U.S. News
Tower updates and a report from the tradeshow floor
Supertall The Spiral Marks a Milestone in Hudson Yards The Spiral, a 66-story supertall office building at 66 Hudson Boulevard in Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016 and November 2018),...
Significant skyscrapers in key cities
Owl, Jenga, Sailboat: Austin Getting Another Iconic Building Developer Trammell Crow Co. has broken ground on a 35-story office tower that will be occupied by Google and serve as a...
News from the Chicago Tribune: airport design draws controversy; mixed-use development planned.
Escalators the Centerpiece of Gang-Designed O’Hare Terminal Wood-covered escalators are an “architectural element [celebrating] movement and spatial excitement” in local architect Jeanne Gang’s winning design for Global Terminal, which will...
Future Ready
Rebranding reflects a restructured NEII that promises to be a more focused, proactive voice for the industry. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) formally launched a new logo, tagline and...
Developments offer condominium living at home and abroad.
Condo Tower Tops Out at 27 Stories The 27-story Windrose Tower by Windrose Partners LP (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2017), part of the Legacy West development in Plano, part of the...
Tower development continues in L.A., and a major transit upgrade is greenlit in San Francisco.
Tree-Inspired Tower to Gain Height A new mixed-use tower planned for downtown Los Angeles may be taller than the original proposal, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)...
Activity is brisk across the boroughs, and a key accessibility ruling is handed down.
Hudson Yards News from New York YIMBY Hudson Yards, the US$20-billion multitower development on the far west side by Oxford Properties Group and Related Cos., reached a major milestone in...
Key employees headquartered in Philadelphia, Baltimore.
DeCocinis Promoted to VTX Vice President DeCocinis Mark DeCocinis, CEI, has assumed the role of vice president of Vertical Transportation Excellence (VTX), a division of global infrastructure and engineering firm...
Towers for residents and medical offices, and an acquisition
48-Story Mixed-Use Tower for Medical Center Houston-based Medistar Corp. plans to build the 48-story Innovation Tower containing medical office space, and potentially residences, in the Texas Medical Center on Main...
Hotels, mixed-use, affordable housing on the drawing boards.
Construction Underway on Two Times Square Hotels Work is well underway on two new high-rise hotels in New York City’s (NYC) Times Square. The first, a Hard Rock Hotel at...
