The Shepherd Hotel building

The building was first built in the 1930s by the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al-Husayni, who was later deported by the British. After the Six-Day War it became the property of the State of Israel, and was subsequently sold in 1985 to a private company, who filed a request to permit construction on the property in November 2008. The building was built in the 1930s for the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al-Husayni, who was a leader of the Arab Palestinian movement in the 1920s and 1930s and of three waves of riots during this period. When the British Mandate government deported him, the building was confiscated and turned into a military outpost for the British Army. At the end of the period of the British Mandate, the building was transferred to the ownership of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which expanded the original structure without affecting it, and the building served as the Shepherd Hotel. Following the Six Day War, the hotel became the property of the Government of Israel. It was used by the Ministry of Justice and as a district courthouse. On November 5 1985, C and M properties purchased the building and surrounding land from the Government of Israel. With the beginning of the first Intifada in 1987, the Border Police leased the building and stayed there for about 15 years before moving to their new building alongside Highway One. Since then, and up to the present, the property has been abandoned.

The land use of this building is part of Plan 2591. This plan was approved in 1982 by the Jerusalem District Committee of the Interior Ministry and stated new planning provisions for the entire neighborhood of Shiek Jarah (an area of 310,000 square meters), including residential areas, recreational areas, public buildings, public institutions, and roads. Following the zoning in this plan, the land use of the property that includes the Shepherd Hotel is designated for residential use.( 01,55)