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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...
Key employees headquartered in Philadelphia, Baltimore.
DeCocinis Promoted to VTX Vice President DeCocinis Mark DeCocinis, CEI, has assumed the role of vice president of Vertical Transportation Excellence (VTX), a division of global infrastructure and engineering firm...
Rotterdam Blitz Survivor to Be Reborn With Tower
The former Rotterdam post office in the Coolsingel District of Rotterdam, Netherlands, is set to be reborn as a mixed-use development incorporating a 150-m-tall, 43-story hotel tower, dezeen reported. Built...
Changes in Sri Lanka Underway Following Incidents
Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake said in February he planned to introduce a law requiring all the country’s elevators to be registered and regulated, the Daily Mirror reported. The move...
Partnership Struck for IEE Expo 2020; E2 Forum Coming to India
Messe Frankfurt India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India-Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (CREDAI-MCHI) for the International Elevator...
