Great bball games there too.
Blackstone is the operator behind that Stuyvesant deal
toronto is pretty cocky thinking it can offer absolutely no incentives and still have a chance at landing AMZN. either that means AMZN has already decided on toronto, or us city incentives can’t surmount the natural canadian tax advantage.
Claim: Canadians sure talk alot when they’re nervous.
Verdict: TRUE
Funny you say that, I felt the same when I was in South Korea (Seoul).
I much prefer these kinds of condos to the projects (though there are projects like the ones pictured north of the core). These kinds of condos are value maximizing to developers (command good prices, “trendy”, sell fast, rentable, and maximize profits). Also keep in mind our winters are harsher and summers scorching so heat transfer in building material (also part of the cost equation) is kind of important. That might limit some of the building material used in home building. The last commercial and condo boom was probably sometime in the late 60s to mid 70s so you’ll see a lot of older buildings from that era. Since the life cycle of those properties is coming to an end they are being replaced with these somewhat cookie cutter buildings. I know I prefer these to the dull, grey concrete ugly buildings that remind you of a rainy day in NYC.
although canada cant surmount the natural employment benefit of being able to easily hire & fire like in the US
i just prefer variety, and with all these cookie cutter buildings it just looks meh to me. I understand the rationale to developers, and its hard to imagine the NYC project buildings being built looking like that now, believe they were erected in the 50’s.
If there were a few of these buildings in toronto it wouldnt be so bad, the problem is i saw like 30 of them and they dominate the skyline. Its a shame for such a cool city to have such a bleh skyline. CN tower & i guess financial district? (idk the area with the EY bulding and office buildings) looked dope tho
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180118005771/en/Amazon-Announces-Candidates-HQ2
Cross your fingers MLA, you got 4:1 payout on something with a 1:19 chance of happening.
Churana (Toronto) makes the cut to the last 20 - so does my pick of Atlanta
Huh, aren’t these basically all the cities that were taken even a little bit seriously in the first place? They just threw out all the junk proposals that made no sense and are little closer to the final decision than before (based on this list anyway).
- Atlanta
- Austin, Texas
- Boston
- Chicago
- Columbus, Ohio
- Dallas
- Denver
- Indianapolis
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Montgomery County, Md.
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Newark, N.J.
- New York City
- Northern Virginia
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Toronto
- Washington, D.C.
I think these are the top 5. East coast, not pittsburgh. Maybe not boston because itd be hard to scale up the city and public trans for 50k more people.
It appears that out of all these locations Washington D.C(DMV ) has the highest possibility because :
- If the areas above were to be drawn on a clutter diagram no other location has the density of possible candidates within a 15-mile radius than DMV.
- It is after all D.C.
- The NoVa area is becoming a mini tech hub with firms like Palantir moving some of their offices/ staff here.
- They already have a large office in Reston VA.
- The DMV is a pretty nice area for people who are deciding between locations of their job. I am pretty sure that some of the top talents would not be attracted to live in some of those locations above.
- Last but not the least Jeff Bezos has a home here.
eat ass.
eat ass.
Yup DC & NoVa are both great choices as well
Yeah it’s not going to be in any of the Red States I don’t think, Canada can forget about it. I think NYC might be the dark horse in this race tbh.
I got 4 right: Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and Nashville.
I’m going to have to go with the finalist as Nashville. Nashville was ranked second in the USA for job growth, the city is growing by 100 people a day, and has seen a lot of real estate price growth. Every time I’m in Nashville, there are cranes up everywhere building things- this is a drastic change from what I saw there 10-15 years ago. Despite the growth, it still has a relatively low cost of living, and has enormous amount of land for building HQ2. It additionally has one of the best cultures in the hospitable South, has a young population, and it is great for shipping.
The runner up is Atlanta.
honestly i cant see how it will be NYC based on the cost of Real Estate & labor. Was a part of a discussion with CBRE about this and they couldnt either. The bulk of the total cost of business will still be dictated by labor costs (which are higher in NYC) but a larger chunk is taken up by cost of real estate as its so high.
Nashville would be a surprise to me honestly - tbh Nashville has its own vibe and Amazon could possibly kill that due to the sheer size so i hope they dont pick it. Pick Atlanta cause atlanta isnt cool already lol
I think, don’t underestimate the “cultural fit”, aka West Coast snobbery of Amazon executives, which will make them favor more trendy cities like Boston over anywhere in Tennessee or other southern states. Those cities make the short list for having real objective benefits and tangibly strong applications. However, when it comes to a show of hands of executives comprised of Harvard or Stanford MBAs, they’re going to go with their emotional choice.
Also, I’m not sure why it matters where Jeff Bezos has a house. He could buy every house in any state if he wanted to…
Nashville is trendy though - Amazon would crush it much the same way they crushed how trendy Seattle was. Certainly a hotter market than Boston