# What Is Being Built Now in Sde Dov: Construction Log, Autumn 2026 In Sde Dov, construction is currently under way on the ground only in Eshkol, on three lots, while the Centre and the North are still waiting for design committee approvals. This article details what is already in excavation, shoring and foundations, and when the first occupancy is expected. _Updated 2026-10-08._ Source: https://sdedov.city/en/blog/2026 --- ## What has already been built in Sde Dov in October 2026? No building, business or venue in the Sde Dov district is open to the public, according to the district's openings register, updated to 23/08/2026. Construction in Sde Dov is currently active only in Eshkol, on three lots (101, 103 and 111) where there is excavation, shoring and foundations, while the Centre and the North are still only at the design committee approvals stage. The district has three compounds: Eshkol in the south, the Centre in the middle with the coastline, and the North, which closed its tenders only in March 2025 and comes last in the development order, according to the district's what-opens-and-when guide. The difference between the compounds is not merely geographical: it is the difference between a lot that already has foundations and a lot that is still waiting for an approved design plan. According to the same register, first occupancy in the district is expected around 2029, in Eshkol, and completion of construction across the whole district continues until about 2035. In other words, even the lots where work is already under way on the ground will not produce a first resident or an open shop any time soon. ## Four stages: from planning to work on the ground Only four labels track the pace of construction in Sde Dov: planning, where the lot merely appears in the plan; design committee approval, where the project has passed the committee without a permit; building permit, where approval to proceed has been granted; and construction on the ground, where there is actual excavation, shoring, foundations or more advanced work. The district is rising on the site of the old airport in north Tel Aviv, between the Reading Power Station in the south and Tel Baruch in the north, according to the district map. The plan that approves it, TA/4444, includes, according to the same source, 147 lots, of which 244 dunams are allocated to parks and open space compared with only 123 dunams for residential lots. The distinction between the four stages matters because, according to the district map, the lot numbers in the plan are not block and parcel numbers in the land registry, and an official status cannot be read from a lot number alone. According to the same source, a 2 km promenade stretches along the entire sea frontage in the plan. In the source it appears as a plan; the attached sources do not confirm here either execution or opening to the public. ## Eshkol: from excavation to foundations Eshkol is the only compound in Sde Dov where construction work is already under way on the ground, not just approvals. According to the openings register and the Shavno lot catalogue, lot 101 is in shoring, foundations and basement floor slab pouring; lots 103 and 111 are defined as under construction. Lot 101, the ASHIRA project by Avisror Moshe & Sons, received a full building permit in March 2026. The cornerstone was laid there as early as November 2024, according to the district's timeline, and it includes 406 apartments. The colonnade beneath it is the first commercial frontage that will open in the district, according to the Shavno lot catalogue, although which services in Sde Dov will actually operate there has not yet been published. Lot 111, the RAINBOW Tel Aviv project by Israel Canada (built by Ashtrom), has been under construction since January 2026 and has 459 apartments, of which 275 had been sold by August 2026. Lot 103, the UTOPIA project by Nahmias Group, has been under construction since October 2025 and has 337 apartments. Lot 107, the DIMRI YAMA TLV project with 458 apartments, is in marketing: by 30/06/2026 only 40 apartments had been sold from it. Lot 110, the ZOHI project (Levinstein, Allied/Metropolis and Mivne) with 230 apartments, opened early marketing in January 2026 and accumulated 63 signed contracts by 30/06/2026; according to the Shavno lot catalogue, work on the ground has also begun there alongside the marketing. The employment and hotel lots in Eshkol are still at approvals only: 301 and 302 were approved for hotels in March 2026 with no operator published, 303 was approved with conditions in July 2026 for offices and retail on the Ibn Gabirol axis beside the linear park and the future Zohara Levitov station, and 305 was approved with conditions as the last employment lot in Eshkol's employment hub. The education campus on lot 409 was handed to the developer, Pangea Sde Dov, in August 2024, with no visible source for a building permit or work on the ground. ## Centre: design approvals only The Centre holds the district's coastline and its hotel strip, and according to the sources updated to 23/08/2026, all the documented progress there consists of design committee approvals, not construction on the ground. Lot 2207 of Prashkovsky passed the committee in June 2026 for a long-term rental project of 410 apartments, of which 205 are regulated rent; it is part of a larger rental complex by the developer on lots 2102, 2203 and 2207 together, totalling 966 apartments. Lot 2103 of Israel Brothers was approved in the same month for 424 apartments with a commercial frontage on the ground floor, and lot 2226 of Dan Real Estate was approved in May 2026 for 437 apartments beside the promenade. Lot 2270, the FIRST by Hagag project, passed the design committee in June 2026 with 350 apartments; according to the Shavno lot catalogue, 179 of them had still not been sold after the second quarter of 2026. Lots 2206 and 2255, the GINDI VOGUE project by Gindi Holdings, include 708 apartments, and by August 2026 more than 600 contracts had been signed there. The lots of Azrieli Group and Africa Israel passed the design committee on the same day in February 2026, both with a commercial ground floor. The Reuth hospital campus was already approved in February 2024 and anchors health care in the Centre. The five luxury hotels on the coastline went out to an Israel Land Authority tender in March 2025, and no operator has yet been published. ## North: closed tenders, land on paper The North is the last compound in Sde Dov's development order, and according to the sources updated to 23/08/2026 it is still entirely at the approvals stage, not construction. The North's tenders closed in March 2025 among nine developers, with a total of 2,744 housing units and consideration of about 4.59 billion shekels, according to the Shavno lot catalogue. That tender is the basis on which the North's neighbourhood commercial street will be built, but so far there