TECH-ORIENTED WARSAW HUB TO FORM NEW BUSINESS CENTER
TECH-ORIENTED WARSAW HUB TO FORM NEW BUSINESS CENTER
Construction is underway on The Warsaw Hub, a development that includes two 130-m-tall towers and an 85-m-tall tower, all atop a base. Developer Ghelamco describes the Hub, in the heart of the Polish capital, as a high-tech business center akin to its previous project, Warsaw Spire. For the first time in Poland, Microsoft's HoloLens technology was used to help interested parties visualize the project, which will encompass flexible office space geared toward startups, a conference center and two hotels within approximately 113,000 m2 of floor space. Located at the intersection of Towarowa and Prosta streets, the project was designed by Andrzej M. Chołdzyński and is scheduled for completion before 2020.
PAIR OF RESIDENTIAL TOWERS FOR VANCOUVER SUBURB
Bosa Development and the city of New Westminster, Canada, part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, have settled on a plan to build 43- and 53-story residential towers and a low-rise commercial building on the waterfront, New Westminster Record reports. Bosa worked with the city to address concerns about emergency access, inadequate infrastructure and blocked views. The plan, now known as Pier West, evolved from 13 to three to two towers, and includes parking, two acres of public park and new pedestrian connections linking Westminster Pier Park, Fraser Discovery Centre and River Market. City leaders say the project will impart a "neighborhood feel" and create new landmarks for New Westminster.
NEW JERSEY CITY PATH STATION LIFT HAVING “GROWING PAINS”
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, addressing problems with a new wheelchair-accessible lift at a PATH station, described multiple breakdowns — at least four since the device was inaugurated on June 30 — as "growing pains" that are subsiding, The Jersey Journal reports. It took the authority approximately two years to build the US$4-million lift after being ordered to do so by a federal judge amid protests from accessibility advocates. An elevator takes riders from the corner of Grove Street and Columbus Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail station mezzanine. From there, they can ride the lift down to the platform to access PATH trains.
