Qwest, a broadband Internet communications company that mergedwith US West in June, will employ 60 workers at the site. The cityrecently approved an application to add approximately 50,000 sf tothe property to accommodate the Qwest requirement.

The deal is part of economic development efforts to attracthigh-technology companies to the city, which lies just a fewminutes north of Manhattan. Qwest is expecting to take occupancy inthe first quarter of 2001.

Carl Austin, a principal of Austin Corporate Properties of RyeBrook, termed the lease deal one of the largest transactions inWestchester County in many years.

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