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| Kone wins an order for the Mandarin Oriental Tower Chicago Kone has received a contract from Bovis Lend Lease on behalf of Palladian Development for the design, delivery and installation of all elevators for the new building named Mandarin Oriental Tower Chicago in the U.S. When completed, the multi-purpose building will offer five-star hotel guest rooms, private residences and tower condominiums. Standing at 248 meters (814 feet), the Mandarin Oriental Chicago will be among the ten tallest buildings in Chicago once it is completed in 2010. The exclusive development will be located next to Chicago's growing Millennium Park neighborhood, which has become the city's renowned centre for art, music, architecture and landscape design. Mandarin Oriental Chicago will occupy 19 floors of the 61-story tower. The hotel and residences will be equipped with 14 Kone MiniSpaceTM and 3 Kone MonoSpace elevators, and one hydraulic elevator. The installation of the elevators is planned to start in April 2008 and scheduled to be completed in January 2010. Palladian Development is a Chicago based developer of mixed-use luxury developments around the world. The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Chicago were honored as the "Best of the Best" by The Robb Report in June 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |