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G-Tech Provides Elevators for New Brooklyn Tower

G-Tech Elevator Associates tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided four elevators for 499 President Street, a 10-story, 350-unit residential tower designed by SLCE Architects and developed by the Brodsky Organization and...

Metro Elevator Taps Leaders for Growing Florida Division

Metro Elevator recently tapped leaders for its rapidly growing South Florida division, headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. Leading the division is President Frank Smith, who brings more than 20 years' vertical-transportation...

TKE Elevator System for New Brooklyn Residential Tower

TK Elevator (TKE) tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided six engineered gearless and one engineered hydraulic elevators at The Brook, a new 51-story residential building at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown...

TEI Group Names Guerrero As South Florida VP

NYC-headquartered TEI Group, which opened its Florida location in Tampa in 2024, has announced Ruben Guerrero as South Florida vice president (VP). With more than 30 years' experience, Guerrero began...

Bill Requiring Elevator Repairs Dies in Texas Legislature

Texas Senate Bill 1802, which would have required Texas landlords to repair broken elevators “within a reasonable amount of time,” failed to make it through the state legislature, outlets including KHOU report....

ESI Acquires Oklahoma-Based American Elevator

Elevator Service Inc. (ESI), a leading provider of elevator maintenance, modernization and repair throughout the U.S., on June 2 announced the acquisition of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based American Elevator. With established...

Connecticut Publication Highlights Otis Modernization Business

The Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) in Connecticut, where global vertical-transportation (VT) OEM Otis has its headquarters, on June 2 spotlighted its "important and growing" modernization business. HBJ visited Otis Worldwide's Bristol test tower, where...

NYC DOB To Allow Third-Party Inspection Through End of Year

Under a pilot program, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) approved third-party elevator agencies to perform acceptance tests for new elevator installations, alterations and modernization work through December 31. Acceptance...

Cibes Lift Group Acquires Missouri-Based Country Home Elevator

Cibes Lift Group, headquartered in Gavle, Sweden, announced in May the acquisition of Country Home Elevator & Stairlift LLC, a Brighton, Missouri-based company specializing in vertical platform lifts, elevators and...

Ascent Elevators Acquires Select Century Elevator Assets

St. Louis, Missouri-headquartered Ascent Elevators announced on May 29 it has acquired select assets of Century Elevator Services, a full-service elevator maintenance, repair, modernization and testing company serving Missouri and...

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan