The Teleport is a suburban-style 100-acre

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east of

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and west of the

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neighborhood of Staten Island in

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. It includes five Class A office and specialized buildings totaling 700,000 square feet, as well as additional development-ready sites. The Teleport was developed in the mid-1980s by the

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and the

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(PANYNJ), which manages it under contract to the city, focusing on new technologies and offering high-speed voice, data and video services via satellite and fiber optic connectivity. In 2001

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, the Teleport's biggest tenant, moved 4,000 employees out of two office buildings on the site. They were sold in 2009 to the Nicotra Group, LLC and renamed Corporate Commons, with a major tenant being the St Paul's School of Nursing. The

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and the PANYNJ retain control over the available development acreage.

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