Kanyon HaAchim Yisrael

Kanyon HaAchim Yisrael, also branded as Kanyon Yisrael Talpiot, is a shopping mall located on Yad Harutzim Street in the Talpiot industrial zone of southern Jerusalem, Israel. It is owned by the HaAchim Yisrael company. The mall opened in the summer of 1989 and was the first modern shopping mall in Jerusalem, distinguishing it from the older Klal Center built about a decade earlier. At its opening it charged rents of up to 30 dollars per square meter and was considered a commercial success. The mall was built on land purchased in 1985 through a combination ("kombinatsia") transaction from the Jerusalem Economic Company by HaAchim Yisrael. A previous industrial building on the site was demolished. Under the agreement, the Jerusalem Economic Company retained 30% of the rights in the project. Although the master plan and building permits called for an industry and craft building, HaAchim Yisrael instead built a mall covering 13,000 square meters. During construction they managed to lease all the mall's spaces, and in December 1988 a review committee recommended allowing HaAchim Yisrael to use the building for commercial purposes, since facts on the ground had already been established. The mall's competitive position declined with the opening of Malha Mall in 1993 and later the nearby Hadar Mall in 2001, after which it lost its status as Jerusalem's leading mall and its rents fell. From its opening, the mall hosted an annual beauty pageant called "Miss Kanyon." In January 1991, during the Gulf War, model Anat Elimelech, a city resident who was almost 17 at the time, won that year's title. In 2001, the Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma supermarket chain opened one of its first supermarkets in the mall's basement. In January 2009, Rami Levy purchased ownership of the 1,300-square-meter space from the Jerusalem Economic Company. Today the mall operates as a neighborhood and industrial-zone shopping center. Its official website lists store categories including optics, fashion and footwear, banking and finance, cafes and restaurants, service stores, textiles, housewares and gifts, fitness, clinics and treatments, offices, office equipment and computers, cosmetics, care and pharmacies, and jewelry and watches. The mall is open Sunday through Thursday from 09:30 to 20:30, Fridays and holiday eves from 09:00 to 14:00, and is closed on Saturday nights (Motzei Shabbat). Its address is Yad Harutzim 18, Talpiot, Jerusalem, with telephone 02-6733923 and fax 02-6735131.

The land on which Kanyon HaAchim Yisrael stands was purchased in 1985 through a combination transaction from the Jerusalem Economic Company by the HaAchim Yisrael company. A previous industrial building on the site was demolished by the company. Under the agreement, the Jerusalem Economic Company held 30% of the rights in the project. According to the master plan and building permits, the project was supposed to be a building for industry and craft, but instead HaAchim Yisrael built a mall covering 13,000 square meters. Already during construction they succeeded in leasing all the mall's spaces, and in December 1988 a review committee that was established submitted a recommendation to allow HaAchim Yisrael to use the building for commercial purposes, since facts had already been established on the ground. The mall opened in the summer of 1989. It was initially considered successful; it was the first modern mall in Jerusalem (as opposed to the Klal Center, built ten years earlier), and it charged rents of up to 30 dollars per square meter. With the opening of Malha Mall in 1993, and later the nearby Hadar Mall in 2001, it lost its status as the leading mall in Jerusalem, and its rents fell. From the mall's opening, a beauty pageant called "Miss Kanyon" was held there annually. In January 1991 (during the Gulf War), the model Anat Elimelech, a resident of the city who was almost 17 at the time of her win, won the title for that year. In 2001, the Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma supermarket chain opened one of its first supermarkets in the mall's basement. In January 2009, Rami Levy purchased ownership of the space, covering 1,300 square meters, from the Jerusalem Economic Company. The mall continues to operate as a shopping center in the Talpiot industrial zone, with a mix of retail, services, offices, and clinics. Its official website presents it under the name Kanyon Yisrael Talpiot and lists categories including optics, fashion and footwear, banking and finance, cafes and restaurants, service stores, textiles, housewares and gifts, fitness, clinics and treatments, offices, office equipment and computers, cosmetics, care and pharmacies, and jewelry and watches.

• 2009

  January: Rami Levy purchased ownership of the 1,300-square-meter basement space from the Jerusalem Economic Company.

• 2001

  Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma opened one of its first supermarkets in the mall's basement; Hadar Mall opened nearby.

• 1993

  Opening of Malha Mall contributed to loss of leading status.

• 1991

  January: Anat Elimelech won the "Miss Kanyon" title during the Gulf War.

• 1989

  Mall opened in the summer; Jerusalem's first modern mall.

• 1988

  December: a review committee recommended allowing HaAchim Yisrael to use the building for commercial purposes.

• 1985

  Land purchased through a combination transaction from the Jerusalem Economic Company by HaAchim Yisrael; previous industrial building demolished.

Neighborhood and industrial-zone shopping center in southern Jerusalem, historically Jerusalem's first modern mall.

• Shopping mall retail space

• Rami Levy supermarket space

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