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1,100-ft Supertall Proposed for West 57th Street in NYC
The NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) indicates that planning is underway for a mixed-use, 1,100-ft-tall tower at 41-47 West 57th Street, New York YIMBY reported. The development applicant, BOB 57, LLC, is...
New York YIMBY reports on Manhattan towers, and TEI Group shares personnel news
New Renderings of Supertall in Penn District Redevelopment Penn 15 New renderings of the 1,270-ft-tall, 61-story Penn 15, part of Vornado Realty Trust’s ambitious Penn District redevelopment plan (ELEVATOR WORLD,...
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...
OEM and tower activity in San Francisco and beyond
Mitsubishi Electric US Opens New Office in San Francisco Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., which produces, installs and repairs elevators and escalators, is opening an office in downtown San Francisco, its...
New York YIMBY: Supertalls among skyscrapers on the drawing boards or marking milestones.
Supertalls Part of Cuomo-Backed ESD Plan Around Penn Station Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the board of directors of Empire State Development (ESD) has adopted a general plan for high-density redevelopment...
A major transit contract and a new suburban apartment tower
130 WMATA Metro Escalators to Be Modernized by KONE KONE has won an order to modernize 130 escalators at 32 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro stations in the...
Midwest companies tap VPs.
Abels Joins Schumacher Bret Abels Bret Abels has joined Schumacher Elevator Co. in Denver, Iowa, as vice president (VP) of business development. Here, he will help identify strategic business opportunities...
OEM expands Northeast footprint, and unique system takes shape
Mitsubishi Electric Opens Boston-Area Location Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., headquartered in Cypress, California, has expanded its presence in the Northeast with a location at 6 Gill Street in Woburn, Massachusetts,...
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 &...
Big plans and projects include infrastructure, supertalls and accessibility upgrades.
Rebuilt, Multibillion-Dollar Midtown Bus Terminal Planned The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey aims to rebuild its 70-year-old bus terminal at 625 Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, a...
