Four buildings will be designated for commerce and business and will rise 24 floors high, with another four 12-story buildings positioned in front.
By MAYA PELLEGUpdated: OCTOBER 1, 2015 16:00At the old Mifromal factory in Givat Shaul(photo credit: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH)
An eight-building complex will be constructed on the site of the old Mifromal factory, giving new energy to the Givat Shaul neighborhood, the Hebrew press reported last week.Approved last week by the Jerusalem Municipality’s Local Committee for Planning and Construction, the complex on central Kanfei Nesharim Street will comprise 185,000 square meters on 34 hectares, creating the largest concentration of privately owned office space in the city.Four buildings will be designated for commerce and business and will rise 24 floors high, with another four 12-story buildings positioned in front.A large underground parking area will accommodate the influx of workers.The architectural plan, by Gilad Levi, includes three main squares with water fountains designed with an environmental touch, with many pedestrian crosswalks and care taken to maintain the area’s 21 trees. By municipality orders, 5 percent of the land will be solely for public use.The Mifromal site was closed during the second intifada; at its peak, the factory had 450 employees and was the biggest aluminum frame factory in Jerusalem. In the last couple of years, the Rami Levy chain built a kosher lemehadrin supermarket on a small part of the land, in competition with Osher Ad and other area supermarkets.This part of Givat Shaul enjoys good public transportation, with buses coming from all over Jerusalem on their way to the Har Nof neighborhood.Additionally, a light rail station is planned for here – one of the reasons the planning committee approved the construction.