EPG Urban Multifamily has proposed a 30-story tower with 420 apartments and 4,000 sq. ft. of retail for the Newman Center site in University City, west Philadelphia, Curbed Philadelphia reported. Located between two stone churches, the site is covered in asphalt. EPG would add landscaping and paving designed to manage stormwater and reduce heat. The…
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Cesarz to Accept Efficiency Award for thyssenkrupp’s MULTI thyssenkrupp MULTI CEO Michael Cesarz plans to accept the Alliance to Save Energy’s 2018 “Stars of Energy Efficiency Award: Built Environment” during a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., where the alliance is based, on September 26. MULTI earned the award, according to thyssenkrupp, thanks to its “gamechanging…
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Hotel in Hudson Yards Across From Javits Center Planned Atria Builders has filed a permit to build a 43-story, 487-ft.-tall hotel for Flushing-based Marx Development Group at 450 Eleventh Avenue in Hudson Yards across from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Four blocks from the 34th Street/Hudson Yards subway station, the 273,330-sq.-ft. structure would yield…
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Private elevators are among amenities at the Carlos A. Ott-designed Echo Brickell, a 57-story, 180-unit tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, January 2017) that SkyRise Cities said is now home to approximately 300 residents just south of downtown Miami in the red-hot Brickell neighborhood. Besides the elevators, the property by JDS Development and Property Markets Group features a…
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Shenzhen New World Group and Dimarzio | Kato Architecture hope to build a 77-story, 1,100-ft.-tall mixed-use tower at 333 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles that would strip the Wilshire Grand (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2017) of its “tallest building west of the Mississippi” title, The Architect’s Newspaper reported. The glass-and-steel structure would take shape on…
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Hines’ New HQ to Be Striking Addition to Houston Skyline Developer Hines and architect Pelli Clarke Pelli, the team behind Salesforce Tower in San Francisco (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2017), now have their eyes on downtown Houston, where a 47-story, 1-million-sq.-ft. “next-generation” office tower is planned, the Houston Chronicle reported. To take shape on the 800…
Read More GAL Names Curzon Vice President of Marketing & Sales John Curzon of Southampton, U.K., has been named vice president of Marketing & Sales for the Bronx, New York-based GAL Manufacturing Corp. group of companies, it announced in July. Curzon, who has more than 25 years of experience in the vertical-transportation industry, has provided what GAL…
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Otis Tapped for 200-Plus-Unit Project in Las Vegas Malaysia’s Genting Group, owner of Resorts World Las Vegas, has hired Otis to provide more than 200 units for its new US$4- billion, 3,000-room facility being built in Las Vegas. Involving more than 80 onsite Otis field mechanics, the order includes SkyRise®, SkyBuildTM, Gen2® and HydroFitTM elevators;…
Read More Last year, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) was washed out of Florida by a rogue hurricane and made a hasty retreat to Atlantic City, New Jersey, for its convention. This year, the organization goes there on purpose, having been planning it for 12 months. We distribute this issue at the fall convention and…
Read More Small tweaks could mean big changes for elevator-service companies. One defining characteristic of President Barack Obama’s administration has been the energy and aggressiveness of federal agencies. OSHA under Dr. David Michaels has certainly been no exception, and, in many ways, has been a leader in bringing about the kind of “change” the president promised. From…
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