New Skyscraper Lab Will Test Elevators High Above Atlanta

Kevin Lavallee, CEO of TK Elevators' North American operations, stands at the top of the company's new elevator testing facility northwest of Atlanta, on Oct. 13, 2021. Jeff Martin/AP Photo

ATLANTA—One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs.

TK Elevators’ 420-foot tower is set to become fully operational early next year, company executives said this week on a tour of the new research lab and elevator testing facility.