Chicago

Supertall tweaks and a major contract

“Exciting” Tweaks to Plan for City’s Future Second Tallest Golub & Co. and CIM Group, developers of what would be Chicago’s second-tallest tower, unveiled tweaks to the proposed 1,422-ft-tall mixed-use...

Construction Begins on Final Phase of Chicago Project

Construction has begun on the third and final phase of a plan to redevelop Chicago’s Atrium Village housing complex, Curbed Chicago reported. The project, called Old Town Park, is being...

News from the Chicago Tribune: airport design draws controversy; mixed-use development planned.

Escalators the Centerpiece of Gang-Designed O’Hare Terminal Wood-covered escalators are an “architectural element [celebrating] movement and spatial excitement” in local architect Jeanne Gang’s winning design for Global Terminal, which will...

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...

Big Willis Tower news, a new office building and VT improvements at a CTA station

Willis Tower Renovation Centerpiece Gets Name, Tenants The five-story, 300,000-sq.-ft. addition to Willis Tower, the centerpiece of a US$668-million renovation being undertaken by Blackstone Group, has a name and tenants,...

Ambitious Plan Would Transform Chicago’s North Side

Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay unveiled its plan to transform at least 70 riverfront acres on the north side of Chicago into Lincoln Yards, which would include thousands of homes, along...

Chicago Tower Gets New Name, Updated Renderings

The developer of a high-rise apartment tower under construction along the South Branch of the Chicago River has revealed a new name and new renderings, Curbed Chicago reported in June....

Otis landing prestigious Willis Tower job leads a slew of news in the Windy City.

Otis Chosen for Willis Tower Elevator Modernization Otis has been chosen by Equity Office to modernize the elevator system in Chicago’s iconic Willis Tower, which is undergoing a US$500-million makeover....

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...

One Massive Development Becomes Two on Chicago Riverfront

Riverline, a US$2-billion, multiple-tower residential development on 13 acres on the Chicago riverfront (ELEVATOR WORLD, May 2016) is now two separate projects — one called Riverline by Chicago’s CMK Cos....

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 İzmir