# Sde Dov: full context > An independent guide to daily life in Sde Dov, the coastal district rising on Tel Aviv's former city airport. Every figure carries a source and a date. Entities are numbered lots and commercial units from plan TA/4444, not businesses: no venue is invented and none has opened yet. Plan lot numbers are not land-registry gush/helka numbers. Where a per-unit area has not been published, the site says so rather than estimating. ## The district ### Eshkol The first complex under active construction. Streets, foundations and the district's school campus sit here, with its marketed projects already selling and the commerce-and-office hub on lots 301–306. - Status: Under construction - Commerce: ~45,000 sqm commerce & offices - Hotels: 2 boutique hotels (lots 301, 302) - First occupancy: ~2029 - Commercial opening window: 2029–2031 ### Central The heart of the district on the open Mediterranean: the five-hotel tender strip, FIRST and GINDI VOGUE, the Palace senior residence, and the coastal shopping promenade. - Status: Plans approved - Commerce: ~85,000 sqm retail & leisure - Hotels: 5 luxury beachside hotels - First occupancy: ~2031 - Commercial opening window: 2031–2035 ### North The northern edge, closed in the March 2025 tender wave across nine developers. A neighbourhood high street rather than a destination, with marina access at its northern end. - Status: Tenders closed - Commerce: ~35,000 sqm neighbourhood commerce - Hotels: Resort & leisure - First occupancy: ~2032 - Commercial opening window: 2032–2035 ## Headline figures - Homes: 16,000 - Commerce: 125,000 m² - Employment: 330,000 m² - Hotel rooms: 3,000 (16 lots) - Waterfront promenade: 2 km, 300 marina moorings - Public buildings reserve: 500,000 m² ## Category pages ### Eating and drinking in Sde Dov Restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries: by lot and promenade, before there are names. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/eat ### Shopping in Sde Dov Retail units in the colonnades, on the promenade and along the northern high street. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/shops ### Services in Sde Dov Barber, salon, laundry and gym: the everyday businesses, and the use class that lets them open. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/services ### Health in Sde Dov The Reut rehabilitation hospital campus, and the clinics reserved in the public-buildings budget. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/health ### Kids and schools in Sde Dov Campus 409: schools, kindergartens, a library and an aquatic centre on one municipal lot. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/kids ### Staying in Sde Dov About 3,000 rooms across 16 lots: the five-hotel strip in Central and Eshkol's first two. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/hotels ### Offices in Sde Dov About 330,000 sqm of employment: the Eshkol hub on lots 301–306, and the district logistics centre. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/offices ### The beach and outdoors Two kilometres of promenade, about 300 moorings, and a southern edge being rewritten at once. URL: https://sdedov.city/en/beach ## Commercial units (placeholder entities, no tenants yet) - **Colonnades, lots 101–111 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-101, Eshkol colonnades): Under construction; uses: F&B, retail; area not published; opening 2029–2031. The district's first ground-floor commercial space, running under the residential blocks. Lots 101, 103 and 111 are in construction; 107 and 110 are marketing. - **Retail units, lots 101–111 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-103, Eshkol colonnades): Under construction; uses: retail, personal services; area not published; opening 2029–2031. Colonnade-level retail under the same blocks as the F&B units, opening with first occupancy. - **Service units, lot 111 and neighbours (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-111, Eshkol colonnades): Under construction; uses: personal services, retail; area not published; opening 2029–2031. Barber, salon, laundry and gym space sits in the same use class as retail. No dedicated lot exists: services take colonnade units. - **Hotel on lot 301 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-301, Eshkol hub): Planned; uses: hotel, ground-floor commerce; area not published; opening 2029–2031. One of the district's first two hotel lots. Design plan approved March 2026; the operator has not been published. - **Hotel on lot 302 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-302, Eshkol hub): Planned; uses: hotel, ground-floor commerce; area not published; opening 2029–2031. The second Eshkol hotel lot, approved alongside 301 and awarded in the same tender. - **Employment lots 301–306 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-303, Eshkol hub): Planned; uses: offices, commerce; area not published; opening 2029–2032. The district's first office cluster, sharing the 300-series with the two hotel lots. Around 45,000 sqm of commerce and offices across the complex. - **District logistics centre, lot 306 (Marlog)** (lot eshkol-306, Eshkol hub): Planned; uses: district logistics centre; area not published; opening 2029–2032. Deliveries for the district consolidate here rather than arriving lot by lot. A tenant's delivery route runs through this building. - **Education campus, lot 409 (Eshkol)** (lot eshkol-409, Eshkol hub): Planned; uses: schools, kindergartens, library, aquatic centre; area not published; opening 2029–2032. The district's school campus: schools, kindergartens, a library and an aquatic centre on one municipal lot. - **Beach promenade F&B (Central)** (lot central-gindi-vogue, Central promenade): Planned; uses: F&B, retail, leisure; area not published; opening 2031–2035. The district's destination dining strip, arriving with the hotels and homes around it. About 85,000 sqm of retail and leisure across the complex. - **Promenade retail (Central)** (lot central-2226, Central promenade): Planned; uses: retail, leisure; area not published; opening 2031–2035. Retail frontage along the promenade, under the residential and hotel blocks behind it. - **Five-hotel strip (Central)** (lot central-hotels, Hotel strip): Planned; uses: hotel; area not published; opening 2031–2035. The largest tourism tender in a decade: five luxury hotels put to market by the Israel Land Authority. No operator has been published. - **Reut rehabilitation hospital campus** (lot central-reut-hospital, Central promenade): Planned; uses: hospital, clinics; area not published; opening 2029–2033. The district's anchor health facility, relocating into Central. Clinics and daycare sit in the wider public-buildings budget. - **Neighbourhood high street (North)** (lot north-dimri, North high street): Planned; uses: retail, F&B, personal services; area not published; opening 2032–2035. Everyday retail for the northern blocks rather than a destination: about 35,000 sqm of neighbourhood commerce. - **The beach promenade** (lot central-hotels, Central promenade): Planned; uses: beach cafés, sport, marina; area not published; opening 2030–2035. A two-kilometre waterfront promenade with beach cafés, sport and marina access at its northern end. ## Dated record - 2026-07-30, Lot 303 conditionally approved: Two nine-storey buildings for offices and shops on Ibn Gvirol, beside the linear park and the future Zahara Levitov light-rail stop. Owner not published. (Shavnu news) - 2026-07-15, Three seafront North lots approved: Lots 3101, 3105 and 3106, on the westernmost line beside the coastal park: 332 homes with shops, courtyards and public passages. Owners not published. (Shavnu news) - 2026-07-01, Lot 305 conditionally approved: The Eshkol employment hub's remaining lot clears design review with conditions. Owner not published. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-06-21, Lot 2207: 410 long-term rental homes: Prashkovsky Meniv's rental project on Ibn Gvirol clears design review. 205 of the homes will be let at controlled rents. (Shavnu news) - 2026-06-15, Israel Brothers' lot 2103: 424 homes: Design plan approved in Central, adding ground-floor frontage to the promenade block. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-06-04, FIRST's lot 2270 plans approved: Hagag Group's Central project clears design review. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-05-20, Dan's lot 2226: 437 homes: Design plan approved in the Central complex, on the promenade side. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-05-01, Offices and commerce lot 305 approved: Ravad's employment and commerce lot on Ibn Gvirol clears design review. The district logistics centre is next door on lot 306. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-03-05, Hotels 301 and 302 approved: Design plans approved for Eshkol's first two hotel lots. No operator has been published. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-03-01, GINDI VOGUE design approved and marketing: Hagag's 350-home Central project moves to market, with promenade-level retail beneath. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-03-01, Lot 101 full building permit: ASHIRA (Avisror) receives its full permit, and the colonnade under it is the district's first commercial frontage. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-02-19, Azrieli and Africa Israel plans approved: Two Central lots clear design review on the same day, both carrying commercial ground floors. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2026-01-01, ZOHI pre-sales open on lot 110: Levinshtein, Allied/Metropolis and Mivne launch southern Eshkol, near the Ibn Gvirol extension. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2025-12-01, Dimri Yama marketing on lot 107: 458 homes plus a hotel, the third hotel component in Eshkol. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2025-10-01, Works begin on lot 103: Utopia (Nahmias Group) starts construction near the S.Y. Agnon junction. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2025-03-24, Five-hotel tourism tender launched: The Israel Land Authority puts five luxury beachfront hotels to market in the Central complex. (Shavnu Journal: hotels, marina, Reading) - 2025-03-01, North tenders close across nine developers: 2,744 units for about ₪4.59 billion, seeding the northern neighbourhood high street. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2024-12-03, Commerce and hotel tender awarded: The December 2024 tender seeds Eshkol's offices, retail and its first two hotel lots. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2024-08-01, Education campus lot 409 awarded: Pangaea Sde Dov wins the municipal tender for the district's school campus. (Shavnu lots catalogue) - 2024-02-01, Reut hospital campus plan approved: The rehabilitation hospital's campus plan clears review, anchoring health in Central. (Shavnu lots catalogue) ## Guides - [Opening a business in Sde Dov](https://sdedov.city/en/guides/open-a-business): Use classes, business licensing, the logistics rule, and the timing that decides which complex you open in. - [What opens when](https://sdedov.city/en/guides/what-opens-when): The district's sequence, complex by complex, and why Eshkol feels finished first. - [Reading a lot number](https://sdedov.city/en/guides/reading-a-lot-number): Why 101 and 301 are in the same complex, and why plan numbers are not land-registry numbers. - [The neighbourhood around a future Sde Dov home](https://sdedov.city/en/guides/buying-an-apartment): How schools, shops, transport, the beach and opening dates shape a housing choice—and where Shavnu continues the property research. - [Send a correction](https://sdedov.city/en/guides/corrections): How to fix something on this site. ## Blog - [What Is Being Built Now in Sde Dov: Construction Log, Autumn 2026](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/2026), published 2026-10-08: 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. - [Sde Dov in 2027: What Will Be Built, What Will Open and What Will Still Have to Wait](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/2027), published 2026-10-08: In 2027 Sde Dov will remain mainly a district under construction, with infrastructure, foundations and frames. The first occupancy in Eshkol is planned only from 2029, and Eshkol, Centre and North are progressing at different paces. - [The coast, as it is right now](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/the-coast-today), published 2026-08-24: Two kilometres of public shore sit along the western edge of the district, and none of it is waiting for 2029. This is what is actually there: the sand, the ridge behind it, the water, and how an ordinary day moves along it. - [Walking the shoreline, Reading to Tel Baruch](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/walking-the-shoreline), published 2026-08-24: The whole western edge of the district can be walked today, from the Yarkon mouth to the northern beaches. Here is the route in order, what you pass, where the ground is open, and where a fence decides your line for you. - [The year on this coast](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/the-year-on-this-coast), published 2026-08-24: The sun sets into the water every day of the year, the storms arrive from the same direction, and the summer is hotter in the shade than the numbers suggest. What the seasons do here, and why the district is drawn the way it is because of them. - [Sde Dov colonnades: the covered shop streets](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/what-a-colonnade-is), published 2026-08-24: Sde Dov puts its everyday commerce in covered walkways under the homes instead of in a mall. That is a specific piece of architecture with specific consequences for shade, rain, noise, shopfronts and who is standing on your pavement. - [Taking a ground floor under a colonnade](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/taking-a-colonnade-unit), published 2026-08-24: Nothing here is lettable yet, which makes this the cheapest possible moment to find out what the questions are. What the use class fixes, what a shell actually includes, what the developer holding the lot can answer today, and what a licence needs from a building that does not exist. - [The neighbourhood you inherit](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/the-neighbourhood-next-door), published 2026-08-24: Nobody moves to Sde Dov and arrives in an empty place. North Tel Aviv is already here, fully built and fully open, on three sides of the fence. This is what is on the other side of it, and what the first residents will use before anything in the district itself exists. - [Living beside a building site](https://sdedov.city/en/blog/living-beside-a-building-site), published 2026-08-24: Between now and around 2035 this district is a construction site with a public promenade on one side and finished neighbourhoods on the other. That has a texture: hoarding, haul routes, dust, working hours, and a skyline that changes while you are not looking. ## Notes This site is not a broker, listings portal, or affiliate of the Israel Land Authority, Tel Aviv municipality, or any developer. Apartment and market data for the same district is published separately at https://shavnu.com.