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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com RESORT, CASINO TOWER TO INCLUDE SYDNEY’S TALLEST HOTEL Scheduled for completion in early 2021, casino operator Crown Resorts' 72-story resort and casino tower, Crown Residences at One Barangaroo, will include the tallest hotel in Sydney, The Urban Developer reports. The multibillion-dollar development from Australia's Lendlease will have 82 apartments and 349 hotel rooms on the Sydney Harbour overlooking the Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House. At ground level will be publicly accessible restaurants, a spa and gaming areas. To focus on the upscale aspect of the property, Crown plans to offer table games only. The WilkinsonEyre design involves 8,000 unique, individually cut glass panels that allow floor-to-ceiling windows throughout. Image credit: courtesy WilkinsonEyre To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iT

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE OPENS NEW WAREHOUSE IN INDIA KONE Elevator India has opened a warehouse in Mumbai that will serve more than 2,500 customers and upcoming projects, ConstructionWeekOnline reports. The facility will stock more than 2,000 different parts for elevators, escalators and moving walks. “Our new warehouse reaffirms our commitment to our customers in India,” said KONE India Managing Director Amit Gossain. “Efficient supply of spare parts across our existing service network is imperative to complement our plan to increase our sales touch points.” He added that the company is well-positioned to support the growth that will come with a government push to develop smart cities and residential complexes. Image credit: from Construction Week Online To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Sti

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com WORK BEGINS ON TALLEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN DENMARK Ground engineering work has begun in Aarhus, Denmark, for Lighthouse 2.0, a 143-m-tall tower that, when complete, will be the country's tallest residential building, New Civil Engineer reports. The foundation work, being performed by Aarsleff Ground Engineering, will involve the installation of 28 drilled piles, each with a diameter of 2 m and a total maximum length of 70 m. Because of the waterfront area's soil composition and typical wind conditions, the drilled pile foundations are designed to place structural loads on the deeper subsoil, which will prevent long-term settling of the building. Lighthouse is among several developments along the Aarhus harbor. It is scheduled for completion in 2022. Image credit: courtesy of 3XN Architects To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subs

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SKYSCRAPER PLANS SCALED BACK IN DETROIT In Detroit, plans for a 480-ft-tall skyscraper are on hold, and those for another, Bedrock LLC's mixed-use tower on the former site of the J.L Hudson department store, have been scaled back from 62 stories, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing the Detroit Free Press and Curbed Detroit. Michigan Opera Theatre, the entity behind the 480-ft-tall tower on the site of the 1922 Detroit Opera House, cited changing market conditions for its decision. Bedrock, meanwhile, announced in late January it still plans to create a "tremendously impactful" building, though it will not be the city's tallest. Ground was broken on the site in December 2017. Bedrock has hardly been idle in the Motor City, responsible for projects including the office-to-residential conversion of the David Stott Building, completed in summer 2019, that

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com 2M LAUNCHES ACADEMY WITH TÜV SÜD, STARTS FACTORY IN INDIA 2M Holdings, parent company of 2M Lifts and Escalators, has partnered with TÜV SÜD to establish 2M Institute for lift and escalator training in India, including the country’s first digital industry training academy, near its manufacturing facility in Kalady. 2M is also launching a factory in the Kanjikode industrial area — its first to produce escalators — with a capacity of 2,000 elevators and 500 escalators per year. The factory is set to be operational later this year. 2M is a major exporter of lift and escalator parts, manufacturing approximately 40 different parts at various facilities in India and partnering with manufacturers in Coimbatore, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad and Pune. More than 70% of its parts are exported to Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the Far East. Noorhul Ameen is director of 2M Institute,

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SMARTRISE CONTROLLERS IN DENVER, TORONTO AND BERMUDA Projects in Denver, Toronto and Hamilton, the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, are being outfitted with elevator systems that include Smartrise C4 controllers. The Denver project is a renovation of the roughly 10-story-tall, 141-unit Landmark East condominium tower served by 16-stop elevators. In Toronto, the nearly complete, 60-story mixed-use Wellesley on the Park, designed by KPMB Architects and drawing inspiration from Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, will open soon in the “heart of downtown” with more than 700 residential units, retail and office space. In Hamilton, the former HSBC Building, consisting of a double-height lobby topped by five floors, is being renovated by locally property owners the Green family to house retail, leisure space and office space. Redesign of the 80,000-ft2 building, which wi

