Jerusalem Municipality approves lots for US embassy
The new embassy will be built on the former Allenby barracks and by expanding the consulate in Arnona.
The Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee has approved the masterplan for two areas of land for the US Embassy in the city. The decision comes in the closing days of the presidency of Donald Trump who made the decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The plan, drawn up by architect Yigal Levi, proposes expanding the existing building in the Arnona neighborhood to 50,000 square meters and constructing a new 60,000 square meters in the former Alleby barracks on Derekh Hevron at the corner of Albak and Daniel Yanovsky Streets. Each of the two areas will have offices, residential areas for employees and security installations.