I think it would be cool if they built a campus in Detroit centered around this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3289...1e3?force=lite Or maybe fill up these parking lots here: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3320...1e3?force=lite |
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Although for shit and giggles, it would be sweet from a NJ standpoint if that city were Newark NJ. That would be a massive boost to the city that has been growing, but not on a big level. |
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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...amazons-2nd-hq
September 07, 2017 Emanuel wooing Bezos for Amazon's second HQN Jeff Bezos - Bloomberg Photo by Bloomberg Jeff Bezos Amazon is looking for a second headquarters, and the Second City is very interested. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has spoken to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about the possibility, says one source close to City Hall. Amazon dropped a bombshell this morning, announcing that it's looking outside its home base of Seattle for a second headquarters that would employ up to 50,000 people. The company is willing to spend up to $5 billion to build the new base, calling it HQ2. Amazon knows Illinois well. It's in the midst of building eight warehouses and will employ up to 8,000 people in Illinois by the end of next year. It also has an office downtown that employs 200 workers. The company recently doubled its lease there to 70,000 square feet. Amazon also recently announced a new sorting center. ... ... Emanuel has been one of the most energetic salesmen for Chicago, landing relocations such as ConAgra, and has close relationships with a lot of tech leaders, dating to his days in the White House as President Barack Obama's chief of staff. Google has picked Chicago as one of its hubs outside of Silicon Valley and now has more than 750 workers here. ... |
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In Chicago I'm wondering if this would be big enough? Maybe combined with some surrounding parcels (if available)?
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You have to wonder...Can Seattle simply not handle the growth of Amazon anymore? Kind of bizzare for the company to be completely rebuilding a new headquarters in a completely different city. Gotta feel for Seattle. Kind of feels like a betrayal of sorts.
My predicted top 5 in no particular order are DC, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and Philly. I just can't see them choosing anywhere else at this point in time. It just sounds like to me they want a metro area bigger than Seattle. |
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I don't think the Related site works for this. It would, however, figure into the housing picture that could help make a decision. Chicago has a fair number of large fully entitled multi-phase residential developments backed by people with deep pockets in the pipeline already. |
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Illinois.jpg Credit: wiki That 5 billion could aid a lot. |
Does anyone know how many sq ft of office space would be needed to accommodate 50K workers?
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I don't think they'd ever choose cities like Atlanta unless they got some extreme government handouts since Atlanta already has awful congestion problems, is expensive and is built horribly for density. Atlanta's airport is also a total nightmare, there is no way they want to deal with that. If they pick Texas it's gonna be Austin, Dallas and Houston have no chance. |
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The old Chicago Post office could fit the bill IMO initially and there were previous plans to add millions of more of SQ ft... http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...192697&page=43
[ http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=192697 The first phase calls for construction of about 4.5 million square feet, including the residential and hotel tower and a six-level deck on the building’s eastern side. The deck would allow for passage over Congress Parkway and would form a base of parking floors for an envisioned second-phase tower that could hit enter the ranking of world’s tallest buildings. In a final phase, a tower could be built west of the post office.] https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/...ns-second.html By Jim Dallke – Chicago Inno, Sep 7, 2017, 10:42am CDT In breaking but not shocking news, Chicago plans to apply for Amazon’s newly announced second headquarters. ... It’s not a surprise that Chicago would vie for Amazon’s new headquarters. The city, through World Business Chicago—the city’s public/private economic development unit—has aggressively sought corporate relocations. Earlier this year Chicago was named the top city in the U.S. for corporate relocations for the fourth year in a row, as the Chicago metro area saw more new and expanding corporate locations than any area in the country. And Chicago has a history of attracting corporate relocations from Seattle. Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001, though a majority of Boeing jobs remain in Seattle. “Chicago’s unmatched workforce, world-class universities and unparalleled access to destinations throughout the world make it the perfect headquarters location for companies large and small,” Klinzman said in an email. “That’s also why Chicago has led the nation in corporate relocations for the last four years.” Amazon knows Chicago and the state of Illinois well. The online retail giant has office space in Chicago and several warehouses in the suburbs. ... |
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The other Chicago location I was thinking of was the old US Steel site. It would easily have enough room though the location isn't top-notch (except for the lake view).
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There's also those two mega-developments in the works right across the river for their young urban workforce to call home... EDIT: Forgot to mention the two sites for office towers adjacent to 311 Wacker as well... |
Personally I think AMZN should choose Schenectady. Or Toledo.
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While unlikely, here's some fun stats for Fort Worth.
Amazon's 8 million square feet of office space would be 58% of the entire existing downtown office market space (currently 13.7 million sqft) and would be 36% if an additional 8 million square feet were constructed. For comparison, XTO (currently the largest employeer in DT, but leaving soon for suburban Houston) is a little over 5% (They occupy 700,000 sqft). 8 million more square feet would be about 8 Burnett Plazas (1,024,627) or 777 Mains (1,025,252). Here's some of the largest suburban campuses, for reference. (Texas-centric) Exxon's Woodlands Campus is 3 million sqft and can hold 10,000 employees. The Pentagon is 6.5 million with 23k employees. USAA's McDermott Building in San Antonio is over 20k employees in 4.4 million sqft. Toyota's Plano HQ is 2 million with 4k employees. |
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