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The Jerusalem Gateway (, ''Rova Mevo HaIr'' or ''Kiryat

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'') is a project for improving and developing the area that is the main entrance to

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and the coast.Meir, Noam. (October 27, 2016) "New Jerusalem Gateway Business District Project Begins Development"
Jewish Business News website
Retrieved 21 February 2018. The project will connect the Jerusalem Central Bus Station, the terminal of the Tel Aviv to Jerusalem railroad, the

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, and the Jerusalem Chords Bridge improving the main entrance to Jerusalem from the west. The program is designed to further the establishment of commercial and residential construction, including construction of two high-rise buildings to expand International Convention Center. All

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Studios will be concentrated in a new building on the site of "the old Shaare Zedek Hospital" (IBA Complex)

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in cooperation with the Jerusalem Municipality plans to build the first

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in the world on the first new commercial boulevard to be established next to Mishkenot Hauma neighborhood. A total of 13 high-rise buildings was being projected as of 2011, of which 12 would be commercial and one residential. The project was approved by municipal authorities in 2012. Municipal authorities are hoping that the new development sparks growth in the city's high-tech industry. The name Gateway was suggested by Moshe Beigel of the Jerusalem language company ''talk'' in March 2016.

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