About us
OpenDoor Group (Kvutsat OpenDoor Yazamut VeHithadshut Ltd.) works in urban renewal, specialising in evacuate-and-rebuild (pinui-binui) projects. We work mainly in and around Jerusalem, with apartment owners, developers, professionals and the authorities.
“Owners are stronger when they are organised.”
We lead the project from the first review to handover. We check viability, shape the plans, sign the residents and see construction through.
What is different with us: residents get the full picture from the start, including what the project needs in order to be viable, and why.
We bring the owners together into an orderly representation, gather the ownership and planning information, and go to the market as an organised group rather than a collection of individual signatures.
We build the basis for comparing offers, and examine each one by what really matters: consideration, guarantees, timelines and the developer’s strength.
In every project we say up front which model we are working in, and it is written into the agreement.
Most projects stall because of mistrust, partial information, residents who do not feel anyone is listening to them, or an offer that was never viable in the first place.
When a project stalls, we start with a diagnosis: where exactly the problem is, who needs to hear what, and what can be fixed.
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Sometimes it is a correction to the offer, sometimes a fresh process with the residents, and sometimes the realisation that a different partner is needed.
Every recommendation rests on checks: the land registry extract, the planning status and an economic calculation.
Owners know at every stage where the project stands, what is required of whom, and what the next step is.
Every resident comes with their own questions, worries and circumstances. We start there.
We do not disappear after the signatures.
Michael Rosenbach works in urban renewal in and around Jerusalem, supporting owners and their representations in their dealings with developers, professionals and real-estate companies.
“Owners are stronger when they are organised, understand their rights and are supported by someone who knows the players, the numbers and the process — but is committed, first and foremost, to them.”
He holds a degree in business administration, specialising in information systems, and a real-estate broker’s licence. That combination lets him read offers and documents with a business eye, make sense of data and figures, check that what an offer presents is backed by commitments, and keep the conversation between owners, developers and professionals clear and practical.
Michael can help you understand what an offer includes, what is missing from it, where the risks lie and which next steps are worth considering — even if you are already in a process.
Ziv Adar is a business partner in the company. He brings more than 15 years at the heart of planning in Israel.
He has held key roles at the main decision points of the planning system, among them personal adviser to the Director-General of the Planning Administration, deputy planner of the Committee for Preferred Housing Sites (Vatmal) and team leader at the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee. He has also taken part in national planning efforts, including leading teams at the National Infrastructure Committee (Vatal) and advising on the planning of the Tel Aviv metro lines, projects that are shaping the future map of real estate in Israel.
Today Ziv advises developers, companies and landowners on planning, urban renewal and raising land value, and helps them decide on complex real-estate deals, from the feasibility study to actually moving the plan forward.
The experience he has gained lets him connect complex regulation with business opportunity, and turn planning complexity into real property value.
No averages and no promises. Facts you can verify at the registrar and in the agreement.
Kvutsat OpenDoor Yazamut VeHithadshut Ltd., company number 515856334. A registered company — you can look us up before you speak to us.
In every project we say in the first conversation whether we are the developer or the organiser acting for the owners, and it is written into the agreement you will hold.
As organisers: the developer alone, and owners pay the company nothing directly. As the developer: we earn from the project itself. Either way, it is written into the agreement.
The owners’ lawyer and appraiser are chosen by you and act only for you. We can recommend professionals we know; the choice stays yours.
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