http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/november-16-2015/
OTIS SUBSIDIARY LANDS 193-UNIT ORDER IN JORDAN
Otis subsidiary Jordan Elevator Overseas Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply 193 elevators to Saraya Aqaba, a master-planned mixed-use development comprising 634 m2 in the coastal city Aqaba in Jordan. The order includes Otis' energy-efficient Gen2® elevator system. The development is on the northern shore of Aqaba overlooking the Red Sea, and includes a lagoon and hotels from Jumeirah International and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Developers intend it to be a business and tourist destination.
NYC’S MTA PAVING WAY FOR LIRR CONCOURSE ESCALATORS
On November 10, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) kicked off work at Grand Central Station in New York City (NYC) that will pave the way for the first pair of escalators linking Grand Central to the new Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) concourse being built beneath it, CBS New York reports. Excavation is expected to take 12-18 months, at which point the space will be sealed off until the concourse is closer to opening in 2022. The escalators will carry passengers 180 ft. between the concourse and Grand Central in approximately 2 min. In mid to late 2016, escalators and an elevator are to be installed in Grand Central's historic Biltmore Room. The work is part of East Side Access, the largest transportation project underway in the U.S. intended to dramatically increase accessibility between Long Island and Manhattan.
APARTMENT SKYSCRAPER POISED TO RISE IN SEATTLE
With its foundation poured, a 41-story apartment tower with nearly 400 units, one of a number of new apartment projects in the city, is poised to start rising at 1812 Boren Avenue in Seattle, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. Scheduled to be complete in mid 2017, the development will have an array of layouts and price points designed to appeal to Seattle's many technology employees. Clad in glass-and-metal panels, the building is being developed by AMLI Residential of Chicago and Mortensen Development Inc. of Minneapolis.
