CB Richard Ellis is teaming with a group of partners to bring high-speed Internet bandwidth to Camelback Esplanade IV and V as a utility. The project also will include free wireless access throughout the two office buildings.
Jerry Roberts of CBRE's Phoenix office said the concept is patterned after a pioneering venture in San Diego in which GE Asset Management installed fiber optics throughout one of its office buildings. Tenants, who gained cheaper, faster Internet access and greater productivity, unanimously embraced the idea, he said.
Now, Esplanade IV and V owner GE Asset Management has teamed again with Corning, Cisco, BandwidthNow and Intel to install a common network, called a "Building Optical Network."
For $250 per month, tenants will have "wired" plug-and-play connectivity to the Internet, which will provide up to 10 megabits per second service.
"If a tenant wants to get on board with the bandwidth concept, they can eliminate their Internet provider and sign up with the building," Roberts said. "They'll get faster service at a cheaper price. For large users, especially, it makes complete sense."
Making the system even more tenant-friendly, CBRE, which manages the building, will deploy numerous back-end uses to deliver increased convenience. One example includes a Web-based work order system utilizing the wireless infrastructure. Building engineers will carry Web tablets and pocket PCs, equipped to open and close tenant work orders on the spot.
Esplanade IV and V are two of a handful of office buildings nationwide to obtain the Intel Centrino mobile technology certification. Centrino is Intel's new technology designed specifically for mobile computing with integrated wireless local area network, or LAN, capability.
"These two buildings are defining next generation technology and how that translates to the end user in terms of value," Roberts said. "We have moved from the concept of 'hot spot' to 'hot building'.
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