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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....

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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...

Acquisitions and contracts

Otis Tapped for 200-Plus-Unit Project in Las Vegas Malaysia’s Genting Group, owner of Resorts World Las Vegas, has hired Otis to provide more than 200 units for its new US$4-...

CANopen Lift Plugfest and SIG Meeting

CAN in Automation (CiA) members met on March 13-14 in Nuremburg, Germany, to discuss the CiA 417 application profile and test their CANopen Lift products on interoperability. CiA reports CiA...

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Partnership to Expand DOOH Advertising to Premium Locations

New elevator at Atwater Metro station in Montreal; image courtesy of STM

STM Won’t Add More Metro Elevators due to Lack of Funds

ACME HOME ELEVATOR RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTS FROM STANNAH TO ARROW

ACME Home Elevator Responsibility Shifts From Stannah to Arrow

Express Elevator

Express Elevator Acquires Ascend Elevator

DOCTOR CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR IN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN INDIA

Doctor Crushed by Elevator in Apartment Complex in India