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com BROOKLYN STATION INAUGURATES NEW ELEVATORS In a formal ceremony on January 31, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) officially inaugurated the newly renovated Nostrand Avenue Station in Brooklyn, NYC, bringing the system closer to its goal of making all of its stations accessible, Newsday reported. The US$28-million makeover of the station included a number of improvements, including two new elevators. The station serves about 1,300 riders every weekday. “That means this station will truly be accessible for the first time for all who live, work and travel through this thriving neighborhood,” said LIRR President Phillip Eng. The upgrades to the station mean 106 of LIRR's 124 stations are now accessible. Two other stations — Murray Hill and Floral Park — are currently being fitted with elevators, and seven more will receive the upgrades under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP DEBUTS SMART DATA WAREHOUSE IN MADRID thyssenkrupp launched its new global spare-parts strategy with the inauguration today of the first smart data technological warehouse in the San Fernando de Henares municipality of Madrid. The 6,853-m2 facility is connected to the MAX predictive maintenance solution installed in 120,000 elevators worldwide. Information gathered by MAX “will be saved and analyzed for perfect scheduling of requests. . . .,” according to thyssenkrupp. To be joined soon by spare parts warehouses in the U.S., India and other European locations, the Madrid warehouse holds up to 9,800 different parts and components for maintenance and service. Reducing customer wait times and costs, the facility has the capacity to handle more than 1.4 million orders per year, an increase of 400% compared to the previous spare-parts system. The EUR3.5-million (US$3.8-mi

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com PFLOW NAMES KOPPA COMPANY PRESIDENT Milwaukee-based PFlow Industries, a designer and manufacturer of custom lifts and conveyor systems, has named Pat Koppa company president, CEO Ted Ruehl has announced. Koppa, who started in this role on October 31, 2019, was previously president of Power Test, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and implementer of dynamometers and test control systems, where he served as president. At Power Test, he was “instrumental in the establishment of a highly collaborative, aligned and accountable leadership team,” according to PFlow. In his new role, Koppa “will provide strong leadership to the entire workforce, establish short- and long-term goal plans and strategies and manage budgets to ensure resources are properly allocated.” Koppa holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Operations Management from the University of Wisconsin-Ma

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com LARGEST DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA’S HISTORY IN MISSISSAUGA A hotbed of high-rise residential construction, the Toronto suburb of Mississauga is coming into its own with the January 21 announcement of Square One District, a 37-tower mixed-use development that "promises to be the final lynchpin in the creation of Mississauga's downtown," Urban Toronto reports. Behind the plan are Oxford Properties Group (part of the team behind NYC's Hudson Yards and owner of the Square One Shopping Center in Mississauga, around which the district will take shape) and Alberta pension fund AIMCo. The source observes Square One District will be the largest development in Canada's history at 18 million ft2, larger than the previous record holder — the 12 million ft2 East Harbour in Toronto. Oxford, in partnership with The Daniels Corp., has gotten the greenlight for phase one, a pair of 36- and 48-story r

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CURTAIN WALL RISING ON ART DECO-INSPIRED TOWER IN NYC The Art Deco-inspired curtain wall is mostly installed on the northern elevation of the 639-ft-tall, 45-story Rose Hill residential tower at 30 East 29th Street between Madison and Park avenues in NYC’s NoMad neighborhood, New York YIMBY reports. Offering 123 condominiums with prices starting at US$1.2 million, the property was designed by CetraRuddy for developer Rockefeller Group. On the southern elevation, which has a concrete wall in the center for egress and the elevator core, progress is a little slower, with the corners currently being “covered with the subtly etched dark metal cladding and glass panels,” the source says. Joining several other residential towers on NoMad’s “booming skyline,” Rose Hill is slated for completion in January 2021. Image credit: by Michael Young for New York YIMBY To read the full transcri

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com KONE SAYS IT HAS MADE BID FOR THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR KONE has submitted a nonbinding offer to acquire thyssenkrupp Elevator, the Finland-based OEM announced on January 28, adding that its offer "is reasonably close to the value circulating in the media." Recent reports have valued thyssenkrupp Elevator, the German conglomerate's most-profitable division, at EUR15 billion-EUR17 billion (US$16.6 billion-US$18.9 billion). KONE said its bid "is based on certain assumptions about the business, and the terms of a potential binding offer could deviate from the current nonbinding offer." It said its interest in thyssenkrupp Elevator revolves around a "highly complementary geographical footprint of the businesses," in addition to other factors, including the potential that could arise from combining the companies' innovation efforts. KONE said its discussions with thyssenkrupp have been on

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com AUSTRALIA’S FIRST THYSSENKRUPP IWALKS INSTALLED AT AIRPORTS Australia's first thyssenkrupp iwalks, including two of the longest ever produced at 92 m, are being installed at the Perth and Melbourne airports, the OEM announced on January 27. The 92-m units will serve the 280-m-long Skybridge at Perth Airport that links to a new train station. In total, four iwalks and three elevators — that together have a capacity of 66 passengers — are going in at the airport. The iwalks have a capacity of 7,300 passengers/hr and will support approximately 20,000 trips per day at the airport's Forrestfield-Airport link. At Melbourne Airport, thyssenkrupp put two iwalks into operation at Terminal 4 in December 2019. Two more are scheduled for installation in March. Image credit: courtesy of thyssenkrupp To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe t

