Market Post Tower

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Market Post Tower is a 15 story, 289,000 square foot (27,000 m²) building in downtown San Jose, California. Built in 1985, Market Post Tower was designed to provide a mix of office and retail space. The intended tenants did not materialize, but the building proved popular with Internet-related businesses, such as MAE-West. This trend quickly snowballed, because the presence of peering and network service providers in a building lowers internetworking costs for all Internet-related tenants.

Market Post Tower still has some traditional office and retail tenants, but most of its space is currently leased by network service, peering, and colocation providers. The building was purchased in 2000 by The Carlyle Group, which further enhanced the building's network infrastructure, and now advertises it as a "multi-tenant carrier neutral telecom facility." It is currently managed by CRG West who handles the tenant leases within the building.

The building is located at 55 S Market Street, at the corner of Post Street.