Complex sentence: According to media reports, major renovations in her building meant Leef had to vacate the central Tel Aviv apartment where she had lived for the past three years; she found that apartment rental prices in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area had skyrocketed.
Split into simpler sentences: According to media reports, Leef had to vacate her apartment of three years in the center of Tel Aviv, due to major renovations in her building. When she searched for a new apartment she was astounded to see that the rental prices in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area had skyrocketed.