http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/june-22-2016/
KONE WINS 62-ELEVATOR ORDER IN HANOI
KONE has won an order to supply 62 elevators to Goldmark City in Hanoi, Vietnam. Being developed by Viet Han Trading, Goldmark City includes nine 40-story buildings containing 5,000 apartments. The order consists of 57 S MiniSpaceTM elevators operated by EcoDiscTM hoisting technology and five S MonoSpace® machine-room-less elevators, along with the E-LinkTM remote-monitoring system. Goldmark City is centrally located, convenient to Noi Bai International Airport and the National Convention Centre.
51-STORY BUILDING FOR NYC’S UPPER WEST SIDE
The 666-ft.-tall 200 Amsterdam Avenue for the lower blocks of New York City’s (NYC) Upper West Side was revealed in June. To become the neighborhood's tallest building, the former synagogue site was acquired for US$275 million in 2015 by SJP Properties. The developer has since gained US$160 million in financing from Mitsui Fudosan. New York YIMBY reports Elkus Manfredi Architects is designing the exteriors, while CetraRuddy is being contracted for the interiors. The building will house 400,000 sq. ft. over 51 floors containing 112 residences averaging in excess of 3,000 sq. ft. each. No completion date has been announced, but site work is underway.
CSU STADIUM CONTRACT LET
Lerch Bates Inc. has been selected to design the vertical-transportation systems for Colorado State University’s (CSU) new on-campus multipurpose stadium. The stadium is under construction between Lake and Pitkin streets on Meridian Avenue in Fort Collins. It will include nine elevators and feature a capacity crowd of more than 40,000 fans. It will also will serve as a cornerstone for CSU’s athletic department, housing office and administrative space, including football offices, as well as training and competition space for several sports. The US$220-million facility and adjacent US$18-million academic space is scheduled to open in time for the 2017 football season.
