California
Metro Elevator Opens NorCal Division in San Francisco
Metro Elevator recently announced the opening of its NorCal division, headquartered in San Francisco. The division is being led by President Michael Blaszczyk and Vice President Kevin Wright. Blaszczyk has...
Space Needle Testing Far-UVC Device in Elevator
The Space Needle is testing the technology of Population, a San Francisco-based startup selling a far-UVC device for businesses that can be installed on ceilings or walls to help eliminate...
3Phase Elevator Announces Merger with Elevator Industries
3Phase Elevator, a leading independent elevator and escalator services provider, recently announced that it has merged with Elevator Industries, a market leader in the Sacramento, California, area that provides maintenance,...
TKE Sustainability Expert to Participate in Conference Roundtable
TK Elevator (TKE) Senior Sustainability Manager Monica Miller Brown plans to participate in a roundtable discussion on embodied carbon in steel on November 3 at the Greenbuild International Conference +...
3Phase-Excel Lands 200-Plus Unit VT Service Contract
3Phase-Excel Elevator & Escalator Corp. has landed a five-year vertical-transportation (VT) service contract with The Macerich Co. for 14 mall locations on the east and west coasts. 3Phase-Excel Northeast Regional...
Vantage Provides New HW Machines for L.A. Project
Vantage Elevator Solutions West provided five new Hollister-Whitney (HW) GLV-40D1 gearless machines for Total Access Elevator, a large independent serving the greater Los Angeles area, for a major modernization project...
BART Greenlights Two-Tower TOD in Downtown Oakland
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors approved developers’ plans for a transit-oriented development (TOD) that includes 28- and 19-story towers at the new Lake Merritt BART station...
83% of San Francisco’s Elevators Have Expired Permits
Out of the approximate 10,800 elevators in the city of San Francisco, around 9,000 — or 83% — have expired permits, many of which are multiple years old, SFGATE reports....
Mitsubishi Electric US Expands Elevator/Escalator Call Center
The Elevator and Escalator Division of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., announced on August 17 a new, expanded call center in Cypress, California, to support continued growth throughout the U.S. The...
New Renderings Show Pair of Proposed Towers in Oakland
A slew of new renderings by Los Angeles-based Large Architecture reveals details about San Francisco-based developer Tidewater Capital’s plan for a 27-story office tower and a 39-story apartment building at...
