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Downtown continues to simmer with activity.

Residential Tower to Make Heavy Use of Greenery Developer Crescent Heights and architecture firm ODA have released new renderings of 1045 South Olive, a 70-story residential tower planned for downtown...

New York YIMBY: Plans unfold in Midtown, Murray Hill, NoMad and the Financial District.

Extell’s 131-Story Central Park Tower Set to Break Records Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and developed by Extell, Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street in Midtown...

Multiple New High-Rise Projects Win Approval in Chicago

Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a daylong meeting in October, indicating the city’s skyscraper boom will not cease...

A Tampa company grows, and tall residential buildings are planned in and around Miami.

Oracle Acquires Atlanta’s Vertical Systems Tampa-headquartered Oracle Elevator announced in October it acquired Vertical Systems, Inc., based in Atlanta. It is Oracle’s 27th acquisition since its founding and seventh since...

Elevator Safety Bill Signed in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 934, also known as Kristopher’s Law in memory of corrections officer Kristopher Moules, during a ceremony in Harrisburg in September, the Times Leader...

thyssenkrupp’s MULTI Honored by Alliance to Save Energy

thyssenkrupp received the Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency Award in the Built Environment category from the Alliance to Save Energy coalition during a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., on September...

Mixed-Use Tower Planned in Texas Capital

Austin developer Endeavor Real Estate Group has begun the permitting process to build a 30-story, mixed-use tower in the Texas capital’s Rainey Street neighborhood, KXAN. com reported in September. The...

Industry veterans appointed, retire.

Rasmussen Joins SnapCab Rasmussen SnapCab has hired industry veteran Sherri Rasmussen as an interior specialist for the company’s Central Sales Region. In an October announcement, it noted Rasmussen has more...

Plans for big work in the Israeli metropolis

Schindler Israel Awarded Mass-Transit Contract Schindler Israel has been awarded a contract to provide 106 escalators, 61 elevators and 24/7 maintenance to the Red Line, the first main line of...

Dubai Creek Harbour Update

Several sources, including the Khaleej Times, reported that Emaar Properties’ Dubai Creek Harbour will start welcoming its first residents early next year, with the first homes to be delivered in...

DOCTOR CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR IN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN INDIA

Doctor Crushed by Elevator in Apartment Complex in India

RUBAX LIFTS CREDITS SIM MANAGEMENT PORTAL WITH SUCCESS

Rubax Lifts Credits SIM Management Portal With Success

A bird's-eye view of Hyundai Elevator's Shanghai Smart Campus with the new solar power system installed; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

Hyundai Elevator Solar Power System To Help Cut Emissions

Otis China President Sally Loh

Otis Dedicated To Investing in China’s Digital Future

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BOD PLAN TO REPLACE ESCALATORS

New Jersey Transit BoD Plan to Replace Escalators