[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by NYguy

These things have a way of coming back to bite you in the ass. The city, which has been trying for decades to expand it's central business districts outside of Manhattan had a golden opportunity here for a mega-expansion that no doubt would have led to more expansion in Queens. There is some business began to take shape in LIC, but not necessarily game changers, and especially in the short run, there is a 1 msf office tower that needs tenants. The tenants who will (hopefully) fill up this tower are probably tenants that could have otherwise filled up another commercial enterprise in LIC.

There's not denying that this was a terrible outcome for New York City. Did NYC need Amazon? Would it have benefited greatly by having Amazon building it's campus in LIC, placing 25,000 to 40,000 workers there, in turn further fueling expansion and economic growth to LIC? Hell yeah. While LIC will continue to develop, the difference between having that massive campus there, and not is like night and day.

well it was stupid to chase any jobs away, but amazon was wishy washy for a reason well beyond local whiners. did anyone really believe the 25k employees number they threw around? and 40k? where the hell did that one come from? hoax. realistically? 10k? maybe? eventually? but lic will get that in new residents anyway in a equal amount of time. obviously it isn't farmland. itsa boomin along on its own. and better 20 smaller players than one conspicuous major employer. thats why i say meh.