Kone to supply 44-story Seattle office tower

Elevator and escalator manufacturer Kone announced it will supply 19 elevators for the Fifth + Columbia project, a 44-story office building to be constructed in Seattle's central business district.

Kone, with operations in the Quad-Cities, said it won a contract to provide six Kone MonoSpace machine-room-less elevators and 13 Kone MiniSpace elevators. The office elevator groupsalso willutilize Kone Polaris Destination Control Systems, including state-of-the-art touchscreen destination operating panels.

The contract was awarded by JTM Construction, the project's general contractor. Financial details were not released.

The developer and owners of the more than $400 million project are Daniels Real Estate and Stockbridge Capital Group.

In addition to more than 500,000 square feet of office space, the tower will include a 184-room four-star hotel and spa and restaurant spaces. The new building's innovative geometric form and natural light glass facade were designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of Seattle.

It is scheduled to open in 2017.

Kone said its machine-room-less solutions are helping return leasable space to the project owners by eliminating planned overhead machine rooms typically required with conventional elevator models.

"We are excited to be a partner on the most significant office and hotel project in the Seattle skyline,"said Larry Wash, KONE Americas's CEO. "Our local project management team will provide the most productive installation and highest degree of customer service for the Fifth + Columbia property. We look forward to a successful and safe installation."

The order was booked in the fourth quarter.

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