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Tel Aviv auctions Kikar Atarim car park
Tel Aviv Municipality this morning published an ad to sell its 73% share in the Kikar Atarim underground car park for a minimum price NIS 184.5 million.
Tel Aviv Municipality this morning published an ad to sell its 73% share in the Kikar Atarim underground car park for a minimum price NIS 184.5 million in a public auction. This marks another stage in moving ahead with construction of the Kikar Atarim seafront project above the car park.
The latest sale of the car park comes after in August 2020 the Supreme Court canceled the original sale of the car park to JTLV, the partner promoting the high-rise buildings in Kikar Atarim. JTLV, controlled by Amir Biram and Yakov Shalom Fisher, bought the minority stake in the car park from hotelier David Schiff in 2017. In July 2017, the Tel Aviv-Yafo Council approved arrangements for JLTV to buy the municipality s majority share for NIS 150,000.
Tel Aviv blooms in a post pandemic reawakening
Tel Aviv blooms in a post pandemic reawakening
After a year of hibernation due to Covid-19, Tel Aviv’s cultural capital is undergoing a joyful reawakening. What’s on the calendar so far for this summer?
Bars, restaurants and cafes are fully booked weeks in advance. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
For the last year, following the coronavirus lockdown and restrictions that affected so much of our lives, the city that never sleeps has experienced a most abnormal year-long hibernation.
Naturally, for the culture capital of Israel, it meant a full shutdown of all nightlife spots, restaurants, and the entire arts scene. For a city in which empty streets and almost no traffic bring to mind a quietness you only normally experience on Yom Kippur, it was certainly an unusual year.
The European Council on Thursday added Israel to the list of countries for which EU members are recommended to gradually begin lifting coronavirus-related travel restrictions.
The other countries on the list currently include Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and China, though the latterâs place on the list is âsubject to confirmation of reciprocity,â the Council said in a statement. The list will be reviewed every two weeks.
The recommendation is not legally binding, and individual E.U. member states are not obligated to implement it.
Also on Thursday, the Tel Aviv Municipality released a statement declaring the city âready for the return of international touristsâ in May and âpromising a safe and exceptional urban experience for new and returning visitors alike.â