Florida

Three New Towers Including 2,600 Residences Part of Miami Worldcenter Plan

Three new towers designed by Nichols Architects of Coral Gables, Florida, are part of a five-tower, master-planned community envisioned by developers Falcone Group CEO Art Falcone and Merrimac Ventures Managing...

AXXIOM Elevator Partners With Florida Companies

 Axxiom Elevator, a newly established, fast-growing provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announces the completion of a partnership with Florida-based Motion Elevator and the...

USF Embarks on Campuswide Elevator Upgrade Progam

The University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa began a campuswide elevator upgrade that involves installation of door-lock mechanisms on 51 units and complete modernization of seven elevators, The Oracle...

Accredited Home Elevator Acquires Florida’s Sunrise Elevator

Accredited Home Elevator Co., with locations in New Jersey and Florida, has announced the acquisition of Sunrise Elevator Co., a residential elevator service provider in the Tampa, Sarasota and Fort...

Hyperion Solutions Welcomes Devine to Team

Memphis, Tennessee-based Hyperion Solutions, a provider of systems and components, digital solutions and technical services for the vertical-transportation industry, has announced the hire of Lincoln Devine in the role of...

Elevated Facility Services Group Adds Four to Leadership Team

Tampa, Florida-based Elevated Facility Services, a major independent provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services, announced on August 8 it added four experienced vertical-transportation (VT) professionals to its leadership...

104-Story Mixed-Use Supertall Proposed for Downtown Miami

Miami-Dade County planners have received a pre-application meeting request to review preliminary plans for a new 1,049-ft mixed-used development in downtown Miami, Florida YIMBY reports. The 2.15-acre property contains three...

Schindler Awarded “Transformative” 372-Unit VT Contract at MIA

Miami International Airport (MIA) is about to undergo a "transformative" upgrade involving 372 pieces of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, escalators and moving walks, 7 News Miami reports. The five-year...

Schindler Moving Walkways Now Open in TPA

New moving walkways on Level 4 of Tampa International Airport’s (TPA) long-term parking garage are now complete. Schindler manufactured and installed the moving walkways, and Manhattan Construction was the general...

Clarkson + Varick Tapped for Elevator Mod at South Florida Condo

NYC-headquartered elevator consultancy Clarkson + Varick (C+V) has been tapped to handle a seven-elevator modernization project at Casa Costa, a condominium property consisting of two, 14-story towers built in 2008...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir