A tower proposed on Philadelphia’s Jewelers Row, the blocklong area along Sansom Street famous for being the oldest and second-largest diamond district in the U.S., has raised the ire of preservationists, The Architect’s Newspaper reported. The SLCE Architects-designed proposal by local developer Toll Brothers has been through several iterations, the latest a sleek, 24-story glassy…
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NAEC Adds Staff Member Darrah Johnson has joined the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) staff as certification board and office assistant. Johnson’s responsibilities will be serving as staff liaison to the certification board and managing tasks for NAEC’s American National Standards Institute accreditation, as well as handling the education-board ballots. She will also be…
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Private elevator entry into each condominium and expansive glass terraces that take full advantage of views are among features aimed at attracting buyers to the 47-story Una tower planned at 175 SE 25th Road on the Brickell waterfront in Miami, Curbed Miami reported. The developers are OKO Group and Vlad Doronin, in partnership with real-estate…
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31-, 40-Story Apartment Towers to Open in South Park in 2019 Thirty-one and 40-story apartment towers containing 730 units in downtown’s South Park area are expected to welcome residents in 2019, Curbed Los Angeles reported. Developed by Omni Group of Canada, Hope+Flower (named for its location between Hope and Flower streets) will also have parking…
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Riverline, a US$2-billion, multiple-tower residential development on 13 acres on the Chicago riverfront (ELEVATOR WORLD, May 2016) is now two separate projects — one called Riverline by Chicago’s CMK Cos. and the other yet to be named by Australia’s Lendlease, the Chicago Tribune reported. The developers, which had previously joined forces, will continue to use…
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GAL Acquires Assets of Bore-Max Corp. GAL Manufacturing Corp., part of the Golden Gate Capital portfolio, has acquired the assets of Bore-Max Corp., which produces heavy-duty elevator components primarily for customers in California and other western states. Founded in 1969 and acquired in 1988 by Steve Sturm, Bore-Max designs and manufactures a variety of custom…
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Chase’s New Headquarters to Rise in Midtown East JPMorgan Chase plans to replace its 52-story world headquarters with a new, 70-story building on the same site between 47th and 48th streets at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East, various news outlets, including The New York Times, reported in February. It will be the first tower…
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Our focus this month is on Escalators – what my father considered to be “a whole different breed” from elevators. The latter is enclosed, allowing passengers to be safer than those riding in automobiles. Escalators, on the other hand, by nature, must operate in the open. We have made them quiet, attractive and inviting, their…
Read More Multiple calculations, functions and more supplement counterweight guide-rail calculations. According to EN 81-20/-50, now in effect in Europe, the tare weight of guide rails for counterweights must be considered: small guide rails may require new brackets during modifications, incurring unnecessary costs. LIWETEC aims to avoid these by an alternative calculation method. According to EN 81-20,…
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Vision stays busy in South Africa’s booming commercial market. South Africa’s retail property market segment has continued to outperform others, creating huge business opportunities for vertical-transportation (VT) companies, some of which are riding the ongoing mall construction boom to retain or expand their share of the market. The South African Property Owners Association says the…
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