Thankfully yes. “Keyed elevator entry” is the fancy name for it. In my old place it was basically instead of having a front door that locked with a Medeco key, you had a keyhole in the elevator. Turn it to open and anyone can come up. Lock it and the elevator won’t stop on that floor. Just like a front door lock but in the elevator instead. Just as secure.
Usually there’s one of those electronic key cards readers in the elevator.
Unless you have the right key card the elevator will ignore you every time you press the button for that floor.
A lot of hotels have something similar for access to a particular floor.
Also there’s usually another lockable door between the elevator and the rest of the apartment.
You have a security fob or card you hold to a sensor when hitting the floor button. Without it, floor won’t select. High rise building use them for many doors, like from garage, loading dock, to enter pool or gym, etc. so all residents will have them anyway. And each can be programmed to allow access to specific locations or not.
Yes, there’s a key, either literally, or a keycard.
Depending on the elevator manufacturer and how it’s programmed, you may be able to have the elevator stop at the private floor and the doors just won’t open… or, the elevator can refuse to go to the floor altogether.
Source: I work in automation, and one of my workplace’s elevators has a keycard lock for one of the floors because it opens directly into a restricted area.
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