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Big event takes place in Dubai; major projects for Kuwait, Cyprus and Dubai.
thyssenkrupp Elevator VR Showroom Rolled Out thyssenkrupp Elevator launched a virtual-reality (VR) showroom at the Dubai Air Show earlier this year that allows people to experience technology like the TWIN...
Acquisition has global impact; growth in Australia and Georgia.
Savaria to Acquire Garaventa Savaria Corp. agreed in July to acquire the issued and outstanding shares of Garaventa Lift for a total purchase price of approximately CHF74 million (US$74.27 million),...
Ambitious Plan Would Transform Chicago’s North Side
Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay unveiled its plan to transform at least 70 riverfront acres on the north side of Chicago into Lincoln Yards, which would include thousands of homes, along...
30-Story, Mixed-Use Tower Proposed in West Philadelphia
EPG Urban Multifamily has proposed a 30-story tower with 420 apartments and 4,000 sq. ft. of retail for the Newman Center site in University City, west Philadelphia, Curbed Philadelphia reported....
An OEM and an independent earn kudos.
Cesarz to Accept Efficiency Award for thyssenkrupp’s MULTI thyssenkrupp MULTI CEO Michael Cesarz plans to accept the Alliance to Save Energy’s 2018 “Stars of Energy Efficiency Award: Built Environment” during...
News from New York YIMBY: Lower East Side emerges as hotspot as towers rise and are planned across the boroughs.
Hotel in Hudson Yards Across From Javits Center Planned Atria Builders has filed a permit to build a 43-story, 487-ft.-tall hotel for Flushing-based Marx Development Group at 450 Eleventh Avenue...
Echo Brickell Welcomes Residents in Miami
Private elevators are among amenities at the Carlos A. Ott-designed Echo Brickell, a 57-story, 180-unit tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, January 2017) that SkyRise Cities said is now home to approximately 300...
Tallest Building West of the Mississippi Planned in L.A.
Shenzhen New World Group and Dimarzio | Kato Architecture hope to build a 77-story, 1,100-ft.-tall mixed-use tower at 333 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles that would strip the Wilshire...
Big plans in Houston, Dallas
Hines’ New HQ to Be Striking Addition to Houston Skyline Developer Hines and architect Pelli Clarke Pelli, the team behind Salesforce Tower in San Francisco (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2017), now...
GAL, SCS add employees.
GAL Names Curzon Vice President of Marketing & Sales John Curzon of Southampton, U.K., has been named vice president of Marketing & Sales for the Bronx, New York-based GAL Manufacturing...
