Commercial Locksmith in Detroit, MI

Detroit's business districts and their doors

The central business district, Downtown, is bordered by the Lodge Freeway, I-75, I-375 and the Detroit River. Greektown is a restaurant and entertainment district, and Eastern Market, established in the 1850s, is the largest historic public market district in the United States. Each puts different doors in play.

• Suites and upper floors. Suite doors, stair doors and the building entry often run on separate keys, and a building manager may control some of them.
• Restaurants and venues. The customer entrance is only one door. Kitchen and rear service doors handle deliveries, trash runs and staff coming and going, and they take more wear.
• Market and food businesses. A loading or receiving door carries goods in and out, and its lock and frame take knocks that a storefront never sees.

Glass storefront doors in narrow aluminum frames usually take a different cylinder and bolt from a wood or steel back door, so name the door as well as the business.

When staff or tenants change

Keys drift. In a restaurant or bar, managers, closers and delivery staff may each have carried a key, and every departure raises the question of which copies are still out. Practical key control:

• keep a written log of who holds each key
• rekey when a keyholder leaves without returning a key
• use a master key system so each person's key opens only the doors they need

For a business that leases its space, the lease usually says who may change the locks. Check it, and tell the building manager, before rekeying or adding hardware. When a new tenant takes over a suite, rekeying the suite door is a sensible first step.

What to include in a commercial request

• the address or district and the nearest cross streets
• which door: storefront, rear service, loading, upper-floor stair door or suite
• the door type: glass storefront, steel or push-bar
• how many keys are out, and whether you want a master key system
• for tenants, whether the landlord or building manager has approved the work

Michigan Locksmith Pros takes service requests from homes, businesses and drivers in Detroit. The service is described under commercial locksmith, key turnover under lock rekeying, and the wider city under Detroit.