Downtown Dallas Getting Tallest Building Since 1987

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This week’s featured product is: Elevator World’s Source and eDirectory http://www.elevatorbooks.com/Products/2017SOURCE/2017-elevator-world-source-directory.aspx http://www.elevatordirectory.com/ OTIS ELECTRIC SUPPLYING 230 UNITS TO CHINESE METRO Otis continues its strong relationship with Wuhan Metro in China with Otis Electric Elevator Co., Ltd. winning a contract to supply a total of 230 elevators and escalators to lines 11 and 21, as well as service. This brings the total of Otis units on the Wuhan Metro to more than 1,000. Line 11 is the 11th project for which Wuhan Metro selected Otis, which began working with the system in 2004. Otis elevators and escalators are now used on lines 2, 3, 4 and 7, as well as the Airport Line. Both expected to open in 2018, Line 11 is projected to be the longest in the system, and Line 21, also known as the Yangluo Line, will span 35 km to connect Hubei Province's main port and the Yangluo Economic Development Zone. NYC SKYSCRAPER TOPS OUT IN QUEENS A 54-story, 598-ft.-tall residential skyscraper at 43-22 Queens Street in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City (NYC), has topped out, New York YIMBY reports. The structure, for which TEI Group is providing the vertical transportation, is slated for completion by the end of the year. Rockrose Development is the developer, and SLCE is the architect. The building, which incorporates the six-story former Eagle Electric Manufacturing facility into its base, will have 790 rental units with amenities. DOWNTOWN DALLAS GETTING TALLEST BUILDING SINCE 1987 A 45-story, US$150-million apartment tower, the tallest building to be built in Dallas since 1987, is planned next to I.M. Pei's iconic Fountain Place office building on the north side of downtown Dallas, The Dallas Morning News reports. Designed by Austin, Texas-based Page Southerland Page Inc. to complement Fountain Place with angled cutaways and shimmery green glass, the approximately 370-unit building is being developed by Chicago-based Amli Residential, which is no stranger to the area. Construction is expected to take approximately two years. Image courtesy of The Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/06/01/striking-new-downtown-dallas-skyscraper-will-tallest-decades Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes?Google Play | SoundCloud?Stitcher?TuneIn