New York

Public Review Process for NYC’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” Proposal Underway

NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicked off the public review process on April 29 for the "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" proposal, which the NYC Department of City Planning estimates...

KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...

KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...

“Cities in the Sky” Book Launch Reception on May 15 in NYC

A book launch reception is planned for May 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Rizzoli Book Store at 1133 Broadway between 25th and 26th streets in Manhattan, NYC, for “Cities in...

Otis Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a three-elevator system to The Rockwell, a new 13-story residential building at 2688 Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The system includes two Gen3...

North American Elevator Wrapping Up Major Bronx Industrial Install

North American Elevator, headquartered in Linden, New Jersey, and celebrating its 20th anniversary in April, is wrapping up a US$6.5-million elevator install at the 1.3 million-ft2 Bronx Logistics Center, a...

Hudson Yards’ Vessel Set To Reopen

The Thomas Heatherwick-designed Vessel in Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s far West Side is set to reopen "at some point this year" after closing indefinity in 2021 in the wake of...

TEI Group’s Southeast Expansion Continues With Hire of Monette

NYC-headquartered TEI Group continues its Southeast expansion with the hire of Jim Monette as a regional sales consultant. Monette brings decades of hands-on experience as an elevator salesman, coupled with...

In Memoriam: John Fichera

John Fichera, co-founder of NYC-based TEI Group, passed away on April 3 at his home in Moorestown, New Jersey. Fichera built a successful career in the elevator industry, starting as...

Thea Bowman House Breaks Ground on Elevator Construction

Thea Bowman House in Utica, NY, held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 3 to kick off the installation of a new elevator at its DeSales Center, The Central New York...

Deyaar's Downtown Residences; image courtesy of Deyaar

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

The wooden escalator; image © TfL

Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator

North America, which requires larger elevators, has some of the most expensive elevator costs in the world, according to the Saanich Council; photo by Martin Pechy via Wikimedia Commons.

Saanich Calls for British Columbia to Allow Smaller Elevators

3rd Avenue-149th street Station; image courtesy of LiftComm

LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security

CEO of EngineeringUK Dr. Hilary Leevers

EngineeringUK CEO Reacts To U.K. 2025 Spending Review