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Downtown Milwaukee’s Timber-Based Tower Tops Out
Construction of 25-story Ascent in Milwaukee, the world’s tallest timber-based structure, has topped out, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ascent, at 700 E. Kilbourn Avenue, stands 284-ft and will offer 259 residential units. General...
Luxury Extends To Elevators In Adjaye’s NYC Tower
Luxury extends to the elevators Fujitec America Inc. provided at 130 William Street, a 66-story residential tower designed by Sir David Ajaye in the Financial District of NYC. Fujitec Senior...
Elevator World Closing For Christmas, New Year’s
The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on December 24, 2021, for Christmas and December 31, 2021, for New Year’s. The office will open for regular business hours...
CTBUH Mourns The Passing Of Two Well-Known Architects
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is among those mourning the passing of Richard Rogers and Chris Wilkinson, founding partner of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and co-founder of...
Three New High-Rise Towers Planned In Midtown Atlanta
Developers are planning three high-rise towers in Midtown Atlanta, the latest addition of a growing group of projects underway densifying a 1.2-mi2 “boomtown” in the region, Urbanize Atlanta reportes. The three newest buildings...
EESF Names Jason Fisher Executive Director
The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) has named Jason Fisher executive director. Based in Fairhope, Alabama, Fisher is an accomplished nonprofit executive who grew up in eastern Iowa. He graduated...
Two-Tower Project Planned In Guatemala City
Inara Cuarto Norte, a proposed two-tower, 21-story vertical residential project in Guatemala City, is being described as a complementing sector known for its personality, movement and constant growth, Construir América Central...
Developer Plans Twin Residential Towers In Manchester, U.K.
Developer Renaker, planning to build two 51-story skyscrapers on the edge of the Manchester, U.K., city center, has submitted its intention, BBC reports. On a site in the Great Jackson Street area,...
San Francisco’s Second Supertall Part Of Hines’ Huge Plan
Hines plans to transform the 3.5-acre former headquarters of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) in downtown San Francisco into a vibrant, mixed-use community that includes an 85-story, 1-million-ft2 supertall residential...
Golf Event Benefits Military Families, Retired K9s
The elevator and escalator division of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., headquartered in Cypress, California, hosted its second annual charity golf tournament benefitting Folds of Honor and the Warrior Dog Foundation...
