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A new Manhattan icon opens, and plans unfold throughout NYC boroughs and beyond.
“Dancing” Copper Towers Open The first tenants have moved in to the American Copper buildings (ELEVATOR WORLD, July 2016), a pair of what are being described as boldly unconventional, copper-clad...
City of Angels continues to transform: news from Urbanize L.A.
66-Story Hotel/Condo Proposed Downtown A project has been submitted to the Los Angeles Planning Department for a 66-story building containing approximately 200 condominiums, 220 hotel rooms, 94,000 sq. ft. of...
Promotions handed down, and an industry veteran joins team.
Columbia Promotes Employees to Director, Controller Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. has advanced Dione Birdsall to the position of director of customer operations. Columbia states, “Since beginning in 1985 as...
Towers planned in urban centers.
Residential High Rise Plans Exemplify Growing Dallas Chicago-based Amli Residential has purchased vacant property to construct Dallas’ first downtown tower in seven years, according to The Dallas Morning News. The...
OEMs and Their Equipment
An innovation debuts, an honor is bestowed, and a baseball stadium gets a lift. KONE Follows Through With U.S. JumpLift Debut KONE has begun to utilize its JumpLift self-climbing elevator...
Nairobi, Cape Town see large projects.
thyssenkrupp, Partners Supply Nairobi Hotel, Market Joining forces with strategic distribution partners, thyssenkrupp supplied 35 units to the Greenhill Hotel and Village Market in Nairobi, Kenya, which thyssenkrupp describes as...
Subway upgrades and tower updates
Renold to Provide Escalator Drives to Busy Tube Station Renold Plc, headquartered in Manchester, U.K., has been awarded a contract to supply seven bespoke escalator drive packages to the London...
Hitachi, thyssenkrupp look to the future of growing markets.
Hitachi: Thailand Training Center, Cambodia Joint Venture Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. have opened their Asia Training Center, a facility that includes classroom, virtual and hands-on training,...
Hires, repositionings take place around the world.
Ridder: New Position with thyssenkrupp Michael Ridder, former head of Media Relations at thyssenkrupp Elevator, has stepped into a new role with the company, joining thyssenkrupp’s Materials Services team. In...
Towers Around the Nation
Hope for an ailing city, momentum in Miami and something for baseball fans Detroit Tower Intended to Signal City’s Rebirth The City of Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority has approved a...
