Amazon HQ2 thread

[LouisVanDerWright]

Any other cities getting reports of this type of activity???

Amazon reps visit old Finkl Steel site on North Side

A steel of an Amazon deal?

Representatives of mega e-tailer Amazon were at the old Finkl Steel site on the North Side last week taking notes . . . and pictures . . . of the property, according to a top Sneed source.

It marks the first time Amazon representatives have been spotted visiting sites in Chicago, which is vying with other large North American cities to try to land the company’s second headquarters, known as “HQ2.”

Developer Sterling Bay is targeting Amazon as the anchor tenant for its $10 billion mixed-use, riverfront development on the land it’s assembling in Lincoln Park and Bucktown that includes the old steel plant. Together with the vehicle fleet maintenance facility it bought from City Hall for $104.7 million, Sterling Bay hopes to put together nearly 100 acres for its project, called “Lincoln Yards.”...

More here: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/amazon-visits-old-finkl-steel-site-north-side-chicago/amp/