The Tel Aviv Regional Planning and Building Commission has approved a plan to build two 28-floor residential and hotel high-rises and six 9 stories buildings along Herbert Samuel Street opposite the beachfront Dolphinarium, which will be demolished. Giora Rothman Architects designed the new project which replaces the previous design that had just one single 40 stories skyscraper.The plan calls for converting the Dolphinarium into open public space, completing the seafront promenade between central Tel Aviv and Jaffa along the Charles Clore Park, and granting building rights on the eastern side of Herbert Samuel Street. The project includes 50,000 square meters of built-up space, half for 250 apartments and half for 450 hotel rooms. The hotel project includes a 28-floor high-rise and several seven-floor buildings with a commercial ground floor. The project's residential space calls for a 28-floor high-rise and several nine-floor buildings with a commercial ground floor. The plan also states that 20% of the apartments will be up to 75 square meters in size, and that half of the ground-floor facades will be commercial space.
