U.S. News
VDA Describes VT System Serving 11 Hoyt Street
Vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA recently provided ELEVATOR WORLD with a detailed description of the elevator system serving the 51-story 11 Hoyt Street, architect Jeanne Gang’s first NYC skyscraper and one...
Transitions
Leaders tapped on the East Coast and in the Midwest Borwey Appointed NAESA International Executive Director Borwey James L. “Jim” Borwey, most recently manager of the...
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...
News from San Francisco YIMBY: towers being planned and taking shape
Permits Filed for San Francisco Residential High Rise Developers have filed permits to build a 42-story residential building in San Francisco’s SoMa (South of Market) neighborhood, the source reported in...
Companies and organizations tap leaders
NAEC Names Executive Director, Deputy Director The Board of Directors (BoD) of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) has named Rená B. Cozart executive director and Amanda Smith deputy...
The pandemic, transit and tall towers throughout Manhattan
Coronavirus Impacts Seen in Construction Projections Pandemic-related woes have brought down high prospects for the NYC construction market, The Real Deal reported in October. Citing the New York Building Congress...
Tall towers in North Carolina, Tennessee
Planned Goes From 12 to 40 Stories in Raleigh The City Council in Raleigh, North Carolina, unanimously approved a rezoning request from Zimmer Development Corp. that takes a proposed downtown...
Chicago’s Third-Tallest Tower Closes in on Completion
Vista Tower, Chicago’s third-tallest building at 101 stories and 1,191 ft (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2015 and July 2016), is headed for opening this fall, with finishing touches going onto the...
New York YIMBY: residential skyscrapers multiply in busy Big Apple.
Major Legal Victory for Two Bridges Supertall Plans A unanimous decision by the New York Appellate Court paves the way for four towers along the waterfront in the Two Bridges...
Skyline continues to evolve.
Plan Promising to Transform Riverfront Greenlit Penn’s Landing, a US$3.5-billion, 3.5-million-ft2 proposal from The Durst Organization of NYC, was approved in September by Delaware River Waterfront Corp. (DRWC), paving the...
