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New Renderings Released For Two World Trade Center

Designers behind Two World Trade Center, a NYC skyscraper planned next to One World Trade Center, have released new renderings, New York YIMBY reported in February. Two World Trade, a project...

ATTA Elevators Acquires Toronto Area’s Vertical Motion

ATTA Elevators, a full-service elevator and escalator company headquartered in Concord, Canada, announced on February 1 the acquisition of Vertical Motion, based in the greater Toronto area and in business...

EW Partners With New York Build 2022 Expo At Javits Center

ELEVATOR WORLD has partnered with the NEW YORK BUILD 2022 EXPO, scheduled for March 2-3 at the Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street in NYC. Organizers describe the event as the...

Classic Lever House Office Building Undergoing Restoration

Developers Brookfield Properties and WatermanClark are ready to launch work on the redevelopment of the Lever House, a landmark office tower at 390 Park Avenue in NYC, The Real Deal reports. The...

Mutual Tower, Streetcar Promising For Downtown Omaha

If they win City Council approval, a pair of projects — an office tower and a streetcar line — in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, could be transformative for the city, the Lincoln...

Otis Again Among “Best Places To Work For LGBTQ Equality”

For the second straight year, Otis has received a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index Survey to determine the best places to work for LGBTQ Equality,...

NexGen Retreat To Follow NAEC Educational Conference

NexGen, the young professionals group of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC), has opened registration for its 2022 retreat on March 24-25 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota in Sarasota, Florida, immediately...

Lift Technician Dies In Fall In Kuala Lumpur

A lift technician fell to his death while working on a lift at a shopping mall on January 28 in Cheras, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, TheStar reports. The victim was...

Images For 48-Story U.K. Tower Released

Concept images for a new landmark in Southport, U.K., named The Tower of Hope have been released, LancsLive reports. The 48-story tower standing at 178 m is designed to be one of...

Construction Begins On Charlotte Tower

Construction of a 23-story office tower in the South End neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, recently began, the Charlotte Observer reports. Developers out of Florida and California are teaming up to build...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

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In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

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Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus