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Big projects, contracts particularly in London
Otis to Provide 67 Units for Bishopsgate Skyscraper Otis has been hired to provide 67 units for Twentytwo, a 59-story, 255-m-tall office building developed by Lipton Rogers and designed by PLP...
Hyundai Elevator Tapped for Riyadh Medical Complex
Hyundai Elevator has secured a US$30-million deal from the Saudi Arabian government to outfit Security Forces Medical City, under development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with an unspecified number of units,...
Acquisitions, partnerships, milestones and job orders from around the world
Orona Acquires Norwegian Manufacturer Spanish elevator manufacturer Orona acquired Scan Heis AS in January. The 26-year-old Bergen, Norway-based company manufactures elevators and components, and modernizes, repairs and runs a security...
Stylish condo skyscrapers continue to proliferate.
64-Story Residential Tower Forges Ahead Brickell Flatiron, a 64-story residential tower, is forging ahead at 1001 South Miami Avenue, with a foundation pour having taken place in January, SkyRise Cities...
Bulfinch Crossing Underway in Boston
Construction began on Bulfinch Crossing, a 2.9-million-sq.-ft. mixed-use project in Boston, in January. Commercial Property Executive reported that developers National Real Estate Advisors LLC and The HYM Investment Group LLC...
Activity persists beyond confines of Manhattan.
Revamped Tower Will Still Be Tallest in LIC Court Square City View Tower at 23-15 44th Drive in Long Island City (LIC) (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016) has been redesigned and...
Office Tower Envisioned in Downtown Philadelphia
Developer Oliver Tyrone Pulver envisions a 38-story office tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) on what is now a parking lot a stone’s throw away from City Hall,...
City of Angels bustles with tall-building construction.
Biggest Construction Boom Since 1920s Underway Metropolis, a megaproject with four towers; Wilshire Grand (the West Coast’s tallest building) and Circa, a pair of 35-story luxury apartment towers: all are...
A Family Repair Affair
EMR keeps the Mid Atlantic’s motors running. Family-owned and -operated companies are big business in the U.S. It has been estimated that by 2017, 40% of family business owners expect...
Tall Stories in the Big Apple
Elevator entrances reach new heights in 3 WTC, and 10 and 35 Hudson Yards. Twenty-foot-high elevator entrances? At first blush, this sounds like the stuff of imagination or a futuristic...
