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JV Design & Manufacturing — Custom Elevator Cabs & Interiors, Chicago

Floor 01 / Custom Elevator Solutions

Engineering that performs.
Craft that belongs.

JV Design & Manufacturing develops custom elevator cabs, interiors, UL Listed fire-rated entrances, and precision metal components around the requirements of each building and project team.

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  • UL Listed entrance systems
  • Custom cab manufacturing
  • Architectural metal fabrication
Custom elevator interior with architectural panels and integrated lighting

Built in Chicago

A coordinated interior, down to every reveal and finish direction.

JV / 01
Dark architectural elevator interior manufactured by JV Design
Chicago, Illinois

Floor 02 / About JV

A manufacturing partner for ambitious elevator work.

Since 2016, JV has supported elevator companies, architects, developers, contractors, and consultants with products built around performance, safety, and architectural intent.

Our Chicago team coordinates cabs, interiors, entrances, hoistway doors, and specialty metal fabrication for new-construction elevator projects across the country.

More about JV
2016
Founded in Chicago
Nationwide
Project experience
Custom
Built to specification
UL Listed
Entrance products

Project relationships include

OtisSchindlerTK Elevator (TKE)KONEIndependent elevator companiesArchitects & developersElevator consulting firmsGeneral contractors
The showroom hallway — lit elevator installations lining both sides of a dark stone aisle.

Recent Work — Floor 03

Built with precision. Finished with purpose.

4 elevator designs

Floor 03 / Project Index

Built with precision.
Finished with purpose.

Real JV elevator interiors, shown without invented project claims. Open any image to inspect the material and detailing at full scale, or view all projects.

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Floor 03A / Project Reach

Built In Our Shop.
Coordinated Nationwide.

JV designs and manufactures custom elevator systems in Chicago for project teams across the United States. Explore the completed project ledger below.

93
Completed projects on record
69
Chicago-area installations
10
States represented

Completed Project Ledger

Every marker is a completed project from the JV jobs ledger.

Mapping project reach

Preparing the interactive national view…

Fig. 01 — Continental U.S. project ledgerZ 3.35 · P 32° · B -7° · low quality

Marker positions and building massing are approximate.

Agency and client names describe project locations and do not imply endorsement.

Accessible Project Record Index

  • A002 · Civic & education

    Sulzer Regional Library

    4455 N Lincoln Ave

  • A045 · Civic & education

    Woodson Regional Library

    9525 S Halsted St

  • A113 · Civic & education

    Douglass Library

    3353 W 13th St

  • A121 · Healthcare

    Captain James A. Lovell VA — Car S1

    3001 Green Bay Rd

  • A145 · Civic & education

    City Hall — Randolph Car

    121 N LaSalle St

  • A161 · Civic & education

    Cook County Juvenile Center

    2245 W Ogden Ave

  • A202 · Civic & education

    Elgin Community College

    1700 Spartan Dr

  • A205 · Civic & education

    Sacred Heart Schools

    6250 N Sheridan Rd

  • A292 · Commercial & residential

    507 Wisconsin

    507 Wisconsin Ave

  • A333 · Commercial & residential

    First Secure Bank & Trust

    10360 S Roberts Rd

  • A335 · Transit

    Metra 51st / Hyde Park

    E 52nd Pl

  • A376 · Transit

    Amtrak Homewood

    Park Ave

  • A453 · Civic & education

    U of C — 5801 Dorchester

    5801 S Dorchester Ave

  • A490 · Commercial & residential

    1 N Constitution

    1 N Constitution Dr

  • A503 · Civic & education

    North Park Village

    5801 N Pulaski Rd

  • A508 · Transit

    Metra Michigan / Van Buren

    132 E Van Buren St

  • A542 · Commercial & residential

    CHA Elizabeth Wood

    1845 N Larrabee St

  • A547 · Civic & education

    Thornton Township

    333 E 162nd St

  • A579 · Civic & education

    Argonne National Laboratory

    9700 S Cass Ave

  • A581 · Civic & education

    I AM Temple

    176 W Washington St

  • A609 · Transit

    CTA Damen Green Line

    Damen Ave & Lake St

  • A652 · Commercial & residential

    Microsoft Data Center

    9401 W Grand Ave

  • A654 · Transit

    Metra 147th / Sibley

    147th St & Clinton St

  • A667 · Civic & education

    Austin Library

    5615 W Race Ave

  • A682 · Commercial & residential

    Wyndham Hotel O'Hare

    1450 E Touhy Ave

  • A702 · Civic & education

    Prairie School

    14200 S 82nd Ave

  • A706 · Commercial & residential

    Fine Arts Building

    410 S Michigan Ave

  • A771 · Civic & education

    Adler Planetarium

    1300 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr

  • A801 · Healthcare

    Northwestern Medicine Hospital

    1000 N Westmoreland Rd

  • A816 · Transit

    Metra Homewood

    18015 Park Ave

  • A818 · Civic & education

    Libertyville Civic Center

    135 W Church St

  • A832 · Transit

    Metra 79th / Chatham

    S Greenwood Ave

  • A834 · Transit

    Metra 87th

    E 87th St & Baltimore Ave

  • A836 · Transit

    Metra 103rd

    10301 S Dauphin Ave

  • A838 · Civic & education

    Lincoln-Way East High School

    201 Colorado Ave

  • A841 · Commercial & residential

    1400 N State Parkway

    1400 N State Pkwy

  • A867 · Transit

    Metra Auburn Park

    611 W 79th St

  • A874 · Transit

    CTA Racine Blue Line

    430 S Racine Ave

  • A876 · Transit

    Metra Van Buren St

    132 E Van Buren St

  • A884 · Commercial & residential

    The Bennington

    116 George St

  • A920 · Healthcare

    VA Lovell Federal Health Care

    3001 Green Bay Rd

  • A946 · Transit

    CTA Lake / Austin Green Line

    351 N Austin Blvd

  • B018 · Transit

    ORD Terminal 5 Parking Deck

    O'Hare Terminal 5

  • B026 · Healthcare

    Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

    820 S Damen Ave

  • B031 · Commercial & residential

    Polo Towers

    4180 N Marine Dr

  • B070 · Transit

    Metra 95th / Chicago State

    S Cottage Grove Ave

  • B097 · Transit

    CTA Western Brown Line

    4700 N Western Ave

  • B144 · Civic & education

    CPS Jones College Prep

    700 S State St

  • B146 · Healthcare

    Rush Oak Park Hospital

    520 S Maple Ave

  • B161 · Healthcare

    Northwestern Medicine

    1000 N Westmoreland Rd

  • B227 · Healthcare

    Riveredge Hospital

    8311 W Roosevelt Rd

  • B261 · Civic & education

    Curie Metro High School

    4959 S Archer Ave

  • B266 · Civic & education

    Morton East High School

    2423 S Austin Blvd

  • B279 · Transit

    CTA State & Lake

    200 N State St

  • B302 · Transit

    Union Station

    225 S Canal St

  • B314 · Commercial & residential

    Best Western Rosemont

    10300 W Higgins Rd

  • B315 · Civic & education

    Streamwood Park District

    550 S Park Blvd

  • B316 · Healthcare

    UHS Hospital Streamwood

    1400 Irving Park Rd

  • B318 · Commercial & residential

    Eugenie Terrace on the Park

    1730 N Clark St

  • B322 · Transit

    Metra South Water Station

    233 N Michigan Ave

  • B360 · Commercial & residential

    Hampton Inn St. Charles

    2875 Foxfield Rd

  • B361 · Commercial & residential

    Hampton Inn Addison

    1685 W Lake St

  • B381 · Civic & education

    Jefferson High School

    1100 S Hamilton Ave

  • B435 · Civic & education

    Eckhart Hall — U of C

    5734 S University Ave

  • B090 · Transit

    Metro Hammond

    4531 Hohman Ave

  • B095 · Transit

    Hammond Gateway

    4531 Hohman Ave

  • B120 · Transit

    NICTD Hammond

    4530 Sheffield Ave

  • B319 · Healthcare

    Community Hospital

    901 MacArthur Blvd

  • B367 · Civic & education

    Calumet College

    2400 New York Ave

  • A487 · Civic & education

