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KONE Among Malaysia’s 43 Best Working Companies
KONE was listed as one of the 43 best companies in Malaysia for employees to work for in 2021, according to a survey by Business Media International. These companies were...
Smith Joins Smartrise As NYC Business Development Manager
Jeff Smith has joined Smartrise Engineering, Inc., as business development manager for the NYC metropolitan area. A longtime NYC resident, Smith will serve hydraulic controller customers in NYC and northern...
Miami Site Purchased For Proposed Three-Tower Project
Miami-based developer Mast Capital has acquired the 2.8-acre vacant site addressed as 1420 South Miami Avenue for US$103 million from Rega Center Miami Holdings, Florida YIMBY reports. Mast Capital has submitted site plans for a project...
Elevator Installations Urged By Shanghai Residents
Although Shanghai targeted for 1,000 new elevators by the end of 2021, members of the city’s aging population are calling for quick installation of more new elevators, Shine reports. Complaints and clamoring are coming from a...
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,...
