The 33-month project on Tel Aviv’s Henrietta Szold Street will add rehab and psychiatry hubs and a protected underground hospital, the company and medical center said.
BST Construction, owned by the Tannous family, has won a roughly NIS 420 million tender to build the North Inpatient Tower at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), the company said on Sunday. The 33-month project will rise on Henrietta Szold Street, connect to the Weizmann Center and include a five-level underground parking
What will be built, and when
The tower’s current phase covers structural, envelope and systems works up to the 12th floor, with a ground level and eight inpatient floors topped by three future-ready shell floors. Total built area in this phase is about 39,000 sq.m., alongside a 27,000 sq.m. subterranean parking structure with the lowest level designed for rapid conversion to active wards in crises.
BST said the parking complex is slated to reach full completion and receive an occupancy permit within roughly 24 months, in parallel with superstructure works. A second stage, not part of the present tender, is planned to add 12 additional floors above the initial structure.
The project requires erecting a modern inpatient tower above an existing parking complex while maintaining uninterrupted hospital activity, access for ambulances and foot traffic, and flow on key transport arteries around the site. The design distributes loads to preserve structural stability and operations across the active campus.
What leaders say
Prof. Eli Sprecher, CEO of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, said the tower is a strategic milestone that will house advanced rehabilitation and psychiatry services and include another protected underground hospital to upgrade emergency readiness. “We believe BST’s experience will help us meet the engineering challenge of building a new medical tower in the heart of Tel Aviv while keeping full operational continuity,” he said.
“This is one of the most complex and sensitive builds , both engineering and operational,” said Samer Kardosh, CEO of BST Construction. He cited the challenge of precision construction inside a dense urban setting and an operating hospital, adding that BST will execute to the highest standards with long-time partners.
Ichilov has expanded, including an underground hospital now under construction within the Alrov Rehabilitation Tower following a Helmsley Charitable Trust donation. The center has piloted large-scale home-hospitalization programs to ease pressure during wartime surges. It opened a major emergency wing in 2020 with support from philanthropist Sylvan Adams. The medical center has also advanced clinical manufacturing collaborations as part of its innovation push.
Phase two of the inpatient tower is planned to add 12 floors, with the lowest new level engineered for rapid conversion to fully functional inpatient care during emergencies.