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Groups Hope To Make WTC Tower Homes 100% Affordable
A proposed residential supertall at NYC’s World Trade Center (WTC) that would include 300 below-market value units is drawing opposition from groups that hope to change the project from 25%...
COVID Aftermath: Interest In Smaller Office Spaces
In the post-COVID period, smaller floor-plate office buildings, such as several proposed in Chicago, are gaining popularity, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on November 5, quoting Crain’s Chicago Business....
“Liftinstituut Expert Sessions” Episode 3 Set To Go
“Liftinstituut Expert Sessions” online videos Episode 3, “BREXIT and its Consequences for the Lift Industry,” will be available at liftinstituut.com/knowledge-center beginning Thursday, November 11. As the third of this four-part series, viewers...
126 TKE Units Serve Galataport Istanbul Cruise Terminal
TK Elevator (TKE) delivered 89 elevators and 37 escalators to Galataport Istanbul, a cruise port terminal that incorporates restaurants, shops and office space on the European shore of the Bosporus...
NYC Lawsuit Filed Over Subway Escalator Injury
Patch reported on November 4 that an NYC couple has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) alleging that a malfunctioning escalator “violently” propelled the man down, “resulting in...
7-Year-Old Girl Dies In Elevator Shaft Fall In Mumbai
"Shock due to multiple injuries" was the cause of death for a 7-year-old girl who fell down an elevator shaft in the Sion neighborhood of Mumbai, India, on November 5, Mid-Day reports....
Wisconsin Company Uses Mitsubishi Tech To Improve Services
Appleton, Wisconsin-based Waupaca Elevator Co., which manufactures residential elevators and dumbwaiters for applications across North America, has implemented Mitsubishi Electric’s latest iQ-F compact programmable logic controllers (PLCs), Automation.com reports. The systems’ built-in data...
One Vanderbilt Developer Receives ULI New York Award
SL Green Realty Corp., Manhattan’s largest office landlord, received the 2021 Urban Land Institute (ULI) New York Award for Excellence in Development for the NYC Midtown East supertall One Vanderbilt...
Updated Designs For Newscastle Towers Released
Revised designs for two residential towers located at 854 Hunter Street in the west end of Newcastle, Australia, have been released, ArchitectureAU reported in October. The site was once home to Australia’s...
59-Story Toronto Tower Proposed
Marlin Spring Developments submitted Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto for a condominium building at 2189 Lake Shore Boulevard West in Etobicoke's Humber...
