In November 2020, Copenhagen-based architecture firm Henning Larsen released the design for Seoul Valley, a 360,600-m2 mixed-use development planned for the center of Seoul. With an aim to create a “vibrant green district” in the city center, Seoul Valley will combine office, retail, lodging and residential components within a public podium. The development will have…
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KJA Advising on VT to Serve Proposed Ontario Line KJA Consultants, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Rob Isabelle tells ELEVATOR WORLD the consultancy is helping plan the vertical-transportation (VT) system for the proposed 15.5-km-long Ontario Line, which will include more than 300 elevators and escalators. The CAD10.9-billion (US$8.4-billion) rapid-transit project of the Government of Ontario is…
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Hitachi (China) Delivers First of 361 Elevators for Project Hitachi Elevator (China) took part in a ceremony in December 2020 to mark delivery of the first of 361 elevators it will provide for Group B2, a large residential development in the Rongdong District of Xiong’an New Area, the company announced. Group B2 is a resettlement…
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Cibes Lift Group Acquires U.K.’s Titan Elevators Gävle, Sweden-based Cibes Lift Group has acquired Titan Elevators of Sidcup, U.K., Global Legal Chronicle reported in December 2020. The move is to strengthen Cibes’ presence in the London area and mark an expansion of its U.K. business by adding modernization services and high-speed lifts to its offerings.…
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Tower Redesigned as a Shorter Structure Developer Brandywine Realty Trust has unveiled a new design for 21M, a 350-ft-tall mixed-use tower planned for 2100 Market Street in Philadelphia’s Center City West, the source reported in December 2020. Originally planned as a 500-ft-tall skyscraper, with a design from NBBJ described as “Jenga-like” because of its stacked-block…
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MTA Commits to Install 17 Elevators The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is proceeding with plans to add elevators at several train stations, THE CITY reported in December 2020. While COVID-19 has been blamed for the stalling of planned accessibility upgrades at more than 50 other stops, the agency tapped federal grant money that had to…
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Mixed-Use Tower With Otis Elevators Nearly Complete The third, 41-story mixed-use tower in Onni Group’s Old Town Park development on the Near North Side (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019 and October 2019) was nearing completion in late 2020, with the glass curtain wall reaching the final floors. Located at 228 West Hill Street, the tower includes…
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Texas-Based Company Merges With Mid-Atlantic Counterparts Fort Worth, Texas-based Southwest Elevator Co. has merged with Action Elevator Co. and Avery Elevator Corp., both based in the Mid-Atlantic region, Southwest Elevator parent company Align Capital Partners (ACP) announced in December 2020. The deal was facilitated by Maven Group, LLC, of Naples, Florida. Family-owned and operated since…
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A baby who is not picked up and held will fail to thrive. Humans need the touch of other humans to succeed as happy, rational people. Never has that been more apparent than now. After a year of “air hugs,” elbow bumps and working remotely where the virus has kept us apart, as a…
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EFESME discusses the new standard and what its implications are for lift SMEs and future SME-friendly standards. submitted by EFESME ISO TC 178 Working Group (WG) 6, “Lift Installation,” discussed ISO 8100-32:2020, “Planning and selection of passenger lifts to be installed in office, hotel and residential buildings,” which was published in June 2020. At the…
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