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press release, June 20, 2018
KONE, a global leader in the elevator
and escalator industry, has won an order to provide elevators and
escalators for a mixed-use development at Fifth + Broadway in
historic downtown Nashville, Tennessee, in the United
States.
The project consists of a 34-story
residential tower, 25-story office tower, 235,000 square feet
(22,000 square meters) of shopping and dining, a renovated
conference center, and the National Museum of African American
Music. Situated nearby are the historic Ryman Auditorium,
Bridgestone Arena and Honky Tonk Row at Lower Broadway.
In total, the project will cover more
than one million square feet (90,000 square meters) of real estate
and will repurpose more than six acres (2.5 hectares) of land
previously occupied by the Nashville Convention Center. Project
completion is planned for spring 2020.
"KONE is well equipped to supply all of
the innovative, vertical transportation needs for this signature
project in downtown Nashville," says Larry Wash, executive vice
president, KONE Americas. "Our connected, smart elevators
underscore our commitment to the future of smart
buildings."
KONE will provide 12 KONE MiniSpace(TM)
passenger elevators (including six high-speed passenger elevators),
nine KONE MonoSpace® 500 elevators, three MonoSpace® 700 elevators
and 12 KONE TravelMaster(TM) escalators.
The project is a joint development
between owners OliverMcMillan and Spectrum | Emery. Gresham Smith
& Partners is the project architect; Skanska is the general
contractor. For more information on the project, visit
Fifthandb.com.
The order was booked in the second
quarter of 2018.
For further
information, please contact:
Liisa Kivelä, Director, Communications,
KONE Corporation, tel. +358 204 75 4330. media@kone.com
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Previous press releases from KONE
Americas are available at www.kone.us/stories-and-references/press-releases
Previous global press releases are
available at http://www.kone.com/en/news-and-insights/releases/
including:
May 16, 2018: KONE wins first KONE UltraRope® order in North
America for 110 North Wacker Drive in Chicago Loop business
district
About
KONE
At KONE, our mission is to improve the
flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and
escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and
automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and
modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life
cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's
journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter
buildings. In 2017, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 8.9 billion,
and at the end of the year over 55,000 employees. KONE class B
shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.