New York City

JPMorgan New High Rise to Include 100% Renewable Energy

JPMorgan Chase & Co., behind the replacement of its tower at 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan, NYC, plans a major investment in the new office building for the company’s global headquarters,...

Construction Worker Dies in NY Elevator Shaft Fall

A construction worker plummeted to his death at a Ridgewood, Queens, New York, building site on April 6, the Forest Hills Post is among outlets to report. The 45-year-old man...

Pair of Separate Elevators Cause Aggravation in Bronx, NYC

A pair of separate elevator problems in Bronx, NYC — one involving getting stuck at an apartment and the other shutting down a parking building — are pressing on users’...

Historic Tower’s Elevators Prompt Arguments in NYC

A more-than-80-year-old, 59-story office building in NYC is experiencing repeated problems, numerous sources, including Goad News, reported in late March. The City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building towers in the Financial...

Architect Proposes Hoboken Waterfront Redevelopment

A waterfront redevelopment in Hoboken, New Jersey, may soon mean new housing, offices, retail and public space for an area surrounding the city's major interstate transit hub, the Council on...

NYC Cancer Center Planned by Memorial Sloan Kettering

A planned medical tower on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC, will bring a 31-story pavilion known as Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, the organization group, Patch reports. The...

NYCHA Tenant Seeks Better Communication About Elevators

Ramona Minor, a great-grandmother who lives in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) De Hostos houses on NYC’s Upper West Side, wants better communication from the authority about maintenance...

Two-Tower Residential Project With Otis VT Rising In Brooklyn

Façade installation is continuing at 77-87 Commercial Street, which consists of 40- and 30-story towers containing 222 mostly affordable residential units along Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC, New York YIMBY reported...

Project Releases Design Updates For Penn 15

Fresh renderings by DBOX have shed new light on PENN 15, a 56-story, 1,200-foot-tall commercial skyscraper at 15 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, New York YIMBY reports. The project, Designed by...

Lerch Bates Names Zoelle NYC Area General Manager

Marc Zoelle has joined Lerch Bates as area general manager of the global consulting firm’s NYC office, Lerch Bates announced in February. Zoelle brings 21 years of elevator industry experience...

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Fujitec India Awarded CMRL Escalator Contract

GEORGIA TO HIRE SIX NEW ELEVATOR INSPECTORS TO MANAGE ATLANTA ELEVATORS

Georgia to Hire Six New Elevator Inspectors to Manage Atlanta Elevators

ATLAS ELEVATORS ACQUIRES 11,250 M2 IN RIYADH FOR EXPANSION

Atlas Elevators Acquires 11,250 M² in Riyadh Expansion

Attendees listen to a presentation; image courtesy of Fermator.

Fermator Concludes Second Modernization Roadshow in Spain

Construction and model of corrosion-resistant steel elevator pit that received Green Technology Certification; image courtesy of DL Construction

DL Construction Develops Eco-Friendly Pit Technology