Commercial Locksmith in Stamford, CT

Downtown towers and suite doors

In the 1960s and 1970s, corporations moved to Stamford from New York City, and an urban redevelopment campaign left downtown with many tall office buildings. One Landmark Square, at 21 floors, was once the city's tallest.

In a tower like that, management may control lobby and elevator access, which leaves the tenant's hardware at the suite door. A commercial locksmith request should name the building and the floor, and say whether the property manager has to approve the work.

Harbor Point and the South End

Harbor Point is an 80-acre South End redevelopment, begun in 2008. Its plan included six million square feet of residential, retail, office and hotel space. In a project that mixes those uses, different doors may answer to different managers, so say which space the work is for, such as a retail unit, an office suite or a shared entrance.

The South End is older than that. Most buildings in its historic district predate 1940, and a business in one of them may still have an original door with a mortise lock. Mention that in the request, since an old door limits what hardware can be fitted.

Tenants, staff and keys

Tenants and staff turn over, and keys and codes can leave with them. A tenant moves out, a manager moves on or an employee departs, and nobody can say how many copies of a key exist. In that situation, lock rekeying leaves the doors in place while the old keys stop working.

Some habits help:

• Keep a written list of who holds which key.
• Collect keys when someone leaves, and note any that are missing.
• Rekey a suite when a new tenant moves in, since nobody can vouch for earlier copies.

In your request, add the building, floor and number of doors, the door type, such as a glass storefront or a metal suite door, and what changed. Send business requests through the contact page.