Tapping Overlooked Urban Opportunities: Telecom Hotels - The transformation to the new economy model features the Internet as its primary platform. This data explosion has given rise to unprecedented demand by telecom companies for space that can support their rapidly changing business requirements. Within this context, a new breed of real estate product has evolved in the form of the "telecom hotel." Concentrated in major CBDs and high-tech corridors across the nation, these facilities provide the sophisticated infrastructure critical to housing equipment for switch, co-location and other telecom-related needs.