Lizzy Lift Moves to Historic Elmhurst, Ill., Building

Lizzy Lift, the women-owned specialty aerial and material handling equipment rental company, recently moved into its new office space in Elmhurst, Ill., in an old house the company bought that was built in the early 1900s. The Victorian-style home was built by a doctor and most recently belonged to a landscaping firm. The Lizzy Lift staff, now 16 people, creatively has found a way to utilize the space from the attic where the rental team works to the basement. The company, which has grown steadily since it was founded by sisters Liz Faruzzi and Jennifer Lombard, rents a variety of specialty machines such as 74-foot Reachmaster “tall boys” and a variety of Versa Lifts. Founded by Faruzzi and Lombard in one of Faruzzi’s children’s bedrooms in 1998, Lizzy Lift is now right on the edge of the RER 100, ranked No. 101 on the extended list.

Storing equipment in a variety of locations and often subrenting machine from other rental companies and renting to other rental companies including large players such as United Rentals and Sunbelt Rentals, Lizzy Lift supplies equipment to customers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico and select other international locations. In addition to aerial work platforms and forklifts, it provides a wide variety of construction equipment such as sweepers, cranes, generators, welders and supplies such as containers, dumpsters, storage units and more.