Tech treatment pushes buttons; Time Warner Center rises on wires.(News)

Crain's New York Business, December, 2003

Byline: anita jain When Dennis Mangone, a real estate broker at The Corcoran Group, shows his high-flying clients the luxury apartments in the new Time Warner Center, many are sold on the spectacular views of Central Park, the prime Columbus Circle location, and the access to fine dining and shopping in the same building.

But something else tipped the scale for two famous buyers, a baseball player and an entertainer: the ability to stream broadcast video directly from the cutting-edge premises. "They could hold press conferences from home,'' says Mr. Mangone, who has sold six apartments so far and purchased one himself. It's not just celebrities who expect high-tech treatment. In an example of what most new upscale developments will look like in the...

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