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Chicago remains hot, as Milwaukee and Denver get taller.
Tribune Tower Project Adds Chicago’s Second Tallest The developers who are transforming Chicago’s iconic, neo-Gothic Tribune Tower into condominiums and retail space have unveiled plans to build a sleek metal-and-glass...
Schindler Destination Dispatch on Carnival’s New, Largest Ship
Florida-headquartered Carnival Cruise Lines’ Horizon, the largest vessel in its fleet, is the first to be outfitted with a destination-dispatch elevator system, Travel Weekly reported. Carnival tells ELEVATOR WORLD Schindler...
High-profile contracts let and projects announced, plus a new initiative for safety in New York City (NYC).
Schindler VT System to Serve One Vanderbilt One Vanderbilt, a skyline-defining building ELEVATOR WORLD has been watching closely (EW, December 2014; March, July and December 2015; and September 2016), now...
Upgrades on the way for Philadelphia, D.C. and Queens.
WMATA Tests Color-Coded Escalator Handrails The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has begun testing color-coded escalator handrails to help direct Metro riders to the different lines, Washingtonian.com reported in...
Big announcements from UTC, Gustav Wolf and KONE
UTC Unveils Center for Intelligent Buildings in Florida United Technologies Corp. (UTC) officials cut the ribbon in April on UTC’s US$115-million, 224,000-sq.-ft. Center for Intelligent Buildings in Palm Beach Gardens,...
Sustainable Tower, Circular Tech Hub for Eastern Paris
A 180-m-tall mixed-use tower and circular technology hub are the centerpieces of a plan for the Charenton-Bercy District in eastern Paris unveiled by a team led by Bouygues Immoblier UranEra...
EHC Global Wins Safety Award, Makes Key Hire
EHC Global has won a safety award and hired a general manager for its Spain and Portugal operations. A program of Ontario’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), the 2017...
Skyscrapers in Toronto, Montreal
Toronto Getting One of Tallest Office Buildings Yet Oxford Properties announced plans to build The HUB, a 60-story office tower in downtown Toronto at the northwest corner of Harbour and...
The Urban Developer reports on projects in Melbourne, Surfers Paradise and Sydney.
Warm Reception for New Sydney High-Rise Residences Private lifts for five large penthouses are among features at Sydney’s Eighty-Eight by JQZ, for which sales launched in February. Located in the...
Wittur Appoints CEO, COO
The Wittur Group has appointed Antoine Doutriaux as CEO and Johann (Hans) Koenigshofer as chief operating officer (COO) and member of the Executive Management Team of Wittur Group. Doutriaux, a...
