Aegis moves to Broad St.In a major downtown leasing transaction, Texas-based Aegis Communications Group Inc., a customer care and contact management company, has leased two full floors comprising over 24,000 s/f of office space at 80 Broad Street in 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 . The company, which will use the space as its first Customer Contact Center 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. , expects to take occupancy in July. It currently operates a network of 11 customer centers staffed by over 6,500 trained associates throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Joseph Harkins, a principal and head of the Staubach Company's downtown Manhattan office, together with Staubach directors James Wenk and Scott Cahaly, represented Aegis in the seven-year leasing transaction valued at over $4 million. Scott Klau and Michael Levy of Newmark & Company Real Estate, represented the landlord, Broadway Management Company. As part of the leasing announcement, Staubach and Aegis successfully negotiated an incentive package with 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 State and New York City's Economic Development Corporations under which Aegis will create 360 jobs over the next 18 months in Lower Manhattan. "Our client was considering a number of options, including Jersey City," noted Mr. Harkins, "but in the end, 80 Broad Street's superior existing infrastructure was ideally suited for Aegis' call center needs." Headquartered in Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , Aegis provides multi-channel customer relationship management services, including database management, analytical services and market intelligence to its broad client base, which includes Qwest Communications
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