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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...
High-profile projects progress.
High-Rise Complex Underway in Tokyo Blue Style reported on details of Bunkyo Gardens, part of the under-construction Kasuga/Korakuen station project in Tokyo. It includes four buildings: Park Court Bunkyo Koishikawa...
Big contracts and plans announced for locales around the country.
Otis UK Wins Maintenance for 340 Units at Gatwick Airport Gatwick in West Sussex has appointed Otis UK the service provider for 340 elevators, escalators and moving walks in the...
Activity is picking up in hotspots across the region.
Clam-Shaped Supertall as Centerpiece of Dubai Project Burj Jumeriah, a 550-m-tall oval tower that brings to mind the razor-clam-shaped Pertamina Energy Tower in Jakarta (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2015), is planned...
OEMs lead the way on details and moves around the world
thyssenkrupp Addresses Sale, Details Plans for Split thyssenkrupp CEO Guido Kerkhoff told a German newspaper that the company has no plans to sell its elevator business, according to a Reuters...
