G-Tech Elevators for New Harlem Residential Tower

G-Tech Elevators tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a six-elevator system for 1440 Amsterdam Avenue, a new 28-story residential building in Harlem, Manhattan, designed by Gluck+ and developed by Grid Group and Artimus. The system includes four overhead traction elevators that travel at 500 ft/min and have capacities ranging from 2500 lb to 3500 lb. There are also two hydraulic elevators: a 2000-lb capacity dual-jack roped unit that travels at 150 ft/min and a 6000-lb capacity twin-jack, two-stage holeless unit that travels at 125 ft min. All traction elevators have BTS Elevator Package packages including Elsco roller guides, Hollister-Whitney governors and safeties, GAL door equipment, Imperial machines, HM Elevator fixtures and Elevator Controls controllers. New York YIMBY reported in August that the affordable housing lottery had launched for 1440 Amsterdam Avenue, which includes nearly 500 units and an array of amenities.