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FOSTER + PARTNERS TO DESIGN NEW JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER

Investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired Foster + Partners as lead architect for the company's planned new headquarters tower at 270 Park Avenue in New York City, Bloomberg reports. JPMorgan Chase currently occupies a 707-ft., 52-story building at that site but announced earlier this year it would demolish that structure and replace it with a new, 70-story skyscraper that could rise 500 ft. higher and contain 2.5 million sq. ft. of space. Demolition of the current building is expected to begin in early 2019, with the new tower to be completed in 2024. Among Foster + Partners iconic designs is Apple Inc.'s futuristic headquarters building in Cupertino, California.

Image: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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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

FOSTER + PARTNERS TO DESIGN NEW JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER

Investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired Foster + Partners as lead architect for the company's planned new headquarters tower at 270 Park Avenue in New York City, Bloomberg reports. JPMorgan Chase currently occupies a 707-ft., 52-story building at that site but announced earlier this year it would demolish that structure and replace it with a new, 70-story skyscraper that could rise 500 ft. higher and contain 2.5 million sq. ft. of space. Demolition of the current building is expected to begin in early 2019, with the new tower to be completed in 2024. Among Foster + Partners iconic designs is Apple Inc.'s futuristic headquarters building in Cupertino, California.

Image: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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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

FOSTER + PARTNERS TO DESIGN NEW JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER

Investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired Foster + Partners as lead architect for the company's planned new headquarters tower at 270 Park Avenue in New York City, Bloomberg reports. JPMorgan Chase currently occupies a 707-ft., 52-story building at that site but announced earlier this year it would demolish that structure and replace it with a new, 70-story skyscraper that could rise 500 ft. higher and contain 2.5 million sq. ft. of space. Demolition of the current building is expected to begin in early 2019, with the new tower to be completed in 2024. Among Foster + Partners iconic designs is Apple Inc.'s futuristic headquarters building in Cupertino, California.

Image: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.

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54-STORY OFFICE TOWER 55 HUDSON YARDS COMPLETE IN NYC

Developer Mitsui Fudosan announced on October 19 that the 54-story 55 Hudson Yards office building is complete and nearly fully leased by financial companies and law firms on the far west side of New York City (NYC). Part of Manhattan's largest-ever redevelopment project by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group, Hudson Yards, 55 Hudson Yards began construction in 2015 and is the largest-ever office development in Manhattan by a Japanese company based on floor area (approximately 1.26 million sq. ft.) It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and will join the 61-story 50 Hudson Yards, also being developed by Mitsui Fudosan. thyssenkrupp Elevator was previously announced as the official vertical-transportation provider for Hudson Yards.

Image: Mitsui Fudosan

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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54-STORY OFFICE TOWER 55 HUDSON YARDS COMPLETE IN NYC

Developer Mitsui Fudosan announced on October 19 that the 54-story 55 Hudson Yards office building is complete and nearly fully leased by financial companies and law firms on the far west side of New York City (NYC). Part of Manhattan's largest-ever redevelopment project by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group, Hudson Yards, 55 Hudson Yards began construction in 2015 and is the largest-ever office development in Manhattan by a Japanese company based on floor area (approximately 1.26 million sq. ft.) It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and will join the 61-story 50 Hudson Yards, also being developed by Mitsui Fudosan. thyssenkrupp Elevator was previously announced as the official vertical-transportation provider for Hudson Yards.

Image: Mitsui Fudosan

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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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

54-STORY OFFICE TOWER 55 HUDSON YARDS COMPLETE IN NYC

Developer Mitsui Fudosan announced on October 19 that the 54-story 55 Hudson Yards office building is complete and nearly fully leased by financial companies and law firms on the far west side of New York City (NYC). Part of Manhattan's largest-ever redevelopment project by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group, Hudson Yards, 55 Hudson Yards began construction in 2015 and is the largest-ever office development in Manhattan by a Japanese company based on floor area (approximately 1.26 million sq. ft.) It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and will join the 61-story 50 Hudson Yards, also being developed by Mitsui Fudosan. thyssenkrupp Elevator was previously announced as the official vertical-transportation provider for Hudson Yards.

Image: Mitsui Fudosan

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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JOHNSON LIFTS/SJEC SUPPLYING 205 ESCALATORS TO MMRC

Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) has awarded a contract to Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. India and M/s SJEC Corp. China Consortium to design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission 205 escalators at 14 stations on Metro Line 3 (MML-3), Railway Technology reports. The project also includes installation of technologies such as variable-voltage/variable-frequency regenerative drives and radio-frequency-identification systems for web-based monitoring and maintenance. MMRC reports it had commissioned the last of the 10 tunnel-boring machines for MML-3, which will link the Cuffe Parade business district in south Mumbai to Special Electronics Export Processing Zone in the north-central portion of the metropolitan area and involve 26 underground stations. Japan International Cooperation Agency is providing a loan for more than half of the US$1.8-billion cost. 

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.

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JOHNSON LIFTS/SJEC SUPPLYING 205 ESCALATORS TO MMRC

Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) has awarded a contract to Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. India and M/s SJEC Corp. China Consortium to design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission 205 escalators at 14 stations on Metro Line 3 (MML-3), Railway Technology reports. The project also includes installation of technologies such as variable-voltage/variable-frequency regenerative drives and radio-frequency-identification systems for web-based monitoring and maintenance. MMRC reports it had commissioned the last of the 10 tunnel-boring machines for MML-3, which will link the Cuffe Parade business district in south Mumbai to Special Electronics Export Processing Zone in the north-central portion of the metropolitan area and involve 26 underground stations. Japan International Cooperation Agency is providing a loan for more than half of the US$1.8-billion cost. 

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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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

JOHNSON LIFTS/SJEC SUPPLYING 205 ESCALATORS TO MMRC

Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) has awarded a contract to Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. India and M/s SJEC Corp. China Consortium to design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission 205 escalators at 14 stations on Metro Line 3 (MML-3), Railway Technology reports. The project also includes installation of technologies such as variable-voltage/variable-frequency regenerative drives and radio-frequency-identification systems for web-based monitoring and maintenance. MMRC reports it had commissioned the last of the 10 tunnel-boring machines for MML-3, which will link the Cuffe Parade business district in south Mumbai to Special Electronics Export Processing Zone in the north-central portion of the metropolitan area and involve 26 underground stations. Japan International Cooperation Agency is providing a loan for more than half of the US$1.8-billion cost. 

To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news

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Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast.

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THYSSENKRUPP’S LARGEST AIRPORT CONTRACT IN ISTANBUL

thyssenkrupp Elevator has completed its largest-ever airport contract for the new Istanbul Grand Airport, delivering more than 140 passenger boarding bridges and four elevators in just 27 months. The technology will help provide a "seamless boarding experience" to approximately 200 million people each year in Turkey's largest infrastructure investment to date. When complete, Istanbul Grand Airport will have six runways and be the world's largest airport. Phase one opened on October 29 with two runways and a terminal that can accommodate 90 million people a year. The project posed a number of challenges, including a 50km2 construction site, across which 33,000 workers were operating.

Image: thyssenkrupp Elevator

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