This unique arab-style house located in the heart of Old Katamon, is 135sqm. built on a 500 sqm. plot, and only a short walk away from the city center, the Jerusalem Theater, Emek Refaim Street and more. Additional building rights, as well as a certified building permit for 2 separate units: a duplex with a spacious 300 sqm. garden and a two-story penthouse unit with a private elevator and open-viewed sukkah balconies. Alternatively there is a potential to join this unit to one private mansion. This property is privately owned land and is available for immediate construction.
The Katamon neighborhood was founded in south Jerusalem during the British Mandate by wealthy Arab businessmen. The monastery of San Simon is located in the Katamon neighborhood, around which heavy battles were fought during the War of Independence, in which the monastery took over the entire southern part of the city.