EHC HIRES DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
EHC Global (EHC) has appointed John M. Calderon its director of Marketing. His responsibilities include marketing strategy and branding, corporate communications, media relations, trade-show management and business intelligence. He will be based in the company’s headquarters in Oshawa, Canada. Calderon joins EHC with more than 15 years of marketing and business development experience. His previous positions include marketing and communications manager at L-3 Aviation Products, vice president of marketing and business development at ASI Technologies, publisher at Reed Construction Data, and marketing and communications roles at IPS Automation and Hayward Gordon.
109-UNIT ORDER FOR KONE IN HELSINKI
KONE has been hired to supply 61 elevators and 48 escalators to REDI, a mixed-use development taking shape in Helsinki. REDI includes a shopping center, six residential towers, a hotel tower and an office tower. It is scheduled to be completed in phases starting in 2018. It will have what would be the tallest buildings in Finland at 132 m. The order consists of 26 MiniSpaceTM, 17 MonoSpaceTM 700, nine TranSysTM and nine MonoSpace 500 elevators, 38 TravelMasterTM 110 and six TravelMaster 120 escalators and four TransitMasterTM moving walks. The order includes the fastest residential elevators in Finland traveling at a speed of 5 mps.
OTIS HIRED FOR McCORMICK PLACE IN CHICAGO
Otis has been hired by Prairie District3 Partners, a joint venture led by Clark Construction Group, to supply 39 units to McCormick Place event center and hotel in Chicago. The order consists of 13 SkyriseTM and 14 Gen2® elevators and 12 energy-efficient NCE escalators. Scheduled to be substantially complete by fall 2017, McCormick Place will have a 10,500-seat multipurpose arena, 40-story Marriott Marquis hotel and renovated American Book Co. building, all connected by pedestrian bridges. It will be among the largest convention facilities in North America.
TEI GROUP IN MANHATTAN CONDO BUILDING
TEI Group was awarded a contract with Tishman Construction to install four traction elevators, one hydraulic elevator and one private-residence elevator in the under-construction West Village full-block luxury condominium building across from Pier 40 in downtown Manhattan. This 12-story apartment building was designed by Herzog & de Meuron, designer of the Olympic “Bird’s Nest” Stadium in Beijing. It is being developed by Ian Schrager, builder of 40 Bond Street; the Vector Group; and the Witkoff Group. It is to have approximately 50 condos and is due for completion next year.
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