Texas

Houston-Based Boyer Named VDA Associate

Aaron Boyer, based in Houston, Texas, has been named an associate at elevator and escalator consultancy VDA, Inc. (VDA). Boyer joins VDA after nearly 15 years with Texas-based EMR Elevator,...

Office-to-Residential Conversion Trend Spreads to Houston Suburbs

As it wraps up a US$100-million office-to-residential conversion at the 20-story 1801 Smith Street tower in downtown Houston, Tampa, Florida-based DeBartolo Development is looking beyond the city center for its...

Houston-based ERS Announces 2024 Contract Awards

Houston-based Elevator Repair Service, Inc. (ERS) recently announced 2024 contract awards. They are, in Laredo, Texas, modernization of two hydraulic elevators used by U.S. marshals to transport prisoners at the...

Maven Group’s Sachsenheimer Reflects on Fruitful 2023

Dominik Sachsenheimer, president and CEO of Jupiter, Florida-based Maven Group, LLC, recently reflected on a fruitful 2023 in a letter to associates. The year included nine transactions representing company owners...

Shaw Joins SafeRise as South Central Area Director

Megan Shaw has joined SafeRise, LLC, a provider of construction elevator hoistway safety systems, as its new South Central area director. Shaw joins SafeRise with more than 25 years' experience...

Texas Council Approves Elevator Purchase

During the December 12 meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners Court, purchase of a new Schindler Elevator was approved to replace the inoperable one at Ellis County Central in Texas...

35-Story Condo Tower To Break Ground in 2025 in Houston

Houston-based developer Satya plans to break ground in 2025 on the Pickard Chilton-designed, 35-story St. Regis Residences on four acres overlooking River Oaks, Memorial Park, Buffalo Bayou and downtown Houston...

TKE Set For Texas High School Elevator Renovation

The McKinney Boyd High School District’s Board of Trustees approved US$194,287 in September for the renovation of two elevators at the high school in McKinney, Texas, Community Impact reports. This...

Fort Worth TKE Sales Executive Named President of NAWIC Chapter

Megan Shaw, a new installation sales executive at TK Elevator’s (TKE) Fort Worth, Texas, office, was recently named president of the Fort Worth chapter of the National Association of Women...

Texas-Based A&F Elevator Changes Hands

The ownership of Garland, Texas-headquartered A&F Elevator Co., Inc., serving the Dallas and Houston markets, has transitioned from the Mianabi family to Viktor Pastarnak, Maven Group — which facilitated the...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

Aull

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing