Securing Floor Access with BraXos Elevator Integration for Multi-Tenant Buildings

Summit Realty Partners manages a portfolio of commercial and mixed-use properties across multiple urban markets. One 12-story mid-rise building included high-profile tenants-law offices, financial firms, and healthcare providers-who required controlled and private access to their respective floors.

The building already operated LenelS2 NetBox for access control, but elevator access remained open: anyone entering an elevator cab could select any floor.

Prior to integration, the elevator system permitted unrestricted floor selection. This created measurable operational and security gaps:

• Tenants had limited control over who could access their floors
• Security teams had to monitor and intervene manually during peak hours
• No event logs for elevator activity or unauthorized access attempts
• LenelS2 policies did not extend to elevator control

IoT Hybrid Solutions designed an elevator integration using BraXos Steward-middleware purpose-built for access control and elevator system integration-to bridge LenelS2 access decisions to the Schindler PORT elevator system.

The project was completed in under 30 business days with zero disruption to tenants during business hours by using a staged install/config/test approach and coordinating work windows carefully.

Post-integration, the building moved from open elevator access to credential-enforced floor selection, with operational improvements across the board:

• Floor-by-floor access control enforced through existing LenelS2 policies
• Faster changes: tenant access updates applied in real time (instead of 24-48 hour manual workflows)
• Better visitor handling using temporary credentials tied to appropriate floor access
• Life-safety behavior integrated with fire/life systems
• Improved tenant satisfaction, supporting retention in competitive lease markets

By leveraging BraXos Steward as the integration layer, Summit Realty avoided costly elevator hardware replacement and prevented siloed elevator security administration. The same integration model can be applied to future properties-supporting multiple elevator manufacturers and maintaining centralized policy enforcement under the existing LenelS2 system.

With BraXos Steward bridging LenelS2 and Schindler PORT, Summit Realty delivered floor-specific access control, increased tenant privacy, and eliminated elevator-related operational blind spots. The deployment now serves as a repeatable model for future elevator security upgrades across the portfolio.