Ofer Elkanar from Adi Initiative and Construction
Ofer Elkanar מחברת Adi Initiative and Construction

Ofer Elkanar

VP of Engineering and Operations and owner

Adi Initiative and Construction
Entrepreneurship and real estate development, urban renewal
Year of Birth: 1970
Email: [email protected]
Position: VP of Engineering and Operations and owner
Past positions: Owner of a project management company (since 2009); VP Engineering, D. Rotshtein Real Estate
Seniority in position: 16 years
Education: Civil Engineering
Member in: Contractors Association; Independent Engineers and Architects Association
Languages: Hebrew, English

What recent key move did you lead?
Got married and had 2 kids 😊

What are the company’s strongest attributes?
Financial stability, professional expertise, and credibility, which contribute to meeting deadlines, receiving permits, and offering meticulous architectural design, all of which maximize the rights granted by the NOP and city plans.

Which of the company’s recent key moves will lead to it becoming stronger over the next few years?
Focusing on urban renewal activities and working on pinui-binui complexes in Petah Tikva with over 100 evacuated residential units, in high ratios.

What are the main challenges facing the company in the next few years?
Leading successful large scale pinui-binui complexes projects, working on receiving permits and city plans from the authorities.

What would you recommend to an up-and-coming executive?
Gain on the job experience in working and executing residential projects as well as project management experience and from there move on towards control processes, budgets, reports, population, and draw lesson from that accordingly.

What should one remember during hardships?
Be a human being first.