Status Under construction Cost INS ₪ 1.5 billion Floor count 53 Floors 53 Estimated completion 2017 | Location Tel Aviv, Israel Roof 238.5 m (782 ft) Height 238 m Construction started 2013 | |
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Type Office • Commercial • Hotel Address Maklef St 5-7, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Similar Azrieli Center, Bank Discount Tower, Kirya Tower, Levinstein Tower, Moshe Aviv Tower | ||
Azrieli sarona tower
The Azrieli Sarona Tower is a skyscraper under construction, located at the South HaKirya compound on Begin Road in Sarona, Tel Aviv. It has been topped-out, and is scheduled to be fully completed in 2017. It is 238.5 metres (782 ft) high with 53 floors. If it reaches 255 meter high, as was originally planned, it will be the tallest building in Israel, taking Ramat Gan's Moshe Aviv Tower's place.
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The tower
In May 2011, the Azrieli Group acquired the land plot for INS ₪ 522 million via tender from the Israel Land Administration. The plot's size is 9.4 dunam and had a plan for a 180 metres (590 ft) high office building with a volume of 82,710 square metres (890,300 sq ft) and 6,700 square metres (72,000 sq ft) for commercial use, but in 2012 the Azrieli Group appealed the Regional Committee for Planning and Construction of the Tel Aviv District, asking to transfer 3,300 square metres (36,000 sq ft) to increase the area for commercial use. The committee accepted the request, but the demanded that an eighth garage floor will be built. Due to the expected high price (₪70 million) and the increased construction time, a compromise was achieved and instead of an eighth garage floor, 500 of the parking lots will be designated for public use and the residents of Tel Aviv will not pay any price higher than the price charged in parking stations owned by the municipality of Tel Aviv. The seven-story underground garage will have a total of 1,600 parking lots, and the commercial center will spread over the first three floors. At the 33rd to 37th floor, an hotel will be built.
In 2013 the Regional Committee for Planning and Construction of the Tel Aviv District authorized the construction of a building 255 metres (837 ft) above sea level (i.e. 238.5 metres (782 ft) above ground level).
The Cornerstone was placed by David Azrieli in a ceremony on 12 March 2012. In June 2016, 60% of the tower were already leased.
Hotel
In 2015 the Azrieli Group signed an agreement with Africa Israel Investments, leasing the 33rd to 37th floors for the period of 20 years for the establishment of a business hotel. The hotel will have 160 rooms and will be separated from the office floors, will have separate elevators and will have an independent lobby with a restaurant and a business lounge. Africa Israel Investment paid ₪250 million for the agreement and will invest another ₪50 million in the construction.
Shape
It lies on a rectangular concrete core, wrapped by two vertical blocks which accommodate a series of offset floor plates. Twisting around two different axes, the profile of the glass tower shifts towards the sea as it ascends, while the base of the building lies parallel to the existing street grid of the neighbourhood.