527 Madison heralds new era in security.A simple flick of a switch not only "turned on" 527 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. recently, it also heralded a new era in securing and protecting office buildings in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Before the end of the year, over three million square-feet of east side, west side and lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North offices will be protected in the same way - through a unique state-of-the-art central station system that has already proven successful and cost effective in over 1,000 buildings throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Developed and refined over the past two decades by Kastle Systems, a leading specialist in office building electronic security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , the technologically advanced system provides customized security for each tenant's space; monitors life safety systems, such as fire panels and elevators; provides entry control to admit tenants and visitors after hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" , and provides full administration and maintenance in a remarkably efficient and cost-effective manner. "Once property owners in a particular market understand all the applications and benefits of our service - from its flexibility in either replacing or supplementing existing equipment and personnel to its ability to attract and retain office building tenants - the response is usually dramatic," notes Zachary Fluhr, president of Kastle's newly opened New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office. In Washington, D. C., for example, 74 percent of the city's office buildings are now connected to and serviced by Kastle's central station, and a similar pattern is beginning to emerge in newer markets like Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. "If early response is an indication, New York City will end up as the biggest Kastle market of all," asserted Mr. Fluhr, who expects to have over two dozen Manhattan skyscrapers on line within the next twelve months. In addition to providing a custom designed electronic system for every tenant, the Kastle program ensures precise control and monitoring throughout a building, allows for cleaning crews and varied tenant schedules, filters out false alarms and notifies proper authorities when necessary. Founded in 1972, Kastle Systems today has offices in eight cities nationwide, serving more than 30,000 tenants occupying over 200 million square-feet of space. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion