Amazon HQ2 bid - Page 108

Dale · #**2141** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 7:54 PM**

Amazon to Nashville and Apple to Austin appear to suggest that neither urbanity nor mass-transit are high priorities.

Aside: on choosing Nashville, Alliance-Bernstein frankly stated that lack of transit wasn't an issue.

Also, Amazon to NYC and DC suggests an "Oh, well" regarding cost-of-living.

My theory is that, particularly with the selection of Nashville, it came down to the feels.

jpk1292000 · #**2142** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by crmr298

That's where the gulch comes in to play right?

Yes. If the Gulch is built out according to plan, the perception of Atlanta's downtown (and all of Atlanta, for some visitors) should change immensely.

Dale · #**2143** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 8:09 PM**

I can give you guys a wake up call when it happens. Amazon in no hurry to build out in LIC and DC: https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/13/amazon-is-in-no-rush-to-add-workers-in-lic-and-arlington/

Martinman · #**2144** Posted **Dec 15, 2018, 12:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by crmr298

That's where the gulch comes in to play right?

And Underground and South Downtown. I think South Downtown will be much more impactful to the "image" of downtown and will likely be realized much sooner than the Gulch.

N90 · #**2145** Posted **Dec 16, 2018, 9:40 PM**

Remember that Google was looking for a new location for their Ops center with 5k jobs and were deciding between Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Dallas?

I think they selected Chicago for their ops center

https://www.builtinchicago.org/2018/10/25/google-chicago-office-expansion

ThrashATL · #**2146** Posted **Feb 8, 2019, 8:33 PM**

NY is looking hard at their decision to fund Amazon due to so much opposition and Amazon is re-thinking NY.

atlwarrior · #**2147** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 8:09 AM**

Well Suntrust Building is available now and would be a great building for Amazon.

Libertarian · #**2148** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 11:26 AM**

3k and me were thinking Amazon would be perfect for the available AT&T building.

bigstick · #**2149** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 1:12 PM**

Not this — again, please.....

Sura · #**2150** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by bigstick

Not this — again, please.....

Pemgin · #**2151** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 3:21 PM**

Suntrust vacating and Amazon jumping back into the HQ2 search? Coincidence? CONNECT THE DOTS PEOPLE!

Martinman · #**2152** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 4:25 PM**

N90 · #**2153** Posted **Feb 9, 2019, 7:17 PM**

— Amazon...

ThrashATL · #**2154** Posted **Feb 10, 2019, 1:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pemgin

Suntrust vacating and Amazon jumping back into the HQ2 search? Coincidence? CONNECT THE DOTS PEOPLE!

I almost pooped myself laughing.

ATLMidcity · #**2155** Posted **Feb 10, 2019, 4:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by atlwarrior

Well Suntrust Building is available now and would be a great building for Amazon.

NOT true at all. What makes you think Suntrust is vacating its headquarters building?

ThrashATL · #**2156** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 5:51 PM**

It's OFFICIAL, Amazon drops NYC as a location.

Street Advocate · #**2157** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 6:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThrashATL

It's OFFICIAL, Amazon drops NYC as a location.

"We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada."

Pemgin · #**2158** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 8:39 PM**

Atlanta is one of those 17 offices/hubs so this might work out in its favor.

bigstick · #**2159** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Street Advocate

"We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada."

That is some BS...Nashville is way too small and 0 transit. Atlanta checked most if not all of the requirements in the first place...

Pemgin · #**2160** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 9:24 PM**

It's unlikely that Nashville can scale up to 25,000 new employees. Northern Virginia probably could take 50,000, but that would defeat the purpose of Amazon's claim of wanting to split HQ2 so as not to overwhelm one locale. It would make sense that they'd bump hiring a lot in their existing hub cities with NoVa being the true HQ2.