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Developers Call For Larger Tower Project In Sacramento
Developers of an apartment and office tower in Sacramento, California, are promoting an even larger building than originally mentioned, The Sacramento Bee reports. The proposed building, set for the empty...
Seattle Tower Project Appears Set to Start in April
Plans for construction of a 57-story residential/commercial tower appears ready to begin at a long vacant site across the street from Seattle City Hall, The Seattle Times reports. Bosa Development,...
WAGO Names IIoT, Linux Business Development Manager
WAGO Corp., headquartered in Germantown, Wisconsin, has named Tyrone Visser as North American business development manager for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Linux. Prior to his new role,...
New Jersey Station Elevator Traps Five Riders
Operators of the Bergenline Avenue rail station in Union City, New Jersey, shut down the unit after five people were trapped in an elevator, with two of them injured, NorthJersey.com...
New 58-Story, Multiuse Tower Planned in Austin
Developers have started work in downtown Austin, Texas, on a 58-story, 675-ft-tall skyscraper that will bring more apartments, offices and retail space, Austin American-Statesman reports. The project, named 321 West, is being developed by Tishman Speyer,...
Alimak Group Releases 2021 Annual, Sustainability Report
Alimak Group AB, the Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of rack-and-pinion vertical-transportation systems, construction hoists and more, released its Annual and Sustainability Report 2021 on March 18. President and CEO Ole Kristian...
Upcoming Elevator U Webinars
Elevator U, an organization that supports and encourages the exchange of ideas and information relative to vertical transportation in academic facilities, invites all members, potential members and industry suppliers to...
NYC Cancer Center Planned by Memorial Sloan Kettering
A planned medical tower on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC, will bring a 31-story pavilion known as Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, the organization group, Patch reports. The...
Design Sets Style for Two-in-One Southern China Hotel
A two-hotel project going up on Hainan island in southern China will include a “hanging gardens” design that can be experienced by guests at the 160-m tower, dezeen reports. Designed...
NYCHA Tenant Seeks Better Communication About Elevators
Ramona Minor, a great-grandmother who lives in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) De Hostos houses on NYC’s Upper West Side, wants better communication from the authority about maintenance...
