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Landowner Proposes 45-Story Residential Tower In Seattle
Holland Partner Group, a company that owns the site of Seattle’s Elephant Super Car Wash, has filed with the city to launch building of a residential high rise, K5 reports....
Harlem Residents Call For Elevator Installation At Station
Harlem, NYC, residents are making a push for an elevator-installation project at the 1 line, 125th Street Broadway station, Patch reports. In a letter sent to New York Gov. Kathy...
TKE Debuts North American HQ With IQC And Test Tower In Atlanta
TK Elevator (TKE) formally opened its new North American headquarters at The Battery (home of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves) on February 9 with facility tours, speeches by dignitaries including...
Woman Dies In Mexico Elevator Shaft Fall
A mother in Mexico plunged to her death when an elevator door opened on an empty shaft, Latin Post reports. The woman reportedly attempted to take the elevator at a...
Brooklyn’s Olympia Residential Tower Makes Progress
The 33-story residential building Olympia in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, NYC, has made a great deal of progress, with the top already reached and a good bit of the...
Developers Alter Chicago’s 640 W Washington Tower
Chicago project 640 West Washington Boulevard, planned in West Loop Gate, has undergone a redesign, Chicago YIMBY reports. Located on the corner with N Des Plaines Street, near the Kennedy...
San Antonio Officials Set Vote On Funding Elevator Repairs
The Tower of the Americas, a popular viewing and restaurant high rise in San Antonio, Texas, is in line for improvements to its elevators, NEWS4SA reports. The situation will require...
VT Problems Upset Riders In Pakistan Bus Line
Passengers on the Green Line bus service in Karachi, Pakistan, are raising complaints over the failure or shutdown of most elevators and escalators at stops for the transportation system, DAWN...
Sydney Gets Longest Escalators In Southern Hemisphere
The longest escalators in the Southern Hemisphere will help thousands of riders as they head to connect with a metro line in Sydney, Australia, Brisbane Times reports. Construction workers have...
Otis India’s Ambiance Interior Brightens Gen2 Elevators
Otis India is launching Ambiance, a new cab style for the Otis Gen2 elevators, Construction Week reports. The Ambiance styles will be assembled at the Otis India Bengaluru factory as...
