David's Citadels
Looks To Tel Aviv
Jerusalem (JPFS) —You can see it
wherever you go in Tel Aviv, towering
above the skyline and dwarfing what-
ever, until now, has passed for Israeli
skyscrapers.
The Azrieli Center/Shalom Project,
a massive three- tower shopping and
office complex, dominates the view
from virtually every angle, following
you about like one of those old "Uncle
Sam wants you for the U.S. army"
posters, where the eyes and finger
seem to be pointing directly at you
wherever you stand.
Though still months from comple-
tion, the Shalom towers are already
the tallest in the entire . Middle East.
Looming pale in the city's haze, it
can be seen for kilometers around. But
the project, which is being constructed
by Canit Investments, a Canadian
firm owned by businessman David
Azrieli, has designs on more than just
the Tel Aviv skyline. It aims to com-
mand the minds and pockets of Tel
Avivians, to bring new standards of
architecture to Israel, and to create a
commercial heart in a city that has no
real business or social center.
Undoubtedly, the project is impres-
sive. One of the five largest schemes of
its sort in the world, and the biggest
undertaken in the Middle East, it
incorporates all of the latest technolo-
and innovations.
With an overall price tag in excess
of $400 million, the complex consists
of three high-rise towers: one round
(48 floors), one square (40 floors) and
one triangular (44 floors). These geo-
metric towers are brought together at
the bottom by a large Y-shaped shop-
ing center, which will house 140
stores. There will be five floors of
parking, mostly underground, provid-
ing space for 3,600 cars.
The circular and triangular towers
have already gone up. Work on the
square building will follow in another
ye months.
Once completed, between 12,000-
15,000 people are expected to work in
the buildings every day. "The project
will be like a small city, not counting
visitors from outside," says Azrieli.
Behind these impressive figures,
lurks a determination to make the
Azrieli Center/Shalom Project a mon-
ment to quality and high standards.
Everything is top-notch, from the 72
Swiss elevators which rise at seven
meters a second — "like a missile,"
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