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Originally Posted by We vs us

Brandywine might be in a stronger position with Amazon's expansion plans than previously thought. Via the Statesman:

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has quietly more than doubled its Austin presence in past year
Company execs also discussed something called ‘Project Rainforest’ with economic development officials, but city and chamber decline to talk about it.

Posted October 4th, 2017

Amazon has more than doubled its Austin workforce in the past year, and indications are that more local growth could be in the works, separate from the e-commerce giant’s splashy purchase of Austin-based Whole Foods Market and its high-profile search for a second corporate headquarters.

The company, which opened an Austin office in 2015, has increased its local footprint from 350 employees last year to more than 900 now, with another 100 positions currently open but unfilled, Amazon confirmed to the American-Statesman.

Amazon has largely settled on the Domain in North Austin as a hub for its Austin operations. The Seattle-based company occupies about 250,000 square feet of office space in two new buildings at the Domain, a large mixed-used project between MoPac Boulevard (Loop1) and Burnet Road.


http://www.512tech.com/technology/ex...xy8xOq69QBmsI/

One of the things that came to mind after reading this is the question as to whether or not the current pipeline of proposed buildings will actually be built. Should Amazon (approx 50k added employees over 5-10-15 years) choose Austin for HQ2, it would make it easier to answer that with a "yes".