Illinois
Colley Elevator Co. Recommits Its Philanthropic Program
Bensenville, Illinois-based Colley Elevator Co. announces it is providing new commitment to “Colley Cares,” a philanthropic program tied to the company’s elevator modernization sales. Now in its second year, the...
Developers Alter Chicago’s 640 W Washington Tower
Chicago project 640 West Washington Boulevard, planned in West Loop Gate, has undergone a redesign, Chicago YIMBY reports. Located on the corner with N Des Plaines Street, near the Kennedy...
Chicago YIMBY: Mixed-use developments and tower approved.
West Loop Mixed-Use Development Approved The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the updated mixed-use development proposal at 1150 West Lake Street in the West Loop, the source reported in June....
Transit accessibility upgrades and mixed-use towers
CTA Plans to Make Over Stations The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is set to undertake complete makeovers, including elevators and escalators, of four Red Line stations on the city’s North...
A local company gets a boost, and tower plans evolve.
Revised Spire Two-Tower Plan to Move Forward Big revisions to a plan from Related Midwest for a pair of towers on the former Spire site means the Skidmore, Owings &...
Powering Through
After a tumultuous and uncertain 2020, the Windy City’s VT industry looks to the future with hope. Floods, riots and — as was the case all over the world —...
Inside-Out
Chicago’s imperiled James R. Thompson Center proudly showcases its mechanical equipment, including elevators. photos © JAHN As the pandemic wove a deadly path around the world, it ironically provided a...
Chicago YIMBY: towers continue to multiply in Windy City.
Mixed-Use Tower With Otis Elevators Nearly Complete The third, 41-story mixed-use tower in Onni Group’s Old Town Park development on the Near North Side (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019 and October...
Otis provides VT for one of city’s tallest, and towers are in various stages of planning and construction.
Otis VT System for Renamed Tower Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed 22 vertical-transportation (VT) units at the recently opened — and recently renamed — St. Regis Chicago, which, at...
News from Chicago YIMBY: residential and mixed-use towers proliferate
One Chicago Square’s Mixed-Used Skyscrapers Pass Halfway Mark Construction on the 74- and 49-story mixed-use towers comprising One Chicago Square (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2020) at 1 West Chicago Avenue reached...
