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Moving of Kaplan St. Templar buildings begins
The buildings are being moved to a 40-dunam (ten-acre) park, which will contain 37 buildings slated for preservation.
Dalia Tal 17 Apr 05 11:27
The moving of four out of five Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan St. in Tel Aviv is beginning this week. The 120 year-old buildings, which are slated for preservation, will be moved 10-20 meters from their current location, at a cost of NIS 26 million. The fifth building will be moved in a few months.
The buildings are being moved to a 40-dunam (ten-acre) centralized park, which will contain 37 buildings slated for preservation. The park will be located in the middle of a new 190-dunam (47.5-acre) business and residential center planned by the Israel Land Administration (ILA) in the southern Kirya project in Tel Aviv. The center will include office, hotel, commercial, residential, and public space.
The buildings constitute the remnants of the historic Sharona colony, founded in 1873 by members of the Knights Templars from Germany. One of the buildings was a Templar community center, and another was a school. Hundreds of trees from that period will also be preserved. The ILA will market 25 of the 37 preserved buildings for commercial use, while the other twelve will slated for public use.
Dutch company Mamoth, which has experience and know-how in moving buildings, will do the work. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Economic Development Authority is responsible for the project.
Published by Globes [online] -
www.globes.co.il - on April 17, 2005
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