U.S. News
Big Apple Rising
New York YIMBY provides project updates from Hudson Yards and across the boroughs. Hudson Yards Second-Tallest Building Near Completion The 92-story, 1,009-ft.-tall 35 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, April and October...
Big Willis Tower news, a new office building and VT improvements at a CTA station
Willis Tower Renovation Centerpiece Gets Name, Tenants The five-story, 300,000-sq.-ft. addition to Willis Tower, the centerpiece of a US$668-million renovation being undertaken by Blackstone Group, has a name and tenants,...
Vantage (GAL)
Bronx-based manufacturer brings together business units, taps regional VP. GAL Becomes Vantage Elevator Solutions GAL Manufacturing Corp., headquartered in Bronx, New York, announced in September it has brought together its...
Boston’s Third-Tallest Tower Tops Out on Back Bay
The 61-story, 742-ft.-tall Hotel and Private Residences on Dalton Street, also known as One Dalton (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2013), topped out in August on Boston’s Back Bay, Curbed Boston reported....
New York-based supplier, consulting firm make big personnel moves.
Sipala Named President of Master Elevator Components Michael Sipala has been named president of Master Elevator Components, Inc., headquartered in Long Island City (LIC), New York, and will assume an...
Knoxville Council Greenlights Sunsphere Elevator Upgrades
The City Council in Knoxville, Tennessee, unanimously approved US$2.5 million in funding to upgrade the 266-ft.-tall Sunsphere, with most of the funds going toward repair of the structure’s elevators, Knox...
Projects abound in New York City (NYC) and across the Hudson in Newark.
US$23.4-Million Elevator Project at Brooklyn MTA Station A US$23.4-million Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) project that includes installation of three handicapped- accessible elevators at Greenpoint Avenue station in Brooklyn was expected...
Kudos and Growth
Accolades and milestones from around the country EW Wins Top Award in International TABPI Competition ELEVATOR WORLD, headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, took the top, Gold award in the Trade Association...
Ambitious Plan Would Transform Chicago’s North Side
Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay unveiled its plan to transform at least 70 riverfront acres on the north side of Chicago into Lincoln Yards, which would include thousands of homes, along...
30-Story, Mixed-Use Tower Proposed in West Philadelphia
EPG Urban Multifamily has proposed a 30-story tower with 420 apartments and 4,000 sq. ft. of retail for the Newman Center site in University City, west Philadelphia, Curbed Philadelphia reported....
