Developer Hines has begun work on The Victor at 3039 Olive Street in Victory Park north of downtown Dallas, D Magazine reported. Designed by Munoz + Albin Architecture & Planning, The Victor will stand 39 stories and contain 344 rental apartments and street-level retail within more than 445,000 sq. ft. By the time The Victor…
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Honolulu’s growing Ward Village® (EW, November 2018) will get another distinctive new building, with construction set to begin next year on the 41-story, mixed-use Kō’ula, named for the Hawaiian sugar cane plant from which architect Studio Gang drew inspiration, Architectural Digest reports. With a gentle bend permitting an ocean view for each residence, the structure…
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52-Story Residential Tower, a School and More for Jersey City A plan to build a 52-story residential tower, 16,485 sq. ft. of retail and a public school at 25 Columbus Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, has been approved by the Jersey City Planning Board, Jersey Digs reported. L+M Development Partners is behind the project,…
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Board members of Elevator U (EU) took part in the SRAPPA 2018 Conference, held in October 2018 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, South Carolina. SRAPPA, the Southeastern Regional Association of Physical Plant Administrators, is one of six regional organizations affiliated with APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities, a group dedicated to supporting the men and…
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New Renderings of Jenga-Like Tower for Downtown New renderings of a Jenga-like, 53-story, 789-ft.-tall mixed-use tower designed by Arquitectonica on a site that wraps around the historic Pershing Square Building in downtown Los Angeles have been released, The Architect’s Newspaper reported. The renderings are part of an environmental impact statement published by the City of…
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After a 10-year debate, the Boston City Council approved developer Millennium Partners’ plan to build a 691-ft.-tall, mixed-use skyscraper designed by Handel Architects on the former Winthrop Square parking garage downtown, Boston Agent Magazine reported. Groundbreaking at the 1.15-acre site between Federal and Devonshire streets was held in October, with Mayor Martin J. Walsh the…
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“Do it right the first time” is likely the old saying going through the minds of authorities at Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) in Seattle, as they must spend more than US$20 million to replace an escalator system unable to handle the traffic at the University of Washington light rail station, KIRO…
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One of “the most ambitious and controversial” developments in Atlanta history was greenlit by the City Council in November 2018, The Architect’s Newspaper was among outlets to report. Comparable in scope to Hudson Yards in New York City, the US$5-billion CIM development is set to take shape on 40 acres of sunken railyards downtown known…
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JPMorgan Chase Tower: Foster + Partners Chosen, Details Released Investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired Foster + Partners as lead architect for the company’s planned new headquarters tower at 270 Park Avenue in New York City (NYC), Bloomberg reported. JPMorgan Chase currently occupies a 707-ft., 52-story building at that…
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Before we go leaping into the year ahead, we pause for a celebration of the winners of the Project of the Year. We had more entries than ever before, which proves what we all knew — everybody is really busy out there! Judging was difficult, as there were only top-level entries in every category. The…
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