New York City
DeSimone Acquires San Francisco-Based KP Elevator Consulting
DeSimone Consulting Engineering, headquartered in NYC, announced on April 2 it acquired San Francisco-based KP Elevator Consulting, part of an ongoing strategy to broaden its multi-service platform. The acquisition will...
DOB Elevator Unit Inspects Coney Island Amusement Park
Every year ahead of the summer season, inspectors from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) Elevator Unit head to Coney Island to inspect the amusement park rides to make sure...
Forte Completes Yankee Stadium Escalator Replacement
Forte Construction Corp. announced it completed a crucial escalator replacement at a key NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) station at the historic Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY, just ahead of...
Gelestino is Red Awards Elevator Contractor of the Year
Don Gelestino, president and CEO of Manhattan-based Champion Elevator Corp., will receive the Elevator Contractor of the Year award at the 2025 Red Awards, a commercial real estate event held...
Operating & Growing an Independent Company in a Consolidating Market
by John Mezzo This paper was presented at the 2024 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Abstract Dynasty Elevator is an independently-owned and -operated company based in...
Lifting NYC
Tracing its roots to the Empire City, The Peelle Co. continues to play a role in keeping passengers and freight moving in numerous iconic buildings. The Peelle Co., known worldwide...
Grand Central Madison Sidewalk Lift
Gillespie Corp. details the story behind its recent challenging NYC sidewalk lift project. by John C. Linsley Not far from Grand Central Station in NYC in a drive through bay...
Save the Date: Louis J. Mezzo Memorial Golf Outing 2025
John Mezzo, president of NYC-based Dynasty Elevator, announced the fourth annual Louis J. Mezzo Memorial Golf Outing benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation will return to the Harrison Meadows Country Club...
Lift Elevator Provides Units for New Bronx Building
Lift Elevator LLC, based in Mount Vernon, New York, tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a pair of overhead traction elevators with Hollister-Whitney gearless machines and controllers from Elevator Systems, Inc....
G-Tech Provides Elevators for New Brooklyn Tower
Linden, New Jersey-headquartered G-Tech Elevator Associates LLC tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided two elevators for 655 Union Street, a 13-story residential tower recently completed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. The building...
