KONE TO MODERNIZE VT SYSTEM IN ICONIC MEXICO CITY TOWER

KONE has been selected to modernize the vertical-transportation (VT) system at Arcos Bosques Torre I office tower in Mexico City, a 33-story office building completed in 1996 and considered the first smart tower in Latin America. The package consists of 12 high-rise and 20 low-rise ReGenerateTM elevator modernization solutions, two MonoSpace® 700 elevators, 12 turnstiles and a destination-dispatch system. Slated to begin in the second quarter of this year, the upgrade is scheduled for completion in 2023. KONE installed the original VT system at Arcos Bosques, designed by architects Teodoro González de León, Francisco Serrano and Carlos Tejeda and occupied by law firms, industrial, mining, media and technology companies.