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Mixed use is the name of the game: news from The Architect’s Newspaper.
Planners Approve 41-Story Tower The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved the Lake on Wilshire project, a 41-story mixed-use housing tower complex. The project, proposed by Archeon Group and...
NEII Field Safety Committee Meets in Florida
thyssenkrupp hosted the winter meeting of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee in Coral Springs, Florida, in early November 2017. In Larry Leadingham’s absence, Austin Bacack was...
Archi-Tread Expanding, Relocating
In response to demand for its Sillskin® patented line of elevator-sill solutions, Archi-Tread® Inc. has purchased a new, 4,000-sq.-ft. building and is relocating its Northeast manufacturing operations to Boonton, New...
Leaders tapped, and a milestone reached.
New President for EMR as It Celebrates 90 Years Caroline Kauffman-Kirschnick has been appointed president of Electric Motor Repair Co. (EMR), which performs emergency service and planned maintenance in several...
Tall buildings on tap; airport contract let.
Country’s Second Tallest Planned in London Plans for a 236-m-tall, 68-story mixed-use skyscraper in London’s Croydon borough have been approved by local authorities, Culture Trip reported. The design, by CZWG...
Melbourne hottest spot for continuing tall construction.
Melbourne Gives Conditional Support for High Rise During an October meeting, the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne (Planning Committee) gave its support for a 48-story residential tower at 56-62 Clarendon...
Majors display latest developments, supply deal signed, milestone reached and more.
thyssenkrupp Test Tower, MULTI Cabin The viewing platform at thyssenkrupp’s now fully operational elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2014, December 2014, August 2016 and September 2017),...
Top Otis appointment joined by Alimak, Apex hires.
Marks Named Otis President; First Woman to Head UTC Subsidiary Judy Marks has been named president of Otis, making her the first woman to lead a subsidiary of United Technologies...
Turkish Firm’s Tulip-Inspired Tower for Downtown Miami
Turkish developer Okan Group plans to build a 73-story, 966-ft.-tall mixed-use tower in downtown Miami called The Sterling, Miami Today reported. Set to contain a 300-room hotel, approximately 360 residences,...
Dallas Skyscraper Campus Would Include City’s Tallest
A 20-acre skyscraper campus being planned in downtown Dallas includes an office building that, at 73 stories, would be the tallest in the city, The Dallas Morning News reported. KDC,...
