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Islamabad, Pakistan, Hospital Getting Two Bed Elevators
Polyclinic Hospital Islamabad will soon have two bed elevators worth millions of rupees, The Express Tribune reports. According to a hospital spokesperson, the elevators were imported to Karachi, Pakistan, from Spain and...
In Memoriam: Mark Patko
Mark Patko, a retired elevator mechanic who spent almost his entire career with Otis in Las Vegas, passed away on August 22 at age 59 after a battle with cancer....
Zanzibar Looks To Get Africa’s Second-Tallest Skyscraper
Developers AICL Group and Edinburgh Crowland Management Ltd. hired NYC- and Dubai-based architecture firm xCassia to design the 70-story Zanzibar Domino, a glittering, swirl-shaped structure set to take shape on...
Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Tower in Brooklyn
Permits have been filed for a 26-story mixed-use building at 69 Adams Street in Brooklyn, New York, New York YIMBY reports. Rafael Rabinowitz, under Galaxy Developers LLC, is listed as the owner...
Adelaide Panel Approves Towers Next to Heritage Building
Developers of One North Terrace, a planned twin-tower residential structure on the edge of the Adelaide, Australia, CBD, have won approval from the state commission assessment panel to build next...
CEA Plans Meeting with Dinner, Speaker on Thursday
Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) plans to host a meeting on September 2 at 6:30 p.m. at The Clubhouse, 298 Oakbrook Center, Oakbrook, Illinois. The event is set to include dinner...
Schindler to Provide 180 Escalators for Indian Metro
Schindler has been selected to deliver 180 escalators for stations on two new routes that are part of Bangalore Metro Rail Corp.'s Phase 2 project in southern India, which will...
Exterior Walls of Times Square Hotel Rising
The installation of brick façade is progressing on 223 West 46th Street, a 20-story Marriott SpringHill hotel in NYC’s Times Square, New York YIMBY reported on August 22. When complete, the tower will have 70,000 ft2 of...
56-Story Luxury Apartment Tower Planned for Australia
Central Equity plans to develop a 56-story luxury apartment tower, Pacific One, at Garfield Terrace, Northcliffe, Australia, which will be the first tower for the company outside Melbourne, The Urban Developer reports....
Wilshire Boulevard Project Set to Break Ground
Developers are planning to break ground in 2022 on 3470 Wilshire Boulevard, a multitower, mixed-use project in Los Angeles, Los Angeles YIMBY reported on August 22. The site is made of eight...
