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Originally Posted by mellon23
Now that we're 99% certain that HQ2 won't be in Philly, but very likely in the DC area, do we think there are any indirect economic benefits of being a 2.5 hour drive away from Amazon (and shorter via Amtrak)? Surely because of Philly's location between NYC and DC, any economic growth in either of those two cities is a positive for Philly too. Trying to think optimistically here.
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None. And I still think NoVa is not certain yet.
I'm tired of the HQ2 antics as well, but I was really pushing for an outside player to shake up Philadelphia's slow and steady approach.
I have to go back and look at the SY building breakdown. I know there is quite a bit of planned lab, residential and (hotel?) components, but my short term optimism for SY goes down if they cannot land several anchor tenants likely needing to be from outside the area to take 500,000+ sq ft of space. HQ2 was a great first run and it sounds like we've landed some small players because of it. But everyone involved from the city needs to put their money where their mouth was and make it happen for another company, not just forget about it all.
I mean the big FAANG tech players have just about 0 presence in Philadelphia when many of the competitor cities have them, some with 500-1,000+ employees.