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Ensuring Connectivity in Renovating Older Buildings

Renovations are less expensive than ground-up construction, but internet service provider Stealth Communications explains what’s needed for optimal connectivity.

Shrihari Pandit, founder and CEO of Stealth Communications Shrihari Pandit, founder and CEO of Stealth Communications

NEW YORK CITY—High speed internet connectivity with any business is crucial. Repositioning older properties, the value-add propositions cost less than new construction. But real estate owners and developers should be mindful of the fiber optics requirements and some of their complications when upgrading commercial property.

With Google’s $1 billion investment in its Hudson Square campus, the properties will need to be overhauled to make them tech ready. With that campus alone, 315 Hudson St. was built in 1907, 345 Hudson St. was erected in 1931 and St. John’s Terminal’s construction dates back to 1934.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.

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