Area Chabad buys land to expand
SUN FILE PHOTO BY DANA SANCHEZ, dsanchez@sun-herald.com
Rabbi Sholom Schmerling is the spiritual leader of the Chabad Jewish Center of Venice and North Port.
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This aerial view shows more than 4 acres at 1681 Jacaranda Blvd. in Venice where the Chabad Jewish Center of Venice and North Port plans to build a 10,000-square-foot facility.
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This aerial view shows more than four acres at 1681 Jacaranda Blvd. in Venice where Chabad Jewish Center of Venice and North Port plans to build a 10,000 square foot facility.
After operating for six years out of a cramped Venice storefront, the Chabad Jewish Center of Venice and North Port has purchased 4.25 acres of land on a major Venice thoroughfare and plans to build a 10,000-square-foot education center.
Plans for the site at 1681 Jacaranda Blvd., between Center Road and U.S. 41, include a state-of-the-art facility that will house a synagogue, a social hall, a youth wing with classrooms, a multimedia children’s library, a commercial kitchen and administrative offices.