    Ford County Courthouse

    200 W State St

  • A590 · Commercial & residential

    Morris Building

    211 E Jefferson St

  • A775 · Civic & education

    Kankakee Community College

    100 College Dr

  • A839 · Commercial & residential

    Bluebell Abingdon

    300 N Jefferson St

  • A860 · Civic & education

    Illinois State University

    100 N University St

  • B034 · Civic & education

    Watterson Towers — ISU

    301 S Fell Ave

  • A213 · Commercial & residential

    8901 Lincoln

    8901 W Lincoln Ave

  • A243 · Civic & education

    Picatinny Arsenal

    213 NJ-15

  • A270 · Healthcare

    VA Hospital Milwaukee

    5000 W National Ave

  • A284 · Commercial & residential

    DoubleTree Orlando

    5555 Hazeltine National Dr

  • A311 · Transit

    Sound Transit

    401 S Jackson St

  • A459 · Commercial & residential

    3401 Quebec

    3401 Quebec St

  • A491 · Commercial & residential

    7601 DTC

    7601 Technology Way

  • A520 · Commercial & residential

    1400 S Potomac

    1400 S Potomac St

  • A564 · Commercial & residential

    Beaver Hill Apartments

    340 E Beaver Ave

  • B117 · Transit

    LIRR — MTA Jamaica

    93-02 Sutphin Blvd

  • B190 · Commercial & residential

    Phoenix Professional Tower

    3033 N Central Ave

  • B343 · Civic & education

    Civic Center Denver

    101 W 14th Ave Pkwy

  • B401 · Civic & education

    Aspen Elementary

    199 High School Rd

  • B402 · Commercial & residential

    30 Anderson

    30 Anderson Ln

  • B403 · Commercial & residential

    100 Wulfsohn

    100 Wulfsohn Rd

  • B404 · Commercial & residential

    4570 Yale

    4570 E Yale Ave

  • B405 · Commercial & residential

    444 17th

    444 17th St

  • B406 · Commercial & residential

    800 Pearl

    800 N Pearl St

Showing all 93 project records.

Floor 04 / What We Build

Nine capabilities.
One coordinated result.

Select a product to see where it fits, then open the full detail page for project planning information.

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    Brushed-metal elevator entrance doors in a finished architectural lobby

    UL Listed Fire-Rated Entrances

    Complete UL Listed fire-rated elevator entrances and hoistway doors engineered around code, safety, and project requirements.

    • Complete entrance and hoistway door packages
    • Code-conscious, project-specific engineering
    • Architectural finishes coordinated to the building
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Materials & finishes

Surface, grain, reflectivity, and touch.

Explore the real material photography. Finish colors are shown without decorative filters that would alter their appearance. The full materials library pairs each finish with the products that use it.

Close-up of brushed stainless steel with a fine linear grain

Finish 01

Brushed Stainless Steel

A refined, durable metal finish with a directional grain suited to elevator interiors and entrances.

Select a sample below to compare the existing finish photography. Images are shown without color-altering filters.

Floor 05 / Why JV

The standard is visible in the details.

Technical rigor and architectural judgment work together—from the first scope review through final coordination.

  1. 01

    Industry Relationships

    Experience working with major elevator manufacturers, independent elevator companies, and project teams.

  2. 02

    UL Listed Products

    Complete UL Listed fire-rated entrances and hoistway doors developed around code and safety requirements.

  3. 03

    Custom Manufacturing

    Cabs, interiors, entrances, and metal components tailored to the requirements of each project.

  4. 04

    Premium Materials

    Stainless steel, bronze, Muntz, glass, wood veneer, laminate, and specialty architectural finishes.

  5. 05

    Nationwide Experience

    Project experience across the United States with architects, developers, contractors, consultants, and elevator teams.

  6. 06

    Quality Standards

    Precision craftsmanship and durable finish coordination focused on dependable long-term performance.

Floor 06 · Process

From first conversation to coordinated delivery.

A clear, collaborative path keeps design intent, manufacturing requirements, and field coordination aligned throughout the project.

See each step in detail

  1. Stage 01

    Project Inquiry

    Share the project location, elevator type, dimensions, desired materials, and available drawings.

  2. Stage 02

    Scope Review

    JV reviews usage, dimensions, finishes, code considerations, coordination needs, and budget.

  3. Stage 03

    Design & Manufacturing

    Components are developed and built to the project requirements with attention to finish and durability.

  4. Stage 04

    Delivery & Coordination

    JV coordinates next steps with the client, contractor, consultant, or elevator team.

Floor 07 · Arrived

Your project · Our next destination

Bring the next elevator project into focus.

Share your scope, specifications, or design intent. JV brings architectural craft, manufacturing precision, and practical coordination to custom elevator work nationwide.

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5958 S. Central Ave.
Chicago, IL 60638

Chicago manufacturing · Nationwide project experience