KONE Providing VT System for “Living Sculpture” in Vancouver KONE has been selected to provide the vertical-transportation (VT) system for a 25-story o–ce tower at 400 West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver. Described as a “living sculpture,” the building was designed by OSO of Tokyo and resembles stacked boxes. Aiming for Leadership in Energy and…
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Canadian Manufacturer Buys Factory From Spain’s Torgar Quebec, Canada-based equipment supplier Fraco Products Ltd. has acquired the factory of Zaragoza, Spain-based Torgar, a Spanish company that has manufactured elevator equipment for more than 40 years. Fraco said this will allow it to increase its production capacity and accelerate the implementation of its manufacturing activities in…
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KONE 401 Units for Singapore MRT System KONE has won an order to supply 218 elevators and 183 escalators to stages four and five of the Thomson-East Coast Line of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system and pedestrian overpasses. The order includes 215 3000 MonoSpace® and three MiniSpaceTM elevators, and 183 TransitMasterTM 140 escalators.…
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Condo Tower Tops Out at 27 Stories The 27-story Windrose Tower by Windrose Partners LP (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2017), part of the Legacy West development in Plano, part of the Dallas metropolitan area, has topped out, localproflle reported. In March, 65% of the tower’s 99 residences, including its top-floor penthouse, had been sold. The first…
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Tree-Inspired Tower to Gain Height A new mixed-use tower planned for downtown Los Angeles may be taller than the original proposal, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) reported in February. Citing new renderings, CTBUH said the so-called “Sky Trees LA” project would place a tower as tall as 70 stories on the…
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Hudson Yards News from New York YIMBY Hudson Yards, the US$20-billion multitower development on the far west side by Oxford Properties Group and Related Cos., reached a major milestone in mid March with the formal unveiling of the seven-story Shops & Restaurants and Thomas Heatherwick’s interactive, 16-story public sculpture Vessel (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2016). Anchored…
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DeCocinis Promoted to VTX Vice President Mark DeCocinis, CEI, has assumed the role of vice president of Vertical Transportation Excellence (VTX), a division of global infrastructure and engineering firm Gannett Fleming, Inc. Based in VTX’s Philadelphia o–ce, DeCocinis provides ongoing support to such clients as Liberty Property Trust, which manages the Comcast Center and Comcast…
Read More “Elevator equipment across America is aging and will need attention to remain safe and reliable.” — Åsa Christina Magnusson When we announced the focus topic for this month, Maintenance and Modernization, we were hardly prepared for such enthusiasm — 10 articles, with three on maintenance and the rest on mod jobs. In some areas like…
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Saks Fifth Avenue redesigned the main floor of its flagship store in Midtown Manhattan, one of many upgrades that seek to “step beyond mere retail transactions and involve the visitor in more experiential dialogue,” according to Architectural Digest, which showcased Saks’ dazzling Rem Koolhaas-designed escalator in its February issue. Saks tells ELEVATOR WORLD that KONE…
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An online tool and other components join two new MRL units. Low-/Mid-Rise MRL North American manufacturer AVT Beckett has released its Series II MRL, a machine-room-less (MRL) unit designed for low-/ mid-rise passenger and service applications. The company promotes it as saving time in installation and being energy efficient. Compliant with ASME A17/CSA B44, it…
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