I find it fascinating and pretty much every major city in the country (and some in Canada) are competing for amazon's second headquarters. Will bring 50,000 jobs to the chosen region. Proposals are due October 19th. Supposedly execs are pushing for Boston but employees want Austin for more affordable housing options. Qualifications outlined as follows: The company laid out a pretty detailed wish list for its “HQ2” project, including a metropolitan area with more than one million people, on-site access to mass transit, a commute of 45 minutes or less to an international airport, easy access to a major highway or arterial road, and close proximity to good universities, plus fiber optic internet connections and strong cell phone service. “We want to invest in a community where our employees will enjoy living, recreational opportunities, educational opportunities, and an overall high quality of life,” Amazon’s announcement said, adding that the company is also looking for “communities that think big.” Will be interesting to watch.
They probably already know where they are going but looking to see if some city gives them so much they can't say no. Smart.
No one has what Chicago can offer: https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicag...steel-lincoln-park-sterling-bay-606-extension This is the ideal spot nationally if I'm Amazon However I hope it's Columbus- we are one of like 10 cities with a shot at it
Under Armours CEO is going all out with the Mayor of Baltimore. They essentially are building a gated community for Under Armour Employees near their new HQ and are looking for another major company. Goldman Sachs also just poured a boatload of money into the project too.
The city will be using it as leverage to get the new airport built. "See, Amazon didn't come because we don't have the airport and infrastructure." For the record, I am pro new KCI.
there is one flight to cancun through frontier and that's about it. comically poor aiport for a city our size
Boston Atlanta Dallas DC Denver Austin Toronto Would be surprised if the selection comes from outside that group of cities.
no corporate tax no income tax so you can pay people less centrally located tech hub it's going to be austin
Amazon is already relocating its logistics hub to Atlanta: https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta...ks-atlanta-for-new-logistics-hub-locates.html
This is very useful. I would think with how anti-union Amazon is somewhere in the sunbelt makes a lot of sense but those cities do lack public transportation compared to cities in the north generally. https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-business-tax-climate-index/
Doesn't Amazon workntheir corporate employees pretty hard? Seems I've read or heard it isn't the best working environment