I was in San Diego a few weeks ago and visited One America Plaza,
which is reportedly the first "Hot Building" in the country.
What does this mean? It means the entire building is
wirelessly enabled for high-speed Internet access -- all 34 floors
and 4 levels of parking! In a matter of seconds, with the
installation of a wireless NIC card, I was on-line at up to 11
Mbps! Now that's innovation... Tenants and visitors
can access the Internet *anywhere* in the building -- for free!
Congratulations to Sentre Partners for being our first Feature
Building...
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Darlene Pope, President
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Feature Building:
One America Plaza,
San Diego
The 600,000 square
foot One America Plaza, which stands out as a symbol of the San
Diego skyline, has installed what is believed to be the first
"building owned" wired and wireless network in a multi-tenant
building in the United States.
"This is
truly a ‘next gen building’," said Matthew T. Spathas, partner of
SENTRE Partners, whose firm
teamed up with GE Asset Management in November of last year to
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A world class team
has been working on this "paradigm changing" concept.....which was
initially launched by SENTRE Partners, Bandwidth Now, and Intel,
with input from Corning and Cisco.
"Our concept is really simple...provide bandwidth as the 4th
utility and Wi-Fi (wireless internet) as an amenity," says Spathas.
"By installing a common, agnostic network, called a ‘Building
Optical Network’ (BON) which is paid for and owned by the building
owner, One America Plaza can deliver up to gigabit network speeds
at a fraction of the cost. Additionally, and as important, Wi-Fi
will be provided throughout the entire building as an amenity,"
adds Spathas.
The entire building (34 floors and all 4 levels of below-grade
parking) is Wi-Fi (wireless) enabled. Use of the building
Wi-Fi network is offered at no charge to One America Plaza
tenants, guests, and visitors.
"We believe
this is the first building in the U.S. to deploy wireless in every
square inch of the building and parking garage. We have
moved from the concept of 'Hot Spot' to 'Hot Building’."
Additionally,
tenants of One America Plaza can enjoy wired, plug-and-play
connectivity to the Internet, which will burst up to 100 Mbps, for
only $250 per month. This is approximately 60 times faster
and 1/5th the cost of a typical T1 (1.54 Mbps) connection.
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Owners Who Really "Get It"
In the next few issues
of the CRE Partners Newsletter, we are going to showcase buildings around the country whose owners are offering
innovative
technology and telecommunications solutions for their tenants -- and
the impact those solutions have had on occupancy, tenant
satisfaction, and retention rates. Do you think your building
rates at the top?
If your building offers
state-of-the-art, innovative telecommunications or technology
solutions and you want to showcase these features, please
submit a
brief description to CRE Partners for consideration. We are
looking for buildings that offer such services as 100 Mbps Internet
services, Wi-Fi on demand, in-building wireless, interactive
touch screen directories, on-line tenant request and maintenance
systems, building automation solutions, or even just impressive web
sites.
To submit your building for consideration, or to nominate a building
you feel meets these criteria, please fill out our
Contact page, or call CRE Partners at
703-444-5720.
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In Our Next Issue...
coming September 17
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"In-Building Wireless"
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Upcoming
Industry Events
Mark your calendars!
• Commercial Property World 2003 Executive Summit, Sept.
14-16, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Shorecliff's Broadband Wireless East, Sept 25-26, Baltimore, MD
http://www.scievents.com
•
CREW 2003 Annual Convention, October 15-18, 2003,
San Francisco http://www.crewnetwork.org
• NAIOP Annual Conference and Marketplace, October 15-17,
Boston http://www.naiop.org
• World Workplace 2003 Conference & Expo, October 19-21,
Dallas
www.worldworkplace.org
• Tower Summit and Trade Show, October 28-29, Las Vegas, NV
http://www.scievents.com
•
BOMA
Winter Business Meeting, January 11-14, Tucson, AZ
http://www.boma.org
• IREM Commercial Real Estate 2004,
Feb 19-21, Tucson, AZ
http://www.irem.org
Please notify us at info@crepartners.com if you
have a relevant real estate or
telecommunications event you would
like to add to CRE Partners calendar of events.
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