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VDA Hires Associate Consultant

VDA, Inc. (VDA) recently hired Tim Hind in the role of associate consultant. Hind has more than 20 years of experience in the vertical-transportation industry. Most recently, he was branch...

Champion Elevator Wins HOBI Award

Champion Elevator Corp., an independently owned, full-service elevator company with locations in New York and Connecticut, recently announced that it is part of the team that won a Home Building...

TEI Group Welcomes VP of Sales and Marketing

Long Island City, New York-based TEI Group has announced the hire of Jeff Smith as vice president of Sales and Marketing. His first day with the TEI team was December...

Three Elevators Open at Brooklyn Subway Station

Three elevators recently opened at Park Slope's 7th Avenue F and G station in Brooklyn, NY, making the station accessible after years of community support, Patch reports. The accessibility improvements...

NYARM Hosting Webinar and Happy Hour

The New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) invites NYC elevator contractors, consultants and suppliers to its webinar on December 1 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. along with a Networking...

YIMBY+ Debuts in New York

New York YIMBY has announced the debut of YIMBY+, which offers pages on every new NYC development, as well as an interactive 3D map of all future developments coming to...

Amtrak’s Penn Station Entrance Transformation Includes VT

Amtrak hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 19 for the newly transformed Penn Station entrance at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Penn Station's busiest entrance, the revamped...

Otis Elevator System for 47-Story Residential Tower Rising in Hell’s Kitchen

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing four SkyRise® and two third-party hydraulic elevators at 550 Tenth Avenue, a 47-story residential tower rising in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, following a fire...

YIMBY Reveals New Renderings of Boutique Manhattan Condo Tower

On November 13, New York YIMBY revealed fresh renderings of THE 74, a 32-story residential tower designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli with SLCE Architects and developed by Elad Group at...

NYC DOB Recognizes Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week

Amid a recent spike in elevator and escalator accidents, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) is marking Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week, November 13-17, by sharing tips on how...

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