Urban Renewal
For nearly two decades, Joseph Samuel & Co. has been at the forefront of urban renewal projects in Israel, providing professional legal support for a wide range of initiatives. We represent tenants, tenant committees, developers, and contractors at every stage of the process – from the earliest negotiations through to project completion.
Our extensive experience in urban renewal, combined with expertise in related legal fields, ensures that clients’ rights and interests are safeguarded at every step – from developer selection and initial agreements, through planning and financing procedures, to the registration of the new apartments in the owners’ names.
We have particular expertise in handling complex challenges such as dissenting tenants, resolving disputes among stakeholders, and devising creative solutions for stalled projects. With years of proven practice before planning authorities, financing banks, and all parties involved, our firm delivers thorough, stable, and effective legal support throughout the entire life cycle of each project.
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Urban Renewal: Here's what we can do:
Representation of Apartment Owners and Tenant Committees
Advising and supporting apartment owners and tenant committees throughout all stages of urban renewal projects – from selecting the right developer, engaging appraisers and supervisors, and drafting agreements with development companies, to ensuring full guarantees (apartment value, taxation, rent payments for tenants who vacate, financing of legal proceedings). We also oversee and supervise planning processes, financing arrangements, and ultimately the registration of the new apartments in the names of the owners.
Representation of Developers and Contractors
Advising developers and contractors in urban renewal projects, both in contractual and commercial dealings with apartment owners and financing banks, and in planning and administrative matters with the authorities. Our services ensure sound contract management, efficient planning advancement, and legal stability throughout the project’s life cycle.
Claims against Obstructing Tenants
In cases where a minority of apartment owners delay the project, we initiate and manage legal proceedings on behalf of developers or fellow owners against dissenting tenants, including representation before the Condominium Registrar and the competent courts. Our extensive experience allows us to successfully address complex situations and secure continued project advancement.
Resolving Disputes and Stalled Projects
Assisting in resolving conflicts between tenants, developers, banks, and authorities, whether through negotiation and mediation or by litigation. In cases of stalled projects, we pursue creative solutions to restart and move the project forward.
Planning and Statutory Representation
Representing clients before local authorities and planning committees at every stage of the process – promoting and approving plans, obtaining building permits, addressing objections, and handling appeals. Our legal knowledge, combined with decades of planning and zoning experience, provides clients with a significant advantage in advancing projects.
Project Financing Support
Ensuring proper financing arrangements is a key element in urban renewal. We represent clients in negotiations with banks and financial institutions, review financing structures, and ensure that financing agreements safeguard the interests of tenants or developers.
Registration of Tenant Rights
At the conclusion of the project, our firm ensures that the new apartments are properly registered in the names of the rightful owners, handling all necessary proceedings with the land registration authorities.