is no work on the ground documented in the register. In July 2026 three lots on the North's sea line were approved, 3101, 3105 and 3106, in the westernmost position beside the coastal park. The plan approved for them includes 332 apartments, retail, courtyards and public passages, but the owners of the lots have not yet been published. The difference between the North and Eshkol is clear: in Eshkol there are already lots with building permits and foundation works, while in the North even the lots approved in July 2026 are still waiting for the permit stage. ## Where is the pace of construction fastest? Eshkol leads the pace of construction in Sde Dov by a clear margin, according to a combination of the openings register and the what-opens-and-when guide. Three of its lots have reached the on-the-ground construction stage, while in the Centre and the North most lots are still only at the approval or planning stage. Eshkol is expected to feel finished first, because its residential lots, the education campus and the retail hub all sit in a single compound, according to the what-opens-and-when guide. First occupancy there is expected around 2029, and that is also where the colonnades that will become the district's first shops are located. The Centre and the North, by contrast, are still at the stage where planning approval comes well before any work on the ground. Compound: Eshkol; Current stage: Construction on the ground and supplementary approvals; Sample lots: 101, 103, 111 under construction; 301-305 at approvals; 409 handed to developer; Source: Openings register, Shavno lot catalogue Compound: Centre; Current stage: Design committee approvals; Sample lots: 2207, 2103, 2226, 2270, 2206/2255; Source: Openings register Compound: North; Current stage: Tenders closed, plans in approval; Sample lots: 3101, 3105, 3106; Source: Openings register ## The bridge to the Yarkon and the hotel tenders: what is not known The attached sources contain no date, execution stage or documented approval for a bridge to Yarkon Park. It is not possible to determine at present whether it is in planning, approval or construction. The closing of additional hotel tenders in November 2026 is also not backed by a source attached to the openings register. The only source that documents a hotel tender ties it to the Israel Land Authority in March 2025, for the five luxury hotels on the coastline in the Centre, and in it too no operator has yet been published. Dates that are not documented in a public source, such as an opening date for the bridge or the closing of a tender, are not written as fact merely because they sound plausible. When the register is silent, this post does not fill the gap with an estimate. All that can be said, according to the sources updated to 23/08/2026, is that these two matters, the bridge to Yarkon Park and additional hotel tenders, are not yet documented in the public sources available on the district, and they should be checked against further official publications when these appear. ## What to follow until winter Heading into winter 2026/2027, it is worth following several concrete points in the district. In Eshkol, the question is whether further lots beyond 101, 103 and 111 will receive a full building permit and begin foundation works, whether lot 107 will move from marketing to actual construction, and whether lot 110 will continue to advance both marketing and work on the ground. In the Centre it is worth checking whether further lots advance from design committee approval to a building permit. A third point is the publication of hotel operators: the two hotel lots in Eshkol and the five luxury hotels not yet handed over in the Centre are waiting for the publication of who will operate them. A fourth point, on which the register currently has no information, is whether a status update will be published for the bridge to Yarkon Park. We will continue to follow the district's public register and update every lot that changes stage, without getting ahead of the date on which it actually happens. ## Frequently asked questions What has already opened in Sde Dov? There is currently no business, building or venue open to the public in the Sde Dov district, according to the openings register updated to 23/08/2026. Construction on the ground is advancing only in the Eshkol compound, on lots 101, 103 and 111, where there is excavation, shoring and foundations, while the Centre and the North are still at planning approval stages only. When is the first thing in the district expected to open? First occupancy in Sde Dov is expected around 2029, in the Eshkol compound, according to the district's openings register. The retail floors beneath the first residential buildings, such as the colonnade on lot 101, are the first commercial frontage that could open, but an actual opening date for a shop or business has not yet been published. Who is building Sde Dov? Seventeen different developers hold land across Sde Dov, according to the timeline documenting the district's marketing stages. In Eshkol, companies such as Avisror Moshe & Sons on lot 101, Israel Canada with Ashtrom on lot 111 and Nahmias Group on lot 103 are building, while in the Centre additional developers such as Prashkovsky and Gindi Holdings are active. Do the lot numbers in Sde Dov correspond to block and parcel numbers in the land registry? No. The lot numbers in Sde Dov are taken from the district plan TA/4444 and use a numbering system different from block and parcel in the land registry, according to the district map. It is therefore not possible to read a property's official status from the lot number alone, and an official check also requires the block number; lot 2103, for example, appears in two different blocks in the plan, representing two separate land parcels. When is construction across the whole district expected to finish? Completion of construction across all of Sde Dov continues until about 2035, according to the district's openings register. The Eshkol compound in the south is expected to be occupied first, around 2029, followed by the Centre with the coastline and the hotel strip, and the North, which closes the district at the last stage; so even lots where foundation works are already under way will not produce a resident any time soon. What land uses exist in Sde Dov beyond residential? According to the plan, Sde Dov is divided into seven main uses: commercial colonnades on the ground floor, hotel lots, retail and mixed-use lots, employment land for offices, public space for schools and clinics, and parks and open space, according to the district's zones page. The largest use in the plan is parks and open space, with 244 dunams out of 147 lots, compared with only 123 dunams for housing. --- _Sde Dov: an independent guide to daily life in Sde Dov, Tel Aviv. Every number carries a source and a date._ _HTML version: https://sdedov.city/en/blog/2026_