Editing Lucent Technologies (section)

=== Leased locations ===
To meet customer and business needs, further locations were built and leased for Lucent, rather than built as corporate assets. At September, 1997 Lucent reported that future non-cancelable lease payments totaled $1,037 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES 1997 ANNUAL REPORT |url=https://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/pdf/lucent_1997.pdf |website=www.bellsystemmemorial.com |publisher=Lucent Technologies |access-date=26 October 2023 |page=62 |language=En}}</ref>
* '''Oklahoma City''' – in 1997, Adevco Corp. of Norcross, Ga., built the $8 million building for a Lucent customer center to employ 400 people in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. Additionally, $4 million was added to the cost for components, communications systems, and technology of the 10 year contracted lease. The location was to provide support in orders, billing, and scheduled service for over 1.5 million customers. The 57,000-square-foot building was at 14400 Hertz Quail Springs Parkway and was the largest of four customer care locations. The other three centers being opened were in Tucson, Arizona; Atlanta, Georgia; and Parsippany, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vandewater |first1=Bob |title=Lucent's $12 Million Customer Center to Bring 400 Jobs |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1997/06/13/lucents-12-million-customer-center-to-bring-400-jobs/62311421007/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=The Oklahoman |date=13 June 1997 |language=En}}</ref>
* '''Altamonte Springs''' – in 1997, an international telecommunications training center was being constructed for potentially 20,000 yearly students learning the network and computerized phone switches. The [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]] 100,000-square-foot center would have approximately 100 employees and consolidate the Northlake Boulevard Altamonte Springs training center with 20 employees. The building was located near Interstate 4 and Central Parkway, and leased from Emerson International. State and city officials gave Lucent a $348,600 four-year incentive packages to build the center at that city.<ref>{{cite news |title=LUCENT GOES GLOBAL WITH TRAINING CENTER |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/10/31/lucent-goes-global-with-training-center/ |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=31 October 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027062900/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/10/31/lucent-goes-global-with-training-center/ |archive-date=27 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> The address was 240 East Central Parkway and considered as Centerpointe building.<ref>{{cite web |title=LICENSEE DETAILS |url=https://www.myfloridalicense.com/LicenseDetail.asp?SID=&id=9E3CE6189A9EBAC1C595BDDAA946C49E |website=www.myfloridalicense.com |publisher=THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> The training courses were hands-on, lab-based training of company products in data-networking, network-management, optical-networking, wireless, and wireline technologies in either international or domestic markets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Wayne |title=Network training: challenges and solutions for the new millennium |url=https://www.lightwaveonline.com/optical-tech/article/16648519/network-training-challenges-and-solutions-for-the-new-millennium |website=www.lightwaveonline.com |publisher=Lightwave |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> The location also provided Navis Optical EMS (Element Management System) System User and Administration Training Using the GUI optical courses. The Customer Training and Information Products at Lucent Technologies facility continued to be known later as Alcatel-Lucent University upon the merger.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navis Optical Element Management System (EMS) Release 7.0 |url=https://etler.com/docs/BSP/190/190-224-153_I1.pdf |website=etler.com |publisher=Lucent Technologies |access-date=28 October 2023 |page=128 |language=En}}</ref>
* '''Coppell''' – in 1998, consolidation of six office buildings, with seven business units, were planned for a new building in [[Coppell, Texas]]. A business communications systems division and various local area administration, service, and sales employees were moved to the building. The 100,000-square-foot constructed building was a two-story office building at address, 1111 Freeport Parkway. Catellus Management Corporation was the developer on the project and Compass Management & Leasing was the lessor for Lucent. Lucent's real estate costs for Carrollton and Las Colinas buildings were eliminated with this new building constructed. Also, additional buildings at the following locations were moved as planned: 1841 Hutton in Valwood, 4006 Belt Line Road, 4100 Bryan, 5429 LBJ Freeway, 5501 LBJ Freeway,    and 17950 Preston Road.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bounds |first1=Jeff |last2=Garrison |first2=Trey |title=Lucent consolidates customer groups at new Coppell office |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/1998/06/22/story3.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=Dallas Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |date=21 June 1998 |language=En}}</ref> In 1999, Townsend Capital purchased the building and Lucent was subletting the building to Avaya.<ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORICAL PROPERTY LIST |url=http://www.townsendcapital.com/portfolio/ |website=www.townsendcapital.com |publisher=Townsend Capital |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref>
[[File:Alcatel-Lucent, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.jpg|thumb|right|Lucent Technologies building at Highlands Ranch, Colorado. This center building is address 8742 Lucent Blvd and later became Alcatel-Lucent. The other two buildings on the left and right were also built for Lucent until one was later used by Avaya.]] 
