139 Centre offers access advantages like few other locations in Manhattan. The building is within a short walk of every major subway line in the city  (A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Q, R, N, W, J, M, Z). There is readily accessible shuttle bus service to Flushing. The streets are wide, parking is ample, and the Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn bridges lead directly to 139 Centre.

But walk two blocks west and you're in TriBeCa, rapidly becoming the most sought after real estate in the world, with over 14,000 family units averaging $1.5 million developed in 2006-7 alone. This upscale, forward-thinking community doesn't hesitate to shop for food ingredients their parents never heard of, or seek the expert skills of an acupuncturist or Chinese herbalist.

A few blocks north and you're in the burgeoning art and boutique community known as NoLita, where the celebrated browse for one-off fashion and furnishings, then break for a quick lunch of xiaolongbao.

Walk two blocks south and you're in the middle of the federal and state courthouse district, where the judicial pulse of the nation is gauged, and Wall Street lies just a few blocks beyond.

The road was predictably long, but with China the world's fourth largest economy and growing, with Taiwan and Hong Kong now recognized world centers of architecture, art, and technology, and with the world's largest population enthusiastically reaching out to the global community, that community is finally returning its embrace.

From your offices at 139 Centre you'll be serving not just a neighborhood, but a new world.