The Project
The New York Center for Digital Media will be group of buildings that provide the most focused media industry environment the city has ever seen. Set to open in the first quarter of 2010, the project aims to cultivate business through collaboration maximizing the opportunity for every company involved in the digital media and technology industry.
"...first a building, then a community..."
The Center will provide a home for emerging digital media, advertising, marketing and other Web 2.0 companies. Like minded people will be able to learn and grow together and share facilities, ideas and experiences.
Click on the links below to find out more about the Center for Digital Media project:
| Project Overview | Who will be there? |
| Community | The Space |
| What does it look like? | Get Involved |
Community
Central to the Center for Digital Media is the sense of community. A thriving new media business community will be created with cutting edge companies, municipal assistance, business and university support as well as access to investment capital.
The model on which we base our development strategy uses a campus environment within a group of highrise buildings. The development of clusters of firms, rather than individual businesses requires proximity as an essential ingredient. Concentrations of companies with like products, services and markets requires support to maximize the cost advantage of shared resources.
Historically, companies with similar businesses often have co-located forming business districts that benefit from both intense competition and close cooperation.
New York City is famous for its many "districts" like the jewelry, financial and garment centers. Buildings often are dedicated to one industry by design or evolution.
What does it look like?
The New York Digital Media Center will be wired, multi-tenanted office buildings designed to suit the needs of the new digital media community. The lobbies will communicate that this is a creative environment for new media professionals.
The center will provide common spaces, lounge areas, lab facilities, a production center with a virtual rendering farm and state of the art equipment. There will be a complimentary association rooms, multimedia conference facilities, gallery and exhibitition spaces and concierges. We plan to have Audio and Video editing suites and mini tv-studios.
The buildings will offer Bloomberg news, Reuters, cable tv and industry specific software. A shared high speed Internet service will be provided throughout the building.
Who will be there?
Creating this industry hub will be good for the city; it will mean more jobs and a help to launch New York's vibrant digital economy. The Center for Digital Media will be the heart of New York's newest business district.
Start-ups, small companies, emerging companies and divisions of larger companies will all make up the community environment. They will meet venture capitalists and university representatives in the elevator and association leaders in the lobby. In the lounge they might sit and collaborate with other industry professionals and come up with new ideas and opportunites. Customers will create a central marketplace and vendors will locate nearby.
The space
The center will offer low cost, flexible space for companies seeking either short or long term leases.
Delphi Pre-builts - Delphi is a pioneer in pre-built space. The Center for Digital Media will offer the newest concepts in flexible office space serving the needs of the increasingly mobile, environmentally conscious new media companies.
Executive suites - An executive suite provider will offer fully furnished, full service and ready to occupy offices. The executive suite provider will have conference facilities, a mail room, phone and internet services; all the necessary tools for a small company to up and running quickly.
Traditional space - Tenants will be able to rent from 500sf to 20,000 square feet. They will be able to build the space themselves or take advantage of existing installations. The space can be built to your standards.
Talk to us - get involved
We would like your input to help design the New York Center for Digital Media to accutrately provide for the needs of the industry.
On the next page you will find 6 different locations and a survey which discusses the shared amenities and facilities we have recognized as important to digital media companies.
We want to know what you, as members of the Digital Media industry, look for in an industry building and your office environment.
Tell us what you think, and we can make it happen!