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The Use of Lifts in Offices in Social-Distancing Environments
An array of measures must be taken to guarantee personal safety. Keywords: COVID-19, social distancing, optimization, traffic handling, lobby capacity, waiting times Abstract: This paper addresses the potential remaining lift...
NYC Church To Become Office Tower
The existing Calvary Baptist Church and Salisbury Hotel at 125 West 57th Street in NYC will be demolished to make way for a new, 26-story building, including the church's new...
24-Story Tower Proposed for West Broadway In Vancouver
Yuanheng Holdings is proposing to redevelop 1395 West Broadway in Vancouver, Canada, into a 315-ft-tall, 24-story office tower, making it the tallest building on the Central Broadway Corridor, exceeding the...
Skanska Invests In Office Development Project In Houston
Skanska, a contracting company based in Stockholm, Sweden, has invested in a US$525-million office development project in downtown Houston, Construction Global reported in June. The building, called 1550 on the Green, will...
New Owner Plans Makeover of Louisville Tower
WDRB reported in May that PNC Plaza, a 30-story office tower at Firth and Jefferson streets in Louisville, Kentucky, has long served as a “poster child” for problems plaguing the market...
Downtown Dallas Office Skyscraper Tallest Since 1980
The Field Street Tower office building, a 38-story, 520,000-ft2 skyscraper, is coming to downtown Dallas, located at the southeast corner of Field Street and Woodall Rodgers Freeway, the Dallas Business Journal reported...
One Excellence Development in Shenzhen Complete
The One Excellence development in the new Qianhai district of Shenzhen, China, is now complete, World Architecture News reported in March. Farrells won the design competition for One Excellence in late 2013...
Recent Leases at Manhattan Office Tower Point to Recovery
Office tenants including investment firms U.A.E.-based Mamura Holdings LLC, MSD Partners and asset manager Nearwater Management recently signed leases with SL Green for space in the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed One...
10 Design Wins Vietnam’s Landmark 55 Competition
The site Landmark 55 has won a competition for two towers constructed to optimize views of West Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, and provide street addresses that both the office and...
Liberty Elevator Opens Florida Office
Liberty Elevator Corp., which has served the NYC metropolitan area for more than 60 years, recently announced the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The move came after...
