Landmark Raffles City Chongqing Nearly Complete In China

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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: http://www.elevatorbooks.com EW CONTINUING EDUCATION APPROVED IN B.C. All of ELEVATOR WORLD’s continuing education has been approved in British Columbia, Canada, by Technical Safety BC, an independent, self-funded organization that oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across the province. It inspects elevating devices, issues permits, licenses and certificates and works with industries to reduce safety risks through assessment, education and outreach, enforcement, and research. 108-STORY RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX GREENLIT IN MOSCOW CITY Developer Mosinzhproekt has received approval to build a 108-story, 405.3-m-tall building in the Moscow City business district containing apartments, office space, amenities and a 4,000-m2 covered observation deck on its rooftop, Restate Russia reports. The design, by the architectural arm of Sergey Skuratov, features three additional below-ground floors, residential units spanning 195,400 m2 on 88 floors, four floors housing both apartments and offices, two floors for a shopping center and 15 floors containing technical rooms and offices. A timeframe for the project was not given. OTTAWA PROPOSAL CONTAINS CITY’S FUTURE TALLEST BUILDING A proposal by TIP Albert GP Inc. to build 65-,56- and 27-story towers each atop a three-story podium at 900 Albert Street near a new light-rail transit station in Ottawa, Canada, includes what would be the Canadian capital's tallest building, CBC reports. Ottawa's current tallest building is the 32-story Minto Metropole. City staff recommended the mixed-use project be approved, despite one lawmaker's concern its height and size would be unsuitable for the community. In exchange for building higher, the developer agreed to contribute CAD975,000 (US$744,595) toward affordable housing and build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge. If built, the development would have 1,241 residential units, office, retail, 1,059 parking spots for cars and 740 parking spots for bikes. LANDMARK RAFFLES CITY CHONGQING NEARLY COMPLETE IN CHINA Singapore's CapitaLand Group welcomed Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean to its "landmark urban renewal development" Raffles City Chonqing in southern China to observe progress at the multiple tower, 1.12 million-m2 development, CapitaLand's largest to date in China, World Architecture News reports. With the project nearly 80% complete, it is set to open in phases starting in the second quarter of 2019. To be served by a KONE vertical-transportation system (ELENET 691), Raffles City Chongqing will have a retail podium and eight skyscrapers of up to 350 m for residential, office, serviced residence and hotel use. Six of the skyscrapers have topped out. Among noteworthy features of Raffles City Chongqing are the world's highest skybridge linking the most number of towers, China's tallest residential tower and Chongqing's tallest building. Safdie Architects is behind the design. RENDERING REVEALED FOR PRIME NYC BILLIONAIRE’S ROW SITE New York YIMBY has revealed a rendering for a “relatively tall glass skyscraper” by developer LeFrak at 31 West 57th Street, which it describes as a prime spot on New York City’s (NYC) Billionaire’s Row. Situated just west of the 50-story Solow Building, the structure features a cantilever starting several floors above street level and bears a resemblance to Central Park Tower. It is uncertain what the structure would contain, but residences appear to be likely. Despite lacking supertall status, the building would still boast “unimpeded views of Central Park.” A timeline was not announced. Image: Safdie Architects http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2018/28769/safdie-architects/raffles-city-in-chongqing.html Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes?Google Play | SoundCloud?Stitcher?TuneIn