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France, U.K. and China round out locations of recent wins.
171-Unit Contract for French Railway Otis France has been awarded a contract by SNCF French Rail to install 171 escalators and moving walks for northern France. Seventy-five Otis escalators will...
U.K. trade publication changes hands, KONE honored, and partnership made in Moscow.
Elevator World Acquires U.K. Magazine Elevation Elevator World, Inc. has acquired the U.K.-based magazine Elevation. Launched by industry veteran Ish Buckingham as a quarterly publication in 1994, Elevation specifically targets...
Construction, elevator industries boom across the Great White North.
Tall Towers for Downtown Toronto Dream Office REIT is seeking permission from the City of Toronto to replace an eight-story office building at 250 Dundas Street downtown with a 52-story...
ASME Meets, Approves Communication System Proposal
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held elevator code meetings on May 14-17 in Palm Springs, California. The ASME A17 Standards committee and several other committees met to continue...
Washington, Oregon seeing activity.
Plans Foresee New Tallest Tower for Spokane, Washington Plans for a 31-story mixed-use tower in Spokane, Washington, have been filed with city officials, The Spokesman-Review reported in May. The 354-ft.-tall...
Appointments at EFESME, Alimak, thyssenkrupp Elevator and VFA
Bezzi Named EFESME President Bezzi The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) has appointed a new board of directors. Massimo Bezzi was unanimously appointed president. Bezzi has...
KONE to Outfit Nashville Mixed-Use Development
KONE has been awarded a contract to provide the vertical-transportation package for Fifth + Broadway in the historic downtown of Nashville, Tennessee. The order includes 12 MiniSpaceTM (including six high-speed),...
Transformative projects on the table
Complex With 88-Story Tower to Transform L.A. Hillside Site The former hillside location of Angels Knoll Park in Los Angeles is set to be transformed into a 1.26-million-sq.-ft., mixed-use development...
Towers planned or rising throughout the boroughs, and an audit uncovers inspection issues.
One Seaport Reaching Toward 60th-Floor Pinnacle One Seaport, a residential tower on Maiden Lane near the waterfront in the Financial District (EW, August 2014 and December 2014), is reaching toward...
Chicago Tower Gets New Name, Updated Renderings
The developer of a high-rise apartment tower under construction along the South Branch of the Chicago River has revealed a new name and new renderings, Curbed Chicago reported in June....
