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Owner Installing Ion Air Cleaners in Building Elevators
Coretrust Capital Partners, an owner of multiple large office buildings, is pioneering the installation of air-cleaning bi-polar ionization generators in its elevators, the company announced via Yahoo Finance in September. The company...
NYC Elevator Veteran Launches Ascend Consulting Group
Kenneth Seiferth III, a third-generation elevator man based in NYC, has announced the launch of Ascend Consulting Group (ACG). With clients including property developers, owners and managers; real estate investment...
Tallest Residential Development on Singapore River Revealed
CapitaLand Ltd. and City Developments Ltd. (CDL) have unveiled the design of their latest joint residential development, CanningHill Piers, according to a press release. The residence is part of an integrated development...
Chicago’s Thompson Center Winning Designs Announced
A pool, a school and a mixed-use facility are the ideas of the three winners of the Chicago Architecture Center’s and Chicago Architectural Club’s 2021 Chicago Prize: James R. Thompson...
New Denver Skyscraper Features TKE Agile Mobile
Tenants and visitors at Block 162, a new, high-rise office tower in the Denver CBD, can call an elevator with their personal devices, thanks to TK Elevator’s (TKE) AGILE mobile,...
Otis Launches ZWTL Program at South Carolina Facility
The Otis manufacturing facility in Florence, South Carolina, has begun a pilot “Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL)” program that will help reduce the plant’s carbon footprint and be scaled up...
CTBUH Accepting Submissions for 2022 Awards Program
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is accepting submissions through September 30 for its 2022 CTBUH Awards Program. Projects and individuals that have “made extraordinary contributions to the advancement...
Park Hyatt Coming to Changsha, China, Landmark
Hyatt and The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. have announced plans for a new Park Hyatt hotel in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, in China, Hyatt announced in a press release. Park...
The Olympus to Become Hyderabad’s Tallest Residential Tower
Sumadhura Group in collaboration with Vasavi Group is launching its latest iconic residential project, Sumadhura Group announced in a press release. The Olympus will be greater Hyderabad, India’s tallest residential tower...
Fear of Covid Leads to Escalator Falls in London
Officials with the London Underground report that passengers are falling down Tube station escalators because fear of catching COVID-19 is making them reluctant to hold onto the handrail, Evening Standard reports. London Underground chiefs say...
