ramat Shlomo 11 years ago when the Ministry of Construction and Housing sold the rights to the land, and the seven associations that commissioned the construction, including Degel HaTorah's Binyan Sholem, sold hundreds of housing units. A total of 275 buildings contained 2,100 housing units were built on an area covering 1,200 dunams (300 acres).

 

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