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Orbitz Becomes First Hitachi Distributor in Australia
Orbitz Elevators, a fast-growing elevator company on Australia’s Gold Coast, signed a deal with Hitachi to become the Japanese OEM’s first Australian distributor. Orbitz founder and Managing Director Jonathan Dwayre...
More options hit the market, and developments on tall-building projects come to light.
Company Gains Greek Distributor KAPOK 88, a family-owned business based in Nottingham that provides custom and modular padded protective drapes for elevator interiors, announced GNV Automation and Elevator Spare Parts...
Design Unveiled for Mississauga’s Tallest Building
Mississauga, Canada, will soon have a new tallest building, Urban Toronto reported in September, as M3 — an 81-story, 260-m-tall residential tower — is set to begin rising in the...
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...
