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OFTEN, ONE OF THE PLUSES OF URBAN LIVING IS A QUICK, CAR-FREE commute to the office. Even so, increasing numbers of work-at-home city dwellers are prompting real estate developers to build more suitable housing. Apartments and condo units designed especially for urban home-business owners and teleworkers are popping up in major U.S. cities.

In New York City, Full Spectrum Building & Development recently broke ground for The Millennium on Fifth, dubbed "Harlem's first smart home office building," a city-subsidized planned community. Tenants will have access to a T1 line for high-speed Internet access and a fully equipped business center on-site.

"Typically, renovating a house in Harlem means adding a coat of paint and nailing down the loose floorboards. No thought is given to how the tenant will use the space," explains Full Spectrum vice president Carlton Brown. "Information workers are the fastest growing segment of our city's economy. They need to be wired at home."

New York has plans to upgrade its infrastructure to allow for more buildings like The Millennium, including a project to transform a 175-mile stretch of an unused water-main system into a pipeline for fiber optic lines.

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