California

One tall residential building under construction; another long-planned development approved.

New Residential High Rise Going Up on Westside A Gensler-designed 34-story building currently under construction on Los Angeles’ Westside is poised to become the area’s first residential high rise in...

Tall building plans unfold in L.A. and San Diego, and a venue is set to get escalators.

Developer Acquires Land for L.A. Megaproject A Chinese developer has acquired the land for Olympia (ELEVATOR WORLD, March and August 2017), a US$1-billion residential/retail megaproject in downtown Los Angeles, the...

Progress on towers in northern, southern cities and a new hire

Four Seasons Residential Tower Tops Out in San Francisco The upcoming Four Seasons Private Residences in San Francisco topped out in November 2019 with the hoisting of the fnal beam,...

Construction on towers starts, while one stops on the West Coast.

Sacramento Skyline Projections for Next Decade The Sacramento Bee projected how Sacramento’s future skyline will look, reporting on 11 upcoming high rises for the city over the next 10 years....

Beach development, market-rate high rise set to come to Southern California.

L.A. Committee Approves High Rise With Market-Rate Condos The Los Angeles City Council’s planning and land-use- management committee approved plans for a 41-story tower at Figueroa and Eighth streets. The...

Company forms, skyscrapers progress in L.A., San Francisco and Oakland.

Luxury Residential Skyscraper Completed in San Francisco The Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has completed its 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, the Council on Tall Buildings and...

Tower development continues in L.A., and a major transit upgrade is greenlit in San Francisco.

Tree-Inspired Tower to Gain Height A new mixed-use tower planned for downtown Los Angeles may be taller than the original proposal, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...

Plans move forward for tall buildings concentrating in the downtown area.

New Renderings of Jenga-Like Tower for Downtown New renderings of a Jenga-like, 53-story, 789-ft.-tall mixed-use tower designed by Arquitectonica on a site that wraps around the historic Pershing Square Building...

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...

Tallest Building West of the Mississippi Planned in L.A.

Shenzhen New World Group and Dimarzio | Kato Architecture hope to build a 77-story, 1,100-ft.-tall mixed-use tower at 333 South Figueroa Street in Los Angeles that would strip the Wilshire...

JAPAN ELEVATOR SERVICE HOLDINGS OPENS NEW REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office

This image shows a J-shaped massing; image courtesy of NYC Department of Buildings.

Demolition Complete To Make way For Five Brooklyn Towers

Peterlin

Peterlin Named VDA SVP of Regional Operations

LIFT AI ACQUIRES eMCP TO “TRANSFORM ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT”

Lift AI Acquires eMCP to “Transform Elevator Maintenance and Management”

The Inn at Longshore; image courtesy of the Inn at Longshore via Facebook

Connecticut Elevator Issue Ends in Promise of Restoration