U.S. News
Acquisitions, investments for the future of the industry and more
ATIS Acquires Lerch Bates’ Inspection Portfolio American Testing and Inspection Services (ATIS) and Lerch Bates entered into an agreement in December 2017 in which ATIS will acquire the elevator inspection...
Maryland’s Tallest Residential Tower Tops Out
Baltimore’s 44-story 414 Light Street has topped out, making it Maryland’s tallest residential tower, Skyrise Cities reported. The Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed tower should be ready for occupancy sometime this year....
GAL/HW and Magnetek make personnel announcements.
GAL/HW: VPs and HR Chief GAL Manufacturing/Hollister-Whitney (HW) has appointed two vice presidents, broadened the responsibility of another and added a chief human-resources (HR) officer. Ken Harmon has been named...
Otis Providing Nearly 70 Units for San Francisco’s Chase Center
Mortensen/Clark has hired Otis to provide nearly 70 units to the Chase Center in San Francisco, new home of the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors for the 2019-2020 season....
Office, residential development throughout the boroughs and beyond
Evolving Plans at Hudson Yards Plans for two Hudson Yards buildings have evolved, with both getting larger and one tripling its floor count, sources reported. 3 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD,...
International and regional players win honors.
thyssenkrupp’s Sustainability Efforts Praised thyssenkrupp Elevator was presented with the Top Products for 2018 award by BuildingGreen, Inc., at BuildingGreen’s “Top 10 Products for LEED v4 and Beyond” session in...
US$8.5-Million Elevator Upgrade for Ohio Government Building
The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission is administering a US$8.5-million upgrade of 19 elevators at the Verne Riffe State Office Tower in the state capital of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Business First...
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...