* '''Highlands Ranch''' – in 1999, Lucent moved its regional headquarters into the recently built Highlands Ranch Business Park at [[Highlands Ranch, Colorado]]. [[Shea Properties]] constructed the center and anticipated Lucents' decision by changing the name of Highlands Ranch Boulevard to Lucent Boulevard in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Modern History of Highlands Ranch - The Last 40 Years |url=https://hrcaonline.org/area-resources/highlands-ranch/highlands-ranchs-history/highlands-ranch-timeline |website=hrcaonline.org |publisher=Highland Ranch Community Association |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref> The address was 8740-8744 Lucent Blvd and there was 600,000 square feet of office space to consolidate 3,200 employees from 13 sites near Denver.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunn |first1=Tom |last2=Mullis |first2=Natalie |last3=Lurie |first3=Jonathan |date=11 June 1999 |title=Nonresidential Construction |url=https://spl.cde.state.co.us/artemis/gaserials/ga416internet/ga416199906internet.pdf |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=spl.cde.state.co.us |publisher=Colorado Economic Chronicle |page=3}}</ref> The 37-acre campus of three white precast buildings was built by Citadel National Construction Group in 21 months and Townsend Capital, LLC was the lessor for Lucent's project. The 8744 Lucent Blvd building was later used by [[Avaya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucent Technologies Highlands Ranch Campus |url=https://citadelgroup.org/projects/lucent/ |website=itadelgroup.org |publisher=Citadel National Construction Group |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
* '''Miramar''' – in 2000, Lucent announced the [[Miramar, Florida]], 240,000 square foot Caribbean & Latin American division (CALA) regional headquarters, to be built at a cost of $40 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lunsford |first1=Darcie |title=Lucent Technologies to put HQ in Miramar |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2000/04/10/story7.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |work=South Florida Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals. |date=10 April 2000}}</ref> Opening was expected in summer 2001 at 2400 SW 145th Avenue, to consolidate 1,200 employees from 13 South Florida locations. Clayco built and developed the four-story, V-shaped building, including two wings for Rockefeller Group Development Corporation, the lessor of the building for Lucent's 15-year contract. About 2,500 square feet of lab space was planned for product development as part of this project.<ref>{{cite web |title=LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES |url=https://claycorp.com/project/lucent-technologies |website=claycorp.com |publisher=Clayco |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> In 2002, Lucent's technology bubble burst and it relinquished 150,000 square feet of unused space. Within 24 months, the company recovered $20 million or more from subleasing the former space to new tenants.<ref>{{cite web |author1=TCRE Commercial Real Estate Experts |title=Case Study Lucent Technologies |url=https://tcrefl.com/tenant-rep/case-study-lucent/ |website=tcrefl.com |publisher=Tcre |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> Alcatel-Lucent continued to use the building for CALA operations after the Lucent merger.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 31, 2015 |title=CALA drives double-digit growth for Alcatel-Lucent units |url=https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/cala-drives-double-digit-growth-for-alcatel-lucent-units |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=www.bnamericas.com |publisher=Bnamericas}}</ref>