News
News from the Chicago Tribune: airport design draws controversy; mixed-use development planned.
Escalators the Centerpiece of Gang-Designed O’Hare Terminal Wood-covered escalators are an “architectural element [celebrating] movement and spatial excitement” in local architect Jeanne Gang’s winning design for Global Terminal, which will...
Business Down South
Major development in Atlanta; contract in Charlotte thyssenkrupp Breaks Ground, Lands Government Contract thyssenkrupp broke ground on April 18 on its new Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC), part of a...
Future Ready
Rebranding reflects a restructured NEII that promises to be a more focused, proactive voice for the industry. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) formally launched a new logo, tagline and...
Tall projects from Norway to Gibraltar
CLTElevator Shafts Part of World’s Tallest Timber Tower Cross-laminated timber (CLT) elevator shafts are part of Mjøstårnet, a mixed-use tower in Brumunddal, Norway, that the Council on Tall Buildings and...
Updates from Vancouver, Toronto
KONE Providing VT System for “Living Sculpture” in Vancouver KONE has been selected to provide the vertical-transportation (VT) system for a 25-story o–ce tower at 400 West Georgia Street in...
A factory purchase and new training center make headlines.
Canadian Manufacturer Buys Factory From Spain’s Torgar Quebec, Canada-based equipment supplier Fraco Products Ltd. has acquired the factory of Zaragoza, Spain-based Torgar, a Spanish company that has manufactured elevator equipment...
OEMs announce important wins.
KONE 401 Units for Singapore MRT System KONE has won an order to supply 218 elevators and 183 escalators to stages four and five of the Thomson-East Coast Line of...
Developments offer condominium living at home and abroad.
Condo Tower Tops Out at 27 Stories The 27-story Windrose Tower by Windrose Partners LP (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2017), part of the Legacy West development in Plano, part of the...
Tower development continues in L.A., and a major transit upgrade is greenlit in San Francisco.
Tree-Inspired Tower to Gain Height A new mixed-use tower planned for downtown Los Angeles may be taller than the original proposal, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...
Activity is brisk across the boroughs, and a key accessibility ruling is handed down.
Hudson Yards News from New York YIMBY Hudson Yards, the US$20-billion multitower development on the far west side by Oxford Properties Group and Related Cos., reached a major milestone in...
