Character and Identity: Holon is a planned middle-class Bauhaus-era city directly south of Tel Aviv, redefined in the 2000s as Israel's 'children's city' through landmark Ron-Arad-designed museums.
National Role: Holon is the home of the Israeli Children's Museum, the Holon Design Museum, the Mediatheque theater, the Israeli Cartoon Museum and Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art - it punches well above its weight in cultural infrastructure.
Historical Development: Founded in 1935 on dunes south of Tel Aviv by workers from Russia, Poland and Germany, Holon grew quickly through 1950s mass immigration and today has 195,000 residents.
Interesting Fact: Holon's Children's Museum runs the unique 'Dialogue in the Dark' and 'Invitation to Silence' experiential exhibitions, internationally recognized for awareness work.
Annual price growth: 5.5% · Forecast: positive · up
Area: Tel Aviv District · city · Investment category: mid-range · Population: 195,000 · 72,000 apartments · 1,800 new units/year