Small firms raise elevator-rule concerns

Costly upgrades could force some to leave the state

By Sacha Pfeiffer

Globe Staff / December 6, 2006

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Proposed state regulations for freight elevators could impose costs of between $25,000 and $100,000 -- and possibly more -- on hundreds of small companies in Massachusetts, raising concerns that some of them will close or move out of state rather than pay for upgrades. (Full article: 646 words)