Amazon HQ2
Amazon's planning to build a 2nd HQ in North America.
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Amazon HQ2
If Austin was able to lure them, we might get a flagship corporate tower?
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The question is...where HQ2 could be located in Austin? They're saying that it would be equal to the Seattle HQ. They might not necessarily be looking for the same 8.1 million square feet of space that they have in Seattle, but they surely would be looking for multi-millions of square feet. Where would that be possible? If it's downtown, that's multiple buildings of giant size. |
The Statesman site comes to mind.
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The RFP's emphasis on on-site public transportation (specifically mentioning rail or subway lines) would make it difficult for Austin to compete with cities like Denver, Charlotte, Boston, or even Dallas. Depending on how important this is to them, Austin likely lacks the critical infrastructure to support their plans. I also am not sure the city of Austin would be as welcoming as many other cities. I hope I am dead wrong.
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Since this is a long term vision, I think Austin would have to convince them they are going to quickly pick up the pace on public transportation in order to have a chance. |
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Edit: Or they mention multiple sites is possible. How about downtown innovation district and/or development above the convention center + broadmore site, linked by the red line? Edit2: heck, throw in the possibility (for phase 3 in 15 years) along the line up in Robinson Ranch. |
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It was a 15 mile MOS and not even the money to build even that. Then a few lines on the map promising at "future expansion", with no clue at how that was ever going to happen (once the initial segment, that you can't afford, is built, its operating costs > buses eat even more of the budget). |
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Domain 11 is the largest building so far at the Domain, and it's still only 312,024 square feet according to this. They would need 26 Domain 11s to equal that number. You're talking about creating a skyline that would rival Forth Worth's before you considered raising the building heights to reduce the number of buildings and footprints/impervious coverage. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...s-tallest.html |
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" The RFP may contain multiple real estate sites in more than one jurisdiction, but we do encourage you to submit your best sites to meet or exceed the needs of our Project described in this RFP." May mean multiple independent (and mutually exclusive) proposals, not multiple sites combining in one proposal. |
If you really wanted downtown, you could feasibly bundle the Courthouse site, the post office, and 600 Guadalupe for a great campus with a ton of sq footage.
That, of course, assumes that neither the 600 Guad nor the Courthouse plan don't already have tenant commitments. A guy can dream, though. |
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How about South Shore plus building above the convention center, connected by a pedestrian bridge (also dreaming)? |
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I also think that deals this huge come with surprising coattails -- meaning that, improved transit could easily be a price the city of Austin or State of Texas or both are willing to pay for an Amazon HQ and 50k jobs. A phased commitment of that size could feasibly change the tenor of the I-35 planning, could change the city's own perception of its need for transit, etc. Not that that completely overcomes the obstacles that Austin has, but I don't know that our current problems with Austin are exactly the long term problems Amazon might be considering. |
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