Progress on the Palace

The long- awaited Palace Hotel Jerusalem has risen up. This Waldorf Astoria hotel, which for months was seemingly stationary, is now progressing. Already, concrete walls of the ground floor and the first floor are built in the historic building, as is the entrance to the parking garage and the underground levels. As for the hotel building, it now rises one floor high (the bottom floor in the picture). Will the hotel make its original December 2010 deadline? Almost decidedly no. Will it make its new vague "2011" deadline? Probably not. But we can hope- after all, a year and a half is a good amount of time. As far as the construction, we noticed that the street in between the historic building and the new building is being put together again, after being dug up to seemingly link the two buildings underground. The underground will probably hold the choice of three restaurants, a 5,381 square‐foot spa and fitness facility with pool, and the extensive conference and meeting facilities and on‐site parking. We'll look forward to staying here in 2011! UPDATE: Level two in both buildings is now up, and the street in between has been filled in. Please note: Unless otherwise indicated, IsraelGuest is simply posting its own opinion, based on TripAdvisor reviews and other indicated sources. IsraelGuest representatives have not been guests of the hotels.