Planning and zoning

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.’s comprehensive planning and zoning team routinely works in tandem with its dominant real estate and construction practice to advise on the planning aspects of major real estate and infrastructure projects. Acting for a mix of developers, construction companies, infrastructure entities and property owners, the group is well versed in regulatory processes, planning disputes and municipal tax issues, among other matters. Orna Verhovsky and Sagiv Hanin co-lead the planning and construction area and are highly regarded for their specialist focus. Other key contacts include Levy Amitay and Avi Arad, who co-head the broader real estate, planning and construction department, and Israel Aziel, who fronts the real estate team.

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Testimonials

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‘This is the best team. Orna Verhovsky and Chen Ishai are professional, creative lawyers, who are dedicated to the clients.’
‘Goldfarb is a large and professional office. The firm provides answers to all of the most complex legal issues. It has very broad knowledge in the field of real estate.’
‘Lawyers are professional, serious and have a really positive attitude, so working with the team is very effective. The level of professionalism and legal understanding is among the highest in the field. The lawyer I would like to point out as the most professional is Orna Verhovsky.’

Key clients

A. Adler Properties
Amazon
Amot Investments
Angel Bakeries
AOL
Apartment for Rent - Rental Housing Government Company
Ariel Properties, Management
Ashdod Bonded Ltd.
Aspen Group
Association for Israel's Soldiers
Aura Israel
Avney HaChoshen Tourism
Ayala Agam Real Estate Consulting
Ayalon Highway Company
AYM Holdings
Azorim Group
Azrieli Group
B.S.R. Group
Bat Yam municipality
BE Drugstores
Be'er Sheva Municipality
Bezeq
Big Shopping Centers ("BIG")
Biolojic Design
BST Group
Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Corporation
Calcalit Jerusalem
Canaan Gardens (Ganey Can’an)
Canada Israel Group
Cellcom
Chen and Itai Gindi Israel
Clal Insurance Company
Clalit Health Services
Coca Cola Israel (The Central Bottling Company)
Cooperative Society for Mutual Assistance and Savings of Employees of Clalit Health Services
Crazy Line
Cross Israel Highway
Dan Public Transportation Co
Darom Natural Gas
David Czapnik & Sons
Dor Chemicals
DTCP Israel
Dunitz Brothers
Edri & Shahar Entrepreneurship & Construction
El Al Israel Airlines
Energix Group
Eran YD Entrepreneurship and Construction Group
Establishment Nahal
Etz HaShaked Engineering
Ewave Nadlan
"Ezra Lemarpe"
Gad Nazareth Mor
Gal Nave Real Estate
Gal Yozma Real Estate
Gav Yam Lands Corporation
Ganey Cnaan
Gindi Friedman Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Green Park (G.Y.A) Entrepreneurship & Real Estate Marketing
Grofit Construction
Grofit Yesodot
Growth Israel Urban Development
Hadera Municipality and its Economic Development Company
Harel Insurance Company – Investment Division
Hayarkon
Hewlett Packard
Hizuk Plus of the Tama 38 Group
Hogla-Kimberly (Kimberly-Clark Israel)
Holon Municipality, Holon Economic Development Company
Hotel Eden Nursing Homes in Nahariya
I BELONG ISRAEL (Masa Israeli)
IDB development Corporation
Igudan
Inovytec Medical Solutions
IPC Jerusalem
ISPRO: the Israel Properties Rental Corp
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Canada Rem
Israel Railways
Israeli Association of General Aviation
Israeli Properties Rental Corporation
Jerusalem Municipality
K.B.A Town Builders Group
Keren Kayemet LeIisrael Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)
Kfar Netter Local Council
Kfar Saba Water Plant - Cooperative Agricultural Society
Kidmat Eden
Kiryat Gat Mall
Krinsky-Gottlieb
Kupat Holim Meuhedet
Lesico Group
Leumi Partners
M.S.K.S. Cheetah Real Estate Investments
Magen David Adom In Israel
Maman Group
Marine Ties Investment
Massad-Oz Management & Engineering
Mehadrin Ltd. and Pri Or
Mekorot Water Company
Menivim - The New REIT Fund
MI Company
Milouot Corporation for the Development of Haifa Bay Settlements
Minrav Holdings
Mivney Taasia (of the Mivne Group)
More Provident Funds
Nahalat Amir
Nea Hotel
Negev Natural Gas
Netanya Municipality, Halat – The Netanya Development and Tourism Company
Netivei Israel - The National Transport Infrastructure Company
Neve Gad
New Lineo Cinema (2006)
New Reality
Newpan
Nitsba Holdings 1995
NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System
Nyshaz
O.Z. Yesodot Eitanim Construction
Or Akiva Municipality
Ora, a cooperative agricultural community
Otonomo Technologies
Overseas Commerce
Pardes Savings Kadima
Paz Ashdod Refinery
Peretz Boney Hanegev
Petah Tikvah Municipality, Petah Tikva Development Company
Popinns Maya Hotels
Port City
Property and Building Group
Rafael Feed Mills
Ramat Hasharon Municipality
Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006
Rami Shabiru Engineering Construction and Investments
Rani Zim Shopping Centers (Zim Urban)
Reality Investment Funds
Refael Nadlan (Refael Real Estate Group)
Rentit
Representing dozens of private clients in various planning and zoning matters
Rompart Israel
Rozio Group
Ruppin Academic Center
Samaria Regional Council
Sapphire & Bareket Real Estate (Holyland)
S.I.E. Ashkelon
Sde Warburg, a cooperative Israeli village.
Senso-Optics
Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering
Sharbat Brothers Construction Company
Shareholders in Pardes Bachings Kadima
Shhakim Real Estate Group
Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh – Infrastructure
Shufersal
Silon Sport Marketing (1989)
Southern Sharon Regional Council
Sorek Operation and Maintenance Company
Strauss Group
System Management Company
The Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering
The Arison Investment Fund
The City People Group
The Elad Group
The Knesset, Israel's parliament.
The Local Committee of Planning and Construction - Jerusalem District.
The Phoenix Insurance Company
The Rashi Foundation
Tiberias Hot Springs Co.
Unilever
Urban Brand
Urbanbrd
Verint Systems
Vitania
Wolfson Clore Mayer Corp
Y.D. Barazani, Etz Hashaked, A Chaver, Gal Emerald, Projects Entrepreneurship Ltd.
Y.D.E. Menivim
Yochananoff Supermarkets
Yossi Avrahami Civil Engineering Works
Yuval Alon
Zemach Hammerman
Zohar & Zafrir Sharbat

Work highlights

Advising Canada Israel Group on the planning and zoning aspects of several large-scale mixed-use projects.
Advising Neve Gad on the planning and zoning aspects of several large-scale mixed-use projects.
Advising several municipalities and municipal companies on planning and zoning matters, including advising municipalities as promoters of large-scale municipal projects.