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Plans for Florida Twin Towers Announced

New York-based architecture and design studio ODA has revealed renderings of its newest residential towers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: “Ombelle,” World Architecture News reports. Dependable Equities has tapped the studio...

Boy’s Rubber Clog Ripped Apart on Escalator

A child wearing a popular brand of rubber clogs found the tip of one of the shoes ripped off as a result of his foot becoming stuck at the edge...

CPSC Recalls Approximately 1,700 Home Elevators

On September 29, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled approximately 1,700 home elevators produced by Ontario-based Cambridge Elevator and Custom Elevator, based in Pennsylvania, The News & Observer...

India Residential Lift Company Expands With New Office Space

Nibav Home Elevators, a leading elevator company in producing vacuum residential lifts, has announced it is expanding its Chennai, India, presence with a new three-story downtown office while also releasing...

Another Apartment Tower Planned for Chicago’s West Loop

Chicago developer Fred Latsko plans to build a nearly 40-story, 500-unit apartment tower with “loads of green space” next to the under-construction Guinness brewery — the second in the U.S....

ELEVATOR WORLD Project of the Year 2023 Deadline Extended

ELEVATOR WORLD is accepting submissions for its 2023 Project of the Year Awards until October 7, giving potential submitters one extra week to submit worthy projects. The contest recognizes excellence...

New Schindler Escalators for Central Virginia Airport

Two new sets of escalators have been unveiled at the upper level of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) in central Virginia, WHSV 3 is among outlets to report. According to the...

TKE Opens Smart Data Warehouse in Mississippi

TK Elevator (TKE) has opened an 82,400-ft2 smart data warehouse in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Announced on September 29, the facility is the latest installment of the OEM's global spare parts...

One Brickell City Centre Greenlit by Miami Officials

The 80-story, 1,038-ft-tall supertall office building One Brickell City Centre in Miami's Brickell Financial District has been unanimously approved by Miami City Commissioners, Florida YIMBY reports. Designed by Arquitectonica and...

273 VT Units Coming to 82-Km Rail Corridor in India

Two-hundred seventy-three vertical-transportation (units) — 162 escalators and 111 lifts — are coming to the 82-km Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) high-speed rail corridor traveling through Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut...

(l-r) Chaim Grunfeld and Chaim Berkowicz of SIMSINLifts; image courtesy of SIMSINLifts

SIMSINLifts To Unveil Emergency Telephone Service at LIFTEX

interlift venue Messe Nürnberg; image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

Innovations To Take Spotlight at interlift 2025

Guerrero

TEI Group Names Guerrero As South Florida VP

Image courtesy of MP Ascensores

Spain’s MP Ascensores Secures Financing to Fuel Strategy

Wen

KONE Appoints Wen As EVP Procurement and Board Member