LA Telecom Building Adds Meet-Me Room
Addition will facilitate interconnects at 800 South Hope

August 27, 2001 -- Thomas Properties Group this week announced completion of its new meet-me-room at 800 South Hope Street, a 250,000 square-foot telecom building in the central business district of Los Angeles.
The addition of the meet-me room will provide tenants easier access to the building's multiple fiber-optic network providers, including MCI WorldCom, Verizon, Time Warner Telecom and Southern California Edison.
MCI WorldCom occupies 85 percent of the building, which serves as the termination point for its recently completed trans-Pacific fiber optic network.
Thomas Properties officials say the meet-me room will enhance the building's position in the Los Angeles market for telecom/Internet facilities.
"Many telecom providers want a presence in 800 South Hope to gain access to MCI WorldCom, and the main Los Angeles fiber loop," said Mark R. Laderman, a director with Thomas Properties and the project executive. "Connectivity to the nearby One Wilshire telecom building has also been a major selling point for prospective Meet-Me-Room occupants."
Access to One Wilshire is provided through WilCon, a connection between telecom buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
The meet-me room features a pre-action fire suppression system, two 20-ton Liebert air-conditioning units, plus back up power systems featuring a 2000 kva generator and UPS system.
Mark Messana and Eric Bender, principals in telecom advisor Global Gateway, served as consultants on the project. "Mark and Eric are nationally recognized as originating the Meet-Me-Room concept in Los Angeles, most notably at One Wilshire," said Laderman.
Los Angeles-based Thomas Properties Group owns and manages more than 4 million square feet of office and retail space, with an additional 3.6 million square feet under development.