Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties are becomingincreasingly important locations for dot-com operations. Marketingthe region as the "InternetCoast" is part of the pitch to bothdomestic and foreign companies.

Swerdlow Real Estate Group is one of the most active firms onthis front. Operating from main offices in Hollywood through itsLightSpeed Infrastructure unit, Swerdlow has blueprinted four sitestotaling more than three million sf of high-tech space inMiami-Dade and Broward.

Among Swerdlow's high-tech developments are Beacon Tradeport inthe Miami Airport West market where up to two million sf could bebuilt on 90 acres; Miami Center in Coral Gables where 300,000 sf ofspace is already being leased; Broward Center at I-95 and CypressCreek Road where some 700,000 sf of construction is to be built ona park-and-ride lot; and 91,000 sf in Downtown Fort Lauderdale,which is being converted from retail uses.