Montgomery KONE Hydraulic Elevators in Target - Washingtonian Center Gaithersburg, MD

==Target Elevators==
Manufacturer: KONE
Fixtures: Epco Classic
Type: Inground Hydraulic
Travel Distance: 30ft
Floors Served: 2 (*1, 2)
Speed: 100fpm
Capacity: 5000lbs
Year Installed: c. 1999

[@revo8778]

If this were installed in 1998, it would be a Montgomery KONE.

[@dea41396returns]

oh I didn't realize that until you just mentioned it... Well almost every Target Elevator I have been on uses this configuration so Target must be on his "blaaackkk list"

[@revo8778]

Even if this were KONE made, it would be a Montgomery KONE. the Montgomery KONE name was retired on Dec. 27, 1999.

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

I bet Target did a "cheap" remodel where they only added their new grocery concept and moved things around without changing the store structurally. If you go to flickr and search "Target T-1389 remodel" you will see what remodel I am talking about.

[@Battery4885]

@dea41396returns, there are 970,000 people living in Montgomery County, MD. It's the 43rd most populated in the entire US, and the most populated in the entire state. Hardly "THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE."

[@DoneDeal28]

No, It's not. The 2010 census populated Gaithersburg at 59,933, making it the fourth largest incorporated city in the state, behind Baltimore, Frederick, and Rockville. Not exactly what one would call "the middle of nowhere."

[@dea41396returns]

they didn't renovate it, it looks exactly the same as it did when it opened in 1999

[@dea41396returns]

ok, and how about the controller, and the behavior of the indicator(when it changes). Also, the door closes when you push the button and door close works... Stop trying to prove it's a fuklr when u've never been on it... Also, did I mention the M-K-K door locks?

[@dea41396returns]

no, alpaljl filmed a KONE w/ GAL Jet Plus... They are Montgomery Kone ----> KONE

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

@dea41396returns I found a map of this store on flickr and it has notes that says that they even kept the glass wall at the guest service area so I realize that. Have you seen the stores where TARGET Guts the existing entrance and remodels it?

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

This target appears to have been remodeled... Did they renovate the whole store ( new guest service, food service etc.) or did they simply just add more groceries, and "repainted" the rest of the store?

[@dea41396returns]

@KyFriedPlatypus IDK, I very rarely visit this shopping centre. I only go if I am in the area for something else as the centre is in THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE LOL

[@revo8778]

Probably Schindler. Who did the escalators?

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

Nice elevator, and I'm guessing this store got remodeled, right.

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

Did they add anything to the grocery dept. at this store?

[@dea41396returns]

If I had never seen any other M-K-K w/ that indicator, or been on the Nordstrom M-K-K Lift in the columbia shopping centre, I would say these are fuklr...

[@revo8778]

I highly doubt these are KONE. There's a newer Target in Brooklyn that has KONE escalators and Schindler freight-size passenger elevators. Just b/c the escalators are KONE doesn't mean the elevators are. Besides, when has KONE EVER used EPCO?

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

Does ths store have a Starbucks at least?

[@dea41396returns]

it was 1999

[@missourielevators9252]

I was born in 1998

[@dea41396returns]

the door sensors are KONE, the floor indicator is KONE. Look at the Nordstrom lift in the Columbia Mall, it is also Montgomery KONE/KONE and it has the exact same floor indicator and indicator behavior. Look, it's a KONE, I am as surprised as you are... Target didn't install these, Washingtonian Centre did, as they installed identical elevators in the parking garage (but w/ a different floor passing chime). It definitely wasn't Target's 1st choice of manufacturers...

[@revo8778]

That's just a CEElectronics floor indicator! It's not a KONE indicator!

[@OctoSwift]

loud motor!

[@dea41396returns]

KONE

[@mallguy8970]

These elevators unfortunately got modernized.

[@dea41396returns]

all they did was remove the neon signs

[@dea41396returns]

IDK

[@dea41396returns]

nope :(

[@dea41396returns]

nope

[@matildeuujklinfju7u274]

tFTOOKM MATILE

[@dea41396returns]

KONE