# Sde Dov news in English > 40 dated items translated from the Hebrew press. Canonical: https://shavnu.com/news --- ### 2026-08-16: Green light for Tel Aviv's fifth water line, paving the way to occupying Sde Dov The fifth water line into Tel Aviv is approved, a utility the district needs before residents can move in. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-08-05: Tel Aviv luxury housing project faces contamination battle after buyer sues developer An option-holder sues Gindi Holdings for a refund of about ₪500K after PFAS contamination findings at Sde Dov. _Source: CTech_ ### 2026-07-19: Environmental Protection Ministry demands halt to infrastructure works in Sde Dov The ministry asks for infrastructure work to stop while contamination and soil treatment are handled. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-07-08: Green Line works progress: when will the train reach Sde Dov? A municipal update on the Green Line, including a southern-section timetable presented by Mayor Huldai. Four stations will serve the district. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-06-18: Chussidman family to donate ₪200M for the Reut Hospital campus The Chussidman family foundation pledges ₪200M toward Reut Rehabilitation Hospital's new campus, relocating from Yad Eliyahu. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-06-04: Plans approved for 771 more apartments in the Central complex (incl. lot 2226) The local committee approves plans for 771 additional Central-complex homes, including lot 2226. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-06-02: The financial reports reveal: apartment sales in Sde Dov have stalled Q1 filings show the sales pace collapsing. Israel Canada had sold about 300 units at an average of ₪85,700 per sqm. _Source: Globes_ ### 2026-05-28: Sde Dov: almost half the apartments Dimri sold were bought by the controlling shareholder Calcalist reports that nearly half of Dimri's Sde Dov apartment sales were to the controlling shareholder. _Source: Calcalist_ ### 2026-05-20: 437 apartments and a 45-story tower: Dan Real Estate plan approved for lot 2208 Dan Real Estate's design plan for Central lot 2208 is approved: 437 units and a 45-story tower mixing homes, employment, and commerce. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-05-14: A tender for 200 apartments in Sde Dov has been postponed 12 times, and it's not the only one A 217-unit Central-district tender has been postponed 12 times since September 2024; leftover tenders remain stuck. _Source: Globes_ ### 2026-04-19: Avisror's ASHIRA got its building permit Ice reports the full building permit for ASHIRA on lot 101. The plot had tested clean of contamination. _Source: ice.co.il_ ### 2026-04-15: Dimri's price per sqm in Sde Dov is the highest Trade press says Dimri is recording the highest price per square metre of any Sde Dov project then on sale. _Source: Nadlan Center_ ### 2026-04-02: Sde Dov land contamination discovery could delay construction Globes English follows the PFAS findings and the risk that parts of the ~16,000-unit build-out slip. _Source: Globes_ ### 2026-03-27: Turnaround on soil contamination after a dramatic update of threshold values Updated national PFAS thresholds change how findings on the old airfield are read, a potential break in the contamination saga. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-03-06: Design plan approved for Hagag Group's FIRST (lot 2270) The architectural design plan for FIRST, the ODA-designed 45-story sea-line tower, is approved. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-02-24: What are apartment prices in Israel's most expensive neighborhood? Calcalist surveys asking and closed prices in Sde Dov, by then routinely described as Israel's most expensive new neighborhood. _Source: Calcalist_ ### 2026-02-19: Africa Israel and Azrieli design plans approved (incl. Palace Sde Dov senior living) Design plans for Africa Israel and Azrieli clear the committee, including Azrieli's Palace Sde Dov senior-living project. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-02-10: The Sde Dov contamination: 'a developer with clean land will use it as a competitive advantage' After the PFAS announcement, Ynet reports that plots which tested clean are already being framed as a sales edge. _Source: Ynet_ ### 2026-02-05: Toxic compounds found at site slated for luxury neighborhood in north Tel Aviv Ynetnews English report on PFAS, forever chemicals from firefighting foam, found on the former Sde Dov airfield. _Source: Ynetnews_ ### 2026-02-04: Will TA's giant neighborhood be delayed? Contamination findings in Sde Dov soil Nadlan Center asks whether PFAS in the soil will delay the ~16,000-home district after land sold for billions. _Source: Nadlan Center_ ### 2026-02-04: Will Sde Dov construction be delayed? After land sold for billions, contamination found TheMarker covers the same PFAS disclosure and the tension between already-sold land and a possible slowdown in construction. _Source: TheMarker_ ### 2026-01-28: Three developers launch Zohi Tel Aviv (Levinshtein, Metropolis/Allied, Mivne) The 230-unit low-rise project on Eshkol lot 110 goes to market, the district's deliberately shorter skyline. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-01-21: A year after land marketing: six Sde Dov plots approach building permits Globes reports fast-tracked design-plan approvals that put six Center and North plots close to building permits. _Source: Globes_ ### 2026-01-12: Mizrahi-Tefahot and First International to finance Ashira (₪2.5B+) Two banks commit more than ₪2.5B to finance construction of Avisror's ASHIRA on lot 101. _Source: District records_ ### 2026-01-01: Sde Dov: two projects worth NIS 1.8B go to execution Mako reports Rainbow moving to execution with Ashtrom as contractor, works from January 2026, the project about 70% pre-sold. _Source: Mako_ ### 2025-12-22: From ₪3.75M: Dimri begins marketing Dimri Yama TLV Official launch of 458 units on lot 107, two-room apartments from ₪3.75M, after a ₪1.1B land purchase from Hanan Mor. _Source: District records_ ### 2025-11-16: Lior Suchard buys an 18th-floor apartment in UTOPIA (~88 sqm) Mentalist Lior Suchard buys an 18th-floor home of about 88 sqm in Nahmias Group's UTOPIA on lot 103. _Source: District records_ ### 2025-10-27: Nahmias Group starts construction of UTOPIA (lot 103, 337 units) Works begin on 337 apartments: a 34-story tower, a 15-story tower, and two seven-story buildings. _Source: District records_ ### 2025-09-17: Historic milestone: court settles division of private lands: rights table approved for 1,892 owners of the Big Bloc A court finishes the rights table for 1,892 private owners of HaGush HaGadol, the privately owned land inside the old airport. _Source: District records_ ### 2025-08-27: Israel Canada's average Sde Dov apartment price hit NIS 11M in Q2 Rainbow's average closed deal reaches ₪11M, a record for the project, with 234 units sold for ₪2B. _Source: Calcalist_ ### 2025-07-02: Dimri started a quiet sale in Sde Dov: this is the price Ice reports Dimri selling quietly on lot 107 months before the official December launch from ₪3.75M. _Source: ice.co.il_ ### 2025-06-03: Gindi announced apartment sales in Sde Dov at NIS 49K/sqm GINDI VOGUE lists from ₪49,000 per sqm, tens of percent below the district average; around 700 apartments sell within weeks. _Source: Nadlan Center_ ### 2025-03-26: Sde Dov: Tshuva, Melisron and others bought plots for 2,750 apartments for NIS 4.6B North-complex tenders close. Ynet and Nadlan Center put the wave at 2,744 units and ₪4.59B; Calcalist rounds it to 2,750 homes and ₪4.6B. _Source: Calcalist_ ### 2025-03-26: Results published for the giant tender to build ~2,800 apartments in Sde Dov Nadlan Center publishes the North-tender winner table, including Dimri, Melisron/Aviv, Tashluz, Mediterranean Towers, and Shikun & Binui + Shapir. _Source: Nadlan Center_ ### 2025-03-04: Which company will build 966 rental apartments in Sde Dov? Prashkovsky, bidding with Dira LeHaskir, wins both long-term-rental tenders: 966 apartments. _Source: Jerusalem Post_ ### 2025-02-19: ~NIS 6B: the Sde Dov billion-shekel tenders were cut almost in half Central-district winners are named for 4,191 units and about ₪6B: land about 40% cheaper than the 2021 record. Gindi, Hagag, Electra + Dan, Luzon Ronson, Israel Brothers, and A.A.I. Abu + Tomer Koko are on the list. _Source: Ynet_ ### 2024-11-11: "A city will rise here": first cornerstone laid (Ashira) Avisror lays the first cornerstone in the district on Eshkol lot 101. _Source: District records_ ### 2024-09-02: Sde Dov district: over 7,000 new apartments go to marketing Ynet covers the same mega-tender: more than 7,000 apartments in the Center and North complexes go to market. _Source: Ynet_ ### 2024-09-01: ILA issues tender for over 7,000 Sde Dov homes The Israel Land Authority opens ten tenders for 7,159 units in the Center and North plans, a wave valued at about ₪25B. _Source: Globes_ ### 2024-09-01: Worth ~NIS 25B: land for 7,100 apartments in Sde Dov to be marketed TheMarker puts a ~₪25B headline value on the land about to be auctioned for some 7,100 homes. _Source: TheMarker_ --- Source: https://shavnu.com/news on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.