The state has selected Broomfield, CO-based Level 3Communications to create a fiber optic link between New York Cityand nine Pennsylvania counties. It will begin with parcels inNorthampton and Monroe counties. As a result, the locally basedSynchrium Group is set to break ground on its first building inPenn Regional Business Center this summer.

Lawrence Simon, chairman and CEO of LTS Builders, based here inMonroe County, is also chairman of Synchrium, a name he coined bycombining "synchronicity" and "business continuum," he says,because PRBC is being "created to ensure business continuity." PRBCis a multi-phase project with capacity for more than three millionsf of specialty office facilities.

The opening phase is a 271,290-sf building on Rte. 209. Citingnon-disclosure agreements, he declines to discuss costs, rentalrates or prospective clients, but tells GlobeSt.com the propertieswill be leased, and the configuration of buildings is likely to bea mix of multi-tenant and single-tenant facilities. "Build-to-suitsare also a possibility, if a client, such as data center, forexample, has special requirements," he says.