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1929 Neo-Gothic San Antonio Tower Poised for Major Transformation
The historic, 31-story, neo-gothic Tower-Life Building in San Antonio, Texas, is set to undergo a multimillion-dollar transformation into a mixed-use property featuring 234 apartments overlooking the Riverwalk starting in 2024,...
Elevator Crash Among Other Recent India Accidents
A 20-year-old man was killed after an elevator crashed in a high-rise apartment building in Mumbai, India. Four men were in the glass elevator of a 24-floor building in Vikhroli...
Los Angeles Elevator Accident Leaves One Dead
A man was crushed to death after getting stuck between a freight elevator's doors on the morning of January 4 at a building in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said and...
KONE Plans for Number of Projects in India’s NCR
Finland-based KONE announced it is executing elevator projects worth up to Rs 250 crore (US$30.26 million) in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India, Devdiscourse reports. These elevator installation projects...
EFESME Joins FEPYMA For Spain “Barriers” Event
Members of the European Federation for Elevator Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) joined members of FEPYMA, the Spanish federation representing the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for a...
Chicago Plan for Downtown Office-to-Residence Conversions
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seeks to revitalize a “foot traffic-starved” area of the downtown Loop on and around LaSalle Street by providing tax incentives to developers that convert underused office...
Seven-Building Design Providing 1,300 Homes Approved in London
Plans by HTA Design to transform the former Britannia Works factory site in east London have been given the go-ahead by the London borough of Redbridge, Architects’ Journal reports. The...
TÜV Rheinland to Acquire ABB U.K.’s Engineering Consultancy
TÜV Rheinland, which offers test technical systems and products around the world, recently announced an agreement to acquire ABB U.K.’s technical engineering consultancy, part of ABB’s Energy Industries division. Expected...
IMEM Lifts Names Deputy Director of Electrical R&D
IMEM Lifts, a Santander, Spain-based company that has installed lifts in more than 65 countries over five continents, recently announced the appointment of Luis Sagaseta as deputy director of R&D....
Two Lifts to Improve Access in Spanish Town
The Portuguese City Council has begun work on the construction of two urban elevators that will serve to improve access between Julio Gutiérrez Lumbreras Street and Urdibai Square, in Portugalete,...
