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When Every Square Foot Counts: KLAUS Multiparking America Brings Automated Parking to New York Build 2026
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12 Mar 2026
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As New York developers wrestle with tighter sites and rising construction costs, one German-engineered solution is making the case that smarter parking starts at the drawing board.
Parking is rarely the first thing a developer wants to talk about. It’s expensive, it consumes valuable square footage, and in dense urban markets like New York, it can quietly determine whether a project pencils out at all. But for the architects, engineers, and developers heading to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on March 18–19, it may be one of the most consequential conversations they have at New York Build Expo 2026.
KLAUS Multiparking America will be on the show floor at Booth 834, Hall 3B, Level 3 – and the team isn’t there to sell a product so much as to solve a problem. The company, U.S. subsidiary of KLAUS Multiparking GmbH, a family-owned German engineering firm with more than 60 years of experience, specializes in mechanical and automated parking systems designed to dramatically reduce the footprint that parking requires in a given development.
The timing is deliberate. New York Build draws thousands of construction and real estate professionals at the start of the building season, exactly when project teams are making early-stage decisions about site design, program mix, and budget allocation. For Christopher Tiessen, President and CEO of KLAUS Multiparking America, that window matters.
“New York Build brings together exactly the decision-makers who are grappling with parking constraints in dense urban markets. We’re looking forward to having direct conversations with developers and design teams about how intelligent parking systems can create real value from the earliest stages of a project,” he says.
That early-stage emphasis is central to how KLAUS approaches the market. Automated and mechanical parking systems only deliver their full value when they’re integrated into a project’s design from the outset. Retrofitting is possible, but it’s the projects where parking is considered alongside structural systems and floor plates where the economics become most compelling.
At Booth 834, attendees can meet Tiessen alongside National Sales Director Sean Fitch and Field Service Technician Darnell C. Lee. The team is prepared to dig into site-specific challenges, whether that’s a tight urban infill lot, a structured parking deck looking to add capacity, or a hospitality project where guest experience and valet operations are part of the equation.
New York Build Expo 2026 runs Wednesday, March 18 (9:30 am–5:30 pm) and Thursday, March 19 (9:30 am–4:30 pm) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 429 11th Avenue, New York. Registration is free for qualified industry professionals.
Register at: forms.reg.buzz/new-york-build-2026
About KLAUS Multiparking America
KLAUS Multiparking America is a subsidiary of KLAUS Multiparking GmbH, headquartered in New Jersey. The company provides innovative, turnkey mechanical and automated parking solutions across the United States, serving multifamily, mixed-use, hospitality, student housing, senior living, and commercial development. Backed by more than 60 years of German engineering and hundreds of thousands of parking spaces created worldwide, KLAUS Multiparking America delivers end-to-end support from initial design consulting through installation and ongoing service. Visit us.multiparking.com or contact [email protected].
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