Amazon eyeing a return to NYC (New York, York: leasing, tenants, wage)

[HellUpInHarlem]

Amazon may have bid farewell to Queens, but it still “hearts” the Big Apple.

After walking away from a deal to build a headquarters on the Queens waterfront in Long Island City, Amazon is back to shopping for office space on Manhattan’s West Side, sources tell The Post.

The tech giant has been in talks with owners of two shiny, new skyscrapers located just one block west of Penn Station: The newly built One Manhattan West and its soon-to-be sister project Two Manhattan West, sources tell The Post.

The online retailer is seeking “at least 100,000 square feet or much more” — just to start, one well-placed source said.

Amazon, which already has 5,000 workers in NYC, had been “seