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Tall plans for Dubai, Uzbekistan and Morocco
78-Story Grande Tower Planned in Dubai’s Opera District Emaar Properties and WSP have selected SSH as the architect for the 78-story Grande Tower in Dubai’s Opera District across from Burj...
Major news from OEMs, training and honors
thyssenkrupp to Spin Off Elevators as Part of Split thyssenkrupp announced on September 27 it would split the company into two listed entities — thyssenkrupp Industrials with roughly 90,000 employees...
Downtown continues to simmer with activity.
Residential Tower to Make Heavy Use of Greenery Developer Crescent Heights and architecture firm ODA have released new renderings of 1045 South Olive, a 70-story residential tower planned for downtown...
New York YIMBY: Plans unfold in Midtown, Murray Hill, NoMad and the Financial District.
Extell’s 131-Story Central Park Tower Set to Break Records Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and developed by Extell, Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street in Midtown...
Multiple New High-Rise Projects Win Approval in Chicago
Multiple new high rises up to 950 ft. tall were approved by the Chicago Plan Commission during a daylong meeting in October, indicating the city’s skyscraper boom will not cease...
A Tampa company grows, and tall residential buildings are planned in and around Miami.
Oracle Acquires Atlanta’s Vertical Systems Tampa-headquartered Oracle Elevator announced in October it acquired Vertical Systems, Inc., based in Atlanta. It is Oracle’s 27th acquisition since its founding and seventh since...
Elevator Safety Bill Signed in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 934, also known as Kristopher’s Law in memory of corrections officer Kristopher Moules, during a ceremony in Harrisburg in September, the Times Leader...
thyssenkrupp’s MULTI Honored by Alliance to Save Energy
thyssenkrupp received the Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency Award in the Built Environment category from the Alliance to Save Energy coalition during a gala dinner in Washington, D.C., on September...
Mixed-Use Tower Planned in Texas Capital
Austin developer Endeavor Real Estate Group has begun the permitting process to build a 30-story, mixed-use tower in the Texas capital’s Rainey Street neighborhood, KXAN. com reported in September. The...
Industry veterans appointed, retire.
Rasmussen Joins SnapCab Rasmussen SnapCab has hired industry veteran Sherri Rasmussen as an interior specialist for the company’s Central Sales Region. In an October announcement, it noted Rasmussen has more...
