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Utah’s Tallest Building Tops Out in Salt Lake City

Construction crews placed the final beam atop the 41-floor Astra Tower residential high-rise in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in October. Standing at 450 ft, the state's tallest building has...

Served by Otis VT, NYC’s the Spiral Wins CTBUH and Marks Firsts

Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) first supertall and first commercial high rise in NYC, The Spiral on the northern edge of the High Line at 66 Hudson Boulevard, was recently named...

Otis Secures Contract To Modernize 18 Elevators at Bank HQ in Riyadh

Otis has secured a contract to modernize 18 elevators at Saudi National Bank (SNB) headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during an earnings call...

“Strangely Enchanting” Repurposed Domino Sugar Factory Completes With KONE VT

Various outlets, including the New York Post, recently reported that the Refinery at Domino, a 15-story, 460,000-ft2 office building that repurposes the 167-year-old Domino Sugar factory on the waterfront in...

Otis Shares Latest VT Solutions at CTBUH Conference

Leaders from Otis Worldwide Corp. shared the latest on connected vertical-transportation (VT) solutions, including how elevators interact with service robots and a preview of what’s next for AI-powered destination dispatching,...

Space Needle Begins Four-Year Modernization Project

Seattle, Washington's Space Needle has begun a four-year effort to modernize its three iconic golden elevators, KIRO 7 was among outlets to report. Following a year-long building modification process, which...

Otis VT System for 50-Plus Story Jersey City Tower

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing the vertical-transportation (VT) system for a 50-plus story residential tower with ground-level retail at 499 Summit Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. The...

Otis Highlights 80-Unit VT System at Tashkent City Mall

Otis recently highlighted the vertical-transportation (VT) system it provided in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at Tashkent City Mall. For client Hyper Partners, Otis provided 51 elevators, 25 escalators and four moving walks...

TKE Launches New AGILE DCS Kiosks in APAC

TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 14 it launched a new-generation of AGILE Destination-Control kiosks in Asia Pacific (APAC). The solution intelligently assigns passengers to elevators to reduce wait and...

Four Schindler Elevators for New NYC Tower

Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed four elevators at 1245 Broadway, a nearly complete 23-story commercial tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by GDSNY and Corem in...