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In Memoriam: Robert Bryan Moorer
Robert Bryan "Bob" Moorer, a lifelong elevator man and resident of Moorestown, New Jersey, passed away in November 2021 at age 71, surrounded by family. Moorer began working at his...
BuildingsNY 2022 Dates, Location Announced
BuildingsNY 2022 is planned on September 21-22 at Pier 36 at 299 South Street on the Lower East Side in NYC, organizers announced. The 36th annual event anticipates an expanded format...
SJE Joins Drug Fighters, Helps Slain Officers’ Families
South Jersey Elevator (SJE), a Blackwood, New Jersey-based elevator company, is supporting groups that help with drug abuse prevention and with families of New Jersey police officers who died in...
Work Starts On Tokyo’s Nihonbashi River Tower
Construction recently began on a 52-story, mixed-use development rising alongside Nihonbashi River in Tokyo, Japan Property Central reports. The 284-m-tall tower will include 100 luxury residences above four floors, and a further...
Hyundai Elevator Unit Created With British Designer Honored
Hyundai Elevator won the Good Design USA Award 2021 in the building materials category for the Designers Edition CLD elevator created in collaboration with British designer Chris Lefteri, Hyundai Elevator...
Permits Filed For 68-Story Tower In Midtown Manhattan
Sioni Group has filed permits to build a 68-story, 742-ft-tall mixed-use tower at 100 West 37th Street in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. The lot is between Broadway and Sixth Avenue,...
Otis Finalizes Deal to Fully Acquire Spanish Company
Otis Worldwide Corp. announced on December 21 it has finalized an agreement to purchase Madrid-based Zardoya Otis, a company in which it already had a partial stake. Otis’ subsidiary, Opal Spanish...
Ascension Elevators Adds Seventh Major Brand To Product Lineup
Ascension Elevators recently announced that it now offers Niagara Belco Home Elevators, the seventh major elevator brand added to its home mobility lineup. Ascension Elevators is an Alberta, Canada-based home elevator services...
NYC Supertall Clears Final Hurdle With Public Upgrades
Hundreds of millions of dollars in public transit improvements, new arts/culture space and public terraces prompted the New York City Council to greenlight TF Cornerstone's and RXR Realty's plan that...
3Phase Merges Gable To Expand Its VT Service
3Phase Elevator has absorbed Ohio-based Gable Elevator in a merger, the Canton, Massachusetts, vertical-transportation (VT) company reported on December 22. Gable, a provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services,...