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com FINAL TOWER COMPLETED FOR LONDON PROJECT Construction of the 50-story Principal Tower, the final piece of the Principal Place project that borders the City of London, has completed, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports, citing Foster + Partners. Principal Place, a comprehensively planned mixed-use project on the border of Shoreditch near the heart of London, creates a new neighborhood that draws on the industrial heritage of the area. The project includes a 15-story office building that hosts the London headquarters for Amazon, which sits next to Principal Tower, one of London’s tallest residential buildings. There are also six eateries and a bar. Image credit: by Nigel Young/Foster+Partners To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com 1,000-ROOM, GENSLER-DESIGNED HOTEL TO SERVE ATLANTA Construction is expected to start this spring on a more-than-30-story, 1,000-room Signia Hilton Hotel with a sleek, glassy design by Gensler overlooking Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta, Curbed Atlanta reports. As what will be the "most visible part of the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) (convention center) Authority's 2020 Vision master plan," the hotel will be connected to Building C of the complex. Including approximately 75,000 ft2 of meeting space, the hotel is expected to attract conventioneers, sports fans and tourists. GWCC is described by the source as "one of the busiest convention centers in the world." Signia Hilton will join another Gensler-designed hotel rising nearby in Castleberry Hill, the 11-story Reverb by Hard Rock. Image credit: courtesy of Gensler To read the full transcript of today's pod

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SCHMERSAL TURKEY OPENS IN ISTANBUL K.A. Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. KG has opened Schmersal Turkey Otomasyon Ürünleri ve Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti in Istanbul, expanding its global machine-safety network that consists of standalone companies and distributors in more than 60 countries. Led by Schmersal Turkey Managing Director Bariş Yücel, the new branch is focused on the Turkey and Azerbaijan markets. Through a sales partnership with Satech Safety Technology SpA, Schmersal offers customers devices such as safety fences and complete safety systems from a single source, Yücel observes. In addition to safety-related products, Schmersal offers its tec.nicum safety-services program supported by TÜV Rheinland-certified engineers. Schmersal Turkey may be contacted at Gardenya Plaza 5 Kat: 2 Daire: 2, Atasehir, Istanbul, Turkey; phone: 90 534 033 33 96; or email. Image credit: courtesy of S

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com HITACHI CHINA COMPLETES GUANGZHOU TEST TOWER Hitachi Elevator China Co. Ltd. has completed construction of the H1 Tower, one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world, Yahoo Finance reported on January 17. The tower is part of the company's R&D and manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China. The 288.8-m structure — which has 273 m above ground and a 15-m-deep basement — will be used to develop elevators and demonstrate leading-edge technologies, and will function as a global base for Tokyo-headquartered Hitachi's elevator and escalator business. It is equipped with 15 test shafts, including one 250 m long, and can test such technologies as ultra-high-speed elevators, high-capacity elevators, double-deck elevators and control systems. Image credit: courtesy of Hitachi Elevator China To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com FOSTER WINS ANOTHER SHOT AT TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER DESIGN The job for the design of Two World Trade Center, a long-awaited tower for the WTC complex in NYC's Financial District, has been returned to original architect Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, New York YIMBY reports. Also known as 200 Greenwich Street, the proposed tower would be the final piece of the 16-acre site. Foster's original 2006 design envisioned a diamond-topped skyscraper, with the shapes pointing down at the reflecting pools of the 9/11 Memorial. The project stalled in the early 2010s, and, in 2015, the design work was transferred to Bjarke Ingels of BIG, who proposed a tower composed of a stack of giant glass blocks. Construction was delayed after potential anchor tenant 21st Century Fox and News Corp. withdrew, and in 2018, Larry Silverstein, head of developer Silverstein Properties, indicated to YIMBY th

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com LERCH BATES ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT, ACQUISITION Lerch Bates Inc. has named Eric Rupe president, effective January 1. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the consulting business globally, including elevators and escalators, façade access and building logistics. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Lerch Bates has offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, India and South America. Rupe joined Lerch Bates in 2010 with 20 years of sales, operations and management experience, including corporate positions with KONE. He held various roles at Lerch Bates, including elevator consultant, general manager Chicago, Northeast area vice president and executive vice president. Bart Stephan, former president and CEO, has become CEO of the parent company of Lerch Bates and Pie Consulting and Engineering, an Arvada, Colorado-headquartered firm Lerch Bates acquired late

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com THYSSENKRUPP PROVIDES 234 UNITS TO NEW CHINA METRO LINE thyssenkrupp Elevator is providing 234 elevators and escalators to Metro Line 1 in Luoyang, central China, one of four historical capitals where 15 dynasties ruled. The first metro line serving the region, Metro Line 1 has 19 stops along 23 km, covering the main passenger flow in the east-west direction north of the Luohe River. Escalator installation is slated for completion in August, with the metro line set to go into operation in 2021. thyssenkrupp observes the contract underscores its focus on the Chinese market, where it inaugurated a new test tower in Zhongshan in 2019 and opened a multipurpose facility in Shanghai in 2016. Throughout China, thyssenkrupp has four factories and approximately 11,000 employees. Image credit: courtesy of thyssenkrupp Elevator To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elev