Metropol Tower Istanbul to be among Europe’s Tallest At 250 m and 58 stories, Metropol Tower Istanbul, taking shape in the eastern part of the city in the master-planned Ateşehir district, will be among Europe’s tallest buildings upon completion in 2017, SkyRise Cities reported. Designed by British architecture firm RMJM, Metropol is part of a…
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Huge Order to Supply Doha Metro KONE has been selected to supply more than 500 pieces of equipment to the Doha Metro’s Red Line South and Gold Line in Doha, Qatar, part of the Qatar Rail project. The planned rapid-transit system in Qatar’s capital consists of four lines with 100 stations over 215 km. An…
Read More Meeran Promoted to Managing Director of ETA MELCO A. Ahamed Meeran, previously executive director, Global Operations, ETA Melco Elevator Co. LLC, has been promoted to managing director of the organization by the company’s joint venture partners ETA ASCON Group, Dubai, and Mitsubishi Group, Japan, effective April 5. Headquartered in Dubai, the company has Mitsubishi elevator/escalator…
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93-Story Vista to Become City’s Third Tallest Vista Tower, a 93-story, 1,186-ft.-tall skyscraper designed by Chicago’s Jeanne Gang, will become Chicago’s third-tallest building (second tallest in terms of roof height), Curbed Chicago reported. In May, groundbreaking was imminent, with construction expected to take approximately four years. A project of Magellan Development Group and Dalian Wanda…
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City leaders in Des Moines, Iowa, have approved plans for a 32-story mixed-use building downtown, marking the most significant change to the Iowa capital’s skyline since the EMC Tower was built in 1997, weareiowa.com reported. Called The Fifth and located at Fifth and Walnut streets, the building is a project of local developer Mandelbaum Properties,…
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Downtown Denver’s construction boom shows no signs of slowing, with US$2.47 billion in office, residential and hotel projects underway or on the drawing boards, The Denver Post reported. The Downtown Denver Partnership annual report stated there were 18 projects underway as of May, with another 14 in the works. The projects represent 1,230 hotel rooms,…
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Big Apple projects continue rise from Hudson Yards to Brooklyn to Long Island City. 77-Story Mixed-Use Building Planned for Lower East Side JDS Development and SHoP Architects, partners on numerous towers in the New York City area, are planning to build a 77-story, 900-ft.-tall mixed-use tower on Cherry Street in the Two Bridges neighborhood of…
Read More Midwestern and New York companies revise leadership, personnel added to other firms. O’Keefe Elevator Elects New Officers in Historic Vote The board of O’Keefe Elevator Co., exclusive thyssenkrupp distributor in Nebraska and Iowa, elected new officers in a historic vote that named Bret Abels president and chief operating officer — the first non-family member to…
Read More Usually, my editorial takes the industry pulse, then “sells” the magazine to our readers. While working on this issue, however, we held an extraordinary meeting with our company officers, board of directors (which includes two representatives from Europe) and our international partners in China, Latin America, India and Turkey. All had the opportunity to interact…
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How growing demand for a power-storage battery for elevators combined with a control system can be met by K. Takasaki, R. Ootsubo, J. Takeda and S. Nojima Designers in various industrial areas have been tackling energy-saving and environmentally friendly production, which need urgent attention in realizing a sustainable society. The same goes for elevators, and…
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