This decision was later regretted and the contour of the Herzliya Gymnasium became the emblem of the Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel, which was founded partially as a response to the building's fate.

[5] Shalom-Shachna Meir married the daughter of a rich manufacturer from the Romanian region of Moldova, where he lived until 1920, becoming a successful businessman as well as a leader of the local Zionists.

[5] In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine where he became an important public figure in the early years of Tel Aviv, a member of the town's first city council, and one of the founders of Ramat Gan.

[5] The building has a cream hue tile facade which was created especially for the tower and was manufactured in Italy.

[6] The ground-floor retail promenade features a mosaic mural by the Israeli artist Nachum Gutman[7][8] facing another one by David Sharir.