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32 ELEVATORS, 13 ESCALATORS UNVEILED BY LRTA IN PHILIPPINES
Thirty-two elevators and 13 escalators were unveiled on October 19 as part of a multimillion-U.S. dollar overhaul of 11 Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) stations from Santolan to Recto in Manila, the Philippines, The Manila Times reports. Fourteen additional escalators are to be bid in November and expected to be operational in 2018, according to LRTA Administrator Reynaldo Berroya, who, according to GMA News Online, observed the sudden stopping of one of the new escalators during the inauguration. The contractor said something may have triggered the unit’s safety mechanism or that “a cat may have been stuck under it.”
DALLAS DEVELOPMENT 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 reports. KDC, the developer behind the US$3-billion Legacy West development in nearby Plano, is partnering with landowner Hoque Global on this latest project, dubbed Dallas Smart District. Between City Hall and Interstate 30, the eight-block development would replace parking lots and old buildings with office, retail and hotel space designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli. Drawings show more than six high-rise buildings, along with green space. The first phase would include up to 1 million sq. ft. of office space, a grocery store and a boutique hotel.
MISSING PIECE OF MANHATTAN WEST PUZZLE PROGRESSES
Brookfield's Manhattan West in Midtown West/Hudson Yards is eyeing what New York YIMBY describes as "the last major piece of the puzzle," 2 Manhattan West, filings show. Originally planned as a 70-floor supertall, the site's second office tower is now set to rise 59 floors and 849 ft. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is designing the building, which will join the steadily rising 1 Manhattan West and completed 3 and 5 Manhattan West. A smaller hotel called 4 Manhattan West will round out the development. 2 Manhattan West will sit at the northwest corner of 31st Street and Ninth Avenue.
40-STORY RESIDENTIAL PLAN IN GROWING MELBOURNE AREA
CostaFox is the latest developer to throw its hat into the ring at the "massive urban renewal area" known as Fisherman's Bend in Melbourne, Australia, Urban Melbourne reports. Proposed at 111 Lorimer Street is a 40-story tower with 396 apartments and commercial/retail within 3,831 m2 over two floors. Approximately 3,390 m2 would be dedicated to residential amenities. The unusual, futuristic design by Rothelowman shows a gray, figure-eight shaped building that's concave near the top atop a notched podium. The state government is preparing to release a master plan for the aera.
Image courtesy of The Manila Times:
http://www.manilatimes.net/lrt-2-unveils-new-elevators-escalators/357547/
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