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Mixed use is the name of the game: news from The Architect’s Newspaper.

Planners Approve 41-Story Tower The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved the Lake on Wilshire project, a 41-story mixed-use housing tower complex. The project, proposed by Archeon Group and...

NEII Field Safety Committee Meets in Florida

thyssenkrupp hosted the winter meeting of the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) Field Safety Committee in Coral Springs, Florida, in early November 2017. In Larry Leadingham’s absence, Austin Bacack was...

Archi-Tread Expanding, Relocating

In response to demand for its Sillskin® patented line of elevator-sill solutions, Archi-Tread® Inc. has purchased a new, 4,000-sq.-ft. building and is relocating its Northeast manufacturing operations to Boonton, New...

Leaders tapped, and a milestone reached.

New President for EMR as It Celebrates 90 Years Caroline Kauffman-Kirschnick has been appointed president of Electric Motor Repair Co. (EMR), which performs emergency service and planned maintenance in several...

Top Otis appointment joined by Alimak, Apex hires.

Marks Named Otis President; First Woman to Head UTC Subsidiary Judy Marks has been named president of Otis, making her the first woman to lead a subsidiary of United Technologies...

Turkish Firm’s Tulip-Inspired Tower for Downtown Miami

Turkish developer Okan Group plans to build a 73-story, 966-ft.-tall mixed-use tower in downtown Miami called The Sterling, Miami Today reported. Set to contain a 300-room hotel, approximately 360 residences,...

Dallas Skyscraper Campus Would Include City’s Tallest

A 20-acre skyscraper campus being planned in downtown Dallas includes an office building that, at 73 stories, would be the tallest in the city, The Dallas Morning News reported. KDC,...

Apartment Tower Opens in Chicago’s Gold Coast Neighborhood

The Sinclair Apartments, a 390-unit, 35-story-tall luxury building incorporating a full-service grocery store at ground level, has opened at the northeast corner of Division and LaSalle streets in Chicago’s Gold...

Jersey City, Midtown Manhattan among hotspots.

Jersey City’s 99 Hudson Rising Rapidly Jersey City’s 99 Hudson Street, a residential tower that will soon be the city’s tallest building (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016, February 2015 and July...

Interesting happenings in California, Colorado and Washington

90-Story Mixed-Use Tower Would Be Denver’s Tallest New York City’s Greenwich Realty Capital intends to build a mixed-use tower of up to 90 stories and 1,000 ft. tall in Denver’s...

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BOD PLAN TO REPLACE ESCALATORS

New Jersey Transit BoD Plan to Replace Escalators

WEEF HOLDS SECOND IN-PERSON MEETING IN FRANKFURT

WEEF Holds Second In-Person Meeting in Frankfurt

The Torch at 640 Eighth Avenue takes its place on the Midtown Manhattan skyline; rendering courtesy of ODA and SLCE Architects

TEI Group Awarded Major 30-Unit Contract at The Torch

TKE CONSIDERING US$22.7-BILLION IPO IN U.S. IN 2026

TKE Considering US$22.7-Billion IPO in U.S. in 2026

Hiyaa Towers; image courtesy of Architecture Association Maldives

Progress Made on Elevator Installation in Maldive Towers