ZOHAR
April 26th, 2007, 11:49 PM
new upscale outdoor shopping mall to open next month
Chaim Levinson
Published: 04.26.07, 11:33 / Israel Travel
Jerusalemites might not know it yet, but they will soon have their own version of the Fifth Avenue in their hometown. The glamorous shopping area is scheduled to open next month on Mamila Street in the David Village's neighborhood located right outside the Old City's walls. The new outdoor mall will extend from Jaffa Gate to Independence Park and include no less than 140 stores, a hotel, restaurants and residential areas.
Investment in the construction of the new project is estimated at $150 million. Commercial space will be rented at $40 to $80 per square meter.
Famous international brands that are set to open stores in the new complex include Rolex, H. Stern, Ralph Lauren, Bebe, and Tommy Hilfiger. Israeli brands will include Castro, Ronen Chen, Steimatzky and others.
During the 1970's, Teddy Kollek, the late mayor, promoted a plan to turn the slum of Mamila into an upscale residential and commercial
area but development was hindered by legal, bureaucratic and Halachic obstacles. Thirty-five years later, it is finally completed.
The open space mall is marketed as a prime shopping district, similar to New York City's Fifth Ave. "It is a bridge between the Old and the new parts of Jerusalem," says Shmuel Ben-Moshe, CEO of the Alrov real estate company, which built the project, "a bridge between the religions."
Chaim Levinson
Published: 04.26.07, 11:33 / Israel Travel
Jerusalemites might not know it yet, but they will soon have their own version of the Fifth Avenue in their hometown. The glamorous shopping area is scheduled to open next month on Mamila Street in the David Village's neighborhood located right outside the Old City's walls. The new outdoor mall will extend from Jaffa Gate to Independence Park and include no less than 140 stores, a hotel, restaurants and residential areas.
Investment in the construction of the new project is estimated at $150 million. Commercial space will be rented at $40 to $80 per square meter.
Famous international brands that are set to open stores in the new complex include Rolex, H. Stern, Ralph Lauren, Bebe, and Tommy Hilfiger. Israeli brands will include Castro, Ronen Chen, Steimatzky and others.
During the 1970's, Teddy Kollek, the late mayor, promoted a plan to turn the slum of Mamila into an upscale residential and commercial
area but development was hindered by legal, bureaucratic and Halachic obstacles. Thirty-five years later, it is finally completed.
The open space mall is marketed as a prime shopping district, similar to New York City's Fifth Ave. "It is a bridge between the Old and the new parts of Jerusalem," says Shmuel Ben-Moshe, CEO of the Alrov real estate company, which built the project, "a bridge between the religions."