Azrieli Center

{{Infobox building

| name = Azrieli Center

| native_name = מרכז עזריאלי

| image = Azrieli Center From ToHa 2019-12.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = The Azrieli Center from above in 2019 with Tel Aviv in the background

| location = Tel Aviv, Israel

| coordinates = {{coord|32|4|28|N|34|47|30|E|region:IL|display=inline,title}}

| status = Complete

| start_date = 1996

| opening = 1998{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/28368324.html?dids=28368324:28368324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+01%2C+1998&author=MICHAL+YUDELMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Tel+Aviv%27s+Azrieli+Center+opens+to+the+public&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104153118/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/28368324.html?dids=28368324:28368324&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+01,+1998&author=MICHAL+YUDELMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Tel+Aviv's+Azrieli+Center+opens+to+the+public&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 January 2013 | work=Jerusalem Post | first=Michal | last=Yudelman | title=Tel Aviv's Azrieli Center opens to the public | date=1998-04-01 }}

| completion_date = 1999

| building_type = Offices, Commercial Space, Mall, Public Space, Residential, Hotel

| antenna_spire =

| roof = Circular: {{convert|187|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Triangle: {{convert|169|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Square: {{convert|154|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| top_floor =

| floor_count = Circular: 49
Triangle: 46
Square: 42

| floor_area = {{convert|150,000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| elevator_count =

| cost = {{Currency|420 million|USD|passthrough=yes}}

| architect = Eli Attia, Moore Yaski Sivan Architects

| structural_engineer =

| main_contractor = Cementkol

| developer = David Azrieli

| owner =

| map_type = Tel Aviv

| map_alt = Azrieli Center within Tel Aviv

}}

Image:AzriMall 2022.jpg

Azrieli Center ({{langx|he|מֶרְכָּז עַזְרִיאֵלִי}}; Merkaz Azrieli) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall. The complex was designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attia. After Attia and the developer of the complex David Azrieli (after whom it is named) fell out, completion of the project was passed on to the Tel Aviv firm of Moore Yaski Sivan Architects.

Site

The Azrieli Center is located on a {{convert|34,500|sqm|sqft|adj=mid|abbr=on}} site in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was previously used as Tel Aviv's dumpster-truck parking garage. The tower cost $420 million to build.

Circular Tower

The Azrieli Center Circular Tower is the tallest of the three towers, measuring {{convert|187|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in height. Construction of this tower began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. The tower has 49 floors, making it at the time of its construction the tallest building in Tel Aviv, only to be surpassed by the Moshe Aviv Tower in Ramat Gan in 2001. The top floor has an indoor observation deck{{cite web|url=http://www.telavivcity.com/eng/BDisplay.asp?BusinessCode=1698 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203181756/http://www.telavivcity.com/eng/BDisplay.asp?BusinessCode=1698 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-03 |title=More informations and opening hours }} and a high-end restaurant, and the 48th floor is home to Mr. Azrieli's personal office.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}

Image:View of Tel Aviv from the Azrieli Center (Panorama).jpg

Each floor of the Circular Tower has 84 windows, giving the tower more than 4,000 windows. The tower's perimeter is {{convert|141|m|ftin|abbr=off|sp=us}}; its diameter is {{convert|44|m|ftin|abbr=off|sp=us}}. Each floor covers {{convert|1,520|sqm|sqft}}.

On October 31, 2003, the first annual Azrieli Circular Tower run-up competition was held, in which the participants ran up the 1,144 stairs to the tower's roof. Winners of the contest had the chance to participate in the following year's Empire State Building run-up competition in New York City.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}

Triangular Tower

The Azrieli Center Triangular Tower has a height of {{convert|169|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. Construction of this tower, like the circular tower, began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. It has 46 floors{{Cite web |title=Azrieli Center Triangular Tower in Tel Aviv |url=https://www.skydb.net/building/723079405/azrieli-center-triangular-tower-tel-aviv/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=SKYDB |language=en-US}} and its main occupant is Bezeq, Israel's largest telecommunications company; Bezeq occupies 13 floors of the tower. The tower's cross-section is an equilateral triangle.

Square Tower

The Azrieli Center Square Tower was completed in June 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3408765,00.html |title=Construction of square Azrieli tower completed |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=5 June 2007 |publisher=Ynet News |accessdate=2007-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607162052/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3408765%2C00.html |archivedate=7 June 2007 |url-status=live |last1=Sikuler |first1=Naama }} The tower has 42 floors, and is {{Cvt|154|m|ftin}} high. It is the shortest of the three towers in the Azrieli complex. Construction of the third tower was stopped in 1998 due to urban planning disagreements and was resumed in 2006.

The lower 13 floors house Africa Israel's Crowne Plaza business hotel.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi-hotels.com/ |title=Africa Israel Hotels official site |accessdate=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121022536/http://www.afi-hotels.com/ |archivedate=2008-11-21 }} The upper floors are used as office space.

Shopping center

The Azrieli Center Mall is one of the largest in Israel. {{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} There are about 30 restaurants, fast-food counters, cafes and food stands in the mall. {{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}The top floor of the mall is a popular hangout spot for teens, and many online message boards arrange get-togethers there during national holidays.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} There are over 300 stores in the mall.{{Cite web |title=Azrieli Mall |url=https://www.secrettelaviv.com/best/tags/shops/azrieli-mall/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Secret Tel Aviv |language=en-US}}

Due to high, constant terrorism threats{{when|date=May 2025}}, the Azrieli towers are guarded to deter terrorist action, like many buildings in Israel.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Other features

The large complex boasted an 8-screen cinema until 2010, when H&M took over the space. Azrieli also features a large fitness club, night schools, a small kid-focused amusement park and a pedestrian bridge leading to Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station. A second pedestrian bridge, completed in March 2003, connects the Azrieli Center with the other side of Begin Road, the Shaul HaMelech light rail station and HaKirya. It is expected that a connection between Kaplan underpass and the project's underground carpark, which is one of the largest ever built in the region, will be constructed. When completed, the {{convert|34,500|sqm|sqft|adj=mid|abbr=on}} plot which the Center occupies will offer a 400-seat, open air auditorium.

Access

The Azrieli Center is bordered by the Ayalon Highway that crosses Tel Aviv from North to South, Begin Road and Giv'at HaTahmoshet Street (a short section that connects Kaplan Street with HaShalom Road). It is situated next to the HaShalom Interchange on the Ayalon Highway.

The center can be easily accessed from most parts of Israel by train to the Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station which is connected to the center by an enclosed pedestrian bridge or by one of the many buses that stop on Begin Road. In addition, the Tel Aviv Arlozorov Bus Terminal is located {{Convert|1|km|sp=us}} north of the complex. Sha'ul HaMelekh LRT Station is located 5 minute walk from the complex.

Spiral Tower

The Spiral Tower is an under-construction 91-floor, 350 meter high skyscraper which will be incorporated into the Azrieli Center complex.{{Cite web |title=The Spiral Tower - Mixed-Use Tower |url=https://www.azrieligroup.com/properties/the-spiral-tower/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Azrieli Group}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/01/04/kpf-azrieli-tower-skyscraper-tel-aviv-israel-tallest-building/|title=KPF unveils scrolling supertall skyscraper for Tel Aviv|date=2019-01-04|website=Dezeen|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}} The Azrieli Tower will be the second-tallest in Israel if completed (after Bein Arim tower), surpassing the current tallest skyscraper, Azrieli Sarona Tower, and ToHa Tower 2.{{Cite web |last=Brummer |first=David |date=2022-01-18 |title=Tel Aviv greenlights construction of one of Israel's tallest towers |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-greenlights-construction-of-one-of-israels-tallest-towers/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Times of Israel}}{{dubious|date=December 2024}}{{when|date=May 2025}}

The building's floor area ratio will be 20.{{cite news|url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001496140|title=111 קומות של יצירתיות חשבונאית ושמאית במגדל הגבוה בישראל|trans-title=111 floors of accounting and assessment creativity in Israel's tallest tower|author=Marmor, Dror|work=Globes|date=December 6, 2024|accessdate=December 8, 2024|language=he}}