The other properties involved in this agreement are 350 FifthAve., 60 East 42nd St., 250 West 57th St., 200 Fifth Ave., 1107Broadway, 112 West 34th St., 501 Seventh Ave., 1333 Broadway, 1350Broadway, 1359 Broadway and 1400 Broadway.

The agreement was signed with Gillette Global Network, Inc., afull-service broadband communications and application serviceprovider that has been in business since 1994. Gillette willinstall its Broadband Building Infrastructure Deployment System.The company uses its own facilities and fiber-optic backbone,providing the services and personalized customer care.

"Finding success in the new economy requires high-speed accessand instant connectivity to the rest of the world," says Joseph P.Gillette, president and CEO of Gillette, in a release. "I am verypleased that [Gillette] has been selected to wire the prestigiousEmpire State Building and the other Manhattan properties. Whencompleted, our new infrastructure will allow us to 'turn up' costeffective broadband communications services virtually immediatelyto building tenants. This win greatly augments our alreadyprominent New York footprint."