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Chicago YIMBY: Mixed-use developments and tower approved.

West Loop Mixed-Use Development Approved The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the updated mixed-use development proposal at 1150 West Lake Street in the West Loop, the source reported in June....

MTA projects, record-breaking towers and more

MTA Cuomo Announces East Side Access Civil Construction Completion On May 27, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced completion of civil construction on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) East Side Access megaproject....

KONE and 3Phase make acquisitions; Urban Elevator expands to L.A.

KONE Acquires Detroit Elevator Co. KONE announced in June that it acquired the service and repair business of Detroit Elevator Co. in Ferndale, Michigan, including its operations throughout the greater...

Promotions, new hires and a retirement

Otis Names Luersman Executive Vice President, CPO Otis Worldwide Corp., in a May announcement, said Abbe Luersman was to join the company as executive vice president and chief people officer...

Housing Prices Rise, Sales Fall

Housing prices in Turkey break a new record, increasing by 2 percent in April compared to the previous month; meanwhile, the number of houses sold in May was the lowest...

Simurgh

“My religion is my admiration in nature, and my worship is to delve into it.’’ “There is no underdeveloped country, but a country that is badly governed.” Albert EINSTEIN In...

TMMOB Holds Occupational Health and Safety Symposium

TMMOB Chamber Of Mechanical Engineers Istanbul Branch held an online “Occupational Health and Safety Symposium” on May  21-22, 2021. The Online Occupational Health and Safety Symposium was held on Zoom...

AKE Completes Second Phase of its Vocational Training Project

AKE Elevator, Escalator and Disability Systems, which operates at Antalya Organized Industrial Zone, completed its second Vocational Training Project. The second phase of the Vocational Training Project, with 20 trainees...

Explosion and Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings

On June 21, 2021, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Turkey (CTBUH) held an online webinar on Zoom on “Explosion and Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings.” At the...

Hakan Başkaraağaç Elected as the President of ANASDER

Hakan Başkaraağaç has been unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Ordinary General Assembly of ANASDER, held on June 25, 2021, at the association’s headquarters in...

Rendering of the outdoor elevator; image via The Japan News

Japan Castle To Get Outdoor Elevator

Inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; photo by Robert Polidori for SOM

Lack of Adequate VT Sparks Concern in Mumbai, India

The Alpha Matar team; image courtesy of Alpha Matar

Alpha Matar Signs Cooperation Protocol With Sunrise Hotels Group

Images courtesy of KONE

KONE Celebrates 115th Anniversary

SDSU PARKING ELEVATORS OPERATING WITH EXPIRED PERMITS

SDSU Parking Elevators Operating With Expired Permits