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Majors, ad terminals in various projects
Otis Electric Supplying 230 Units to Wuhan Metro Otis continues its strong relationship with Wuhan Metro in China with Otis Electric Elevator Co., Ltd. winning a contract to supply a...
Atlanta’s Tallest Residential Building on Tap
What promises to be Atlanta’s tallest residential tower, a 53-story glass structure designed by Perkins+Will, is planned as part of the 4.5-acre, mixed-use development Opus Place in Midtown, the Robb...
Downtown Cleveland Apartment High Rise Envisioned
The nonprofit Playhouse Square Foundation plans to build a 34-story, 378-ft.-tall tower containing more than 300 apartments on the edge of the theater district in downtown Cleveland, The Plain Dealer...
A variety of awards and job changes across the nation
H&B CEO Eison Honored as “Entrepreneur of the Year” H&B Elevators CEO Jashan Eison (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2014) has been honored as “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Metropolitan Economic...
Business, high-rise news from the Windy City
Thompson, HR Green Form Area Alliance Thompson Elevator Inspection Service, Inc., serving the Chicago area since 1975, has formed a strategic alliance with HR Green, Inc., which has offices nationwide...
Kings III Acquired by Private Equity Firm
Kings III Emergency Communications of the Dallas area has been acquired by Rockbridge Growth Equity, a Detroit-based private equity firm. The deal closed on June 20. Rockbridge stated Kings III...
Downtown Seattle Condo Tower Under Construction
A tower in downtown Seattle’s red-hot condo market is among the last to be built in the neighborhood this decade, developers say. The Seattle Times reports that NEXUS, a 41-story,...
Residential, hotel designs dominate work.
Renderings of Residential Hudson Yards Tower Revealed Renderings of the second residential tower in Hudson Yards, the 33-story One Hudson Yards, have been revealed, showing a red-stone-and-glass façade rising out...
Record-breaking escalators and a new application for mixed-reality technology
Company’s Highest-Ever Escalators for Baku Metro thyssenkrupp has won an order to supply 25 escalators to the Baku Metro in Baku, Azerbaijan. The order includes the highest escalators ever produced...
High rises set for Edmonton, Toronto.
“Iconic” Edmonton Tower Would Be Western Canada’s Tallest The city council in Edmonton has approved rezoning of property in The Quarters next to the Shaw Conference Centre downtown to make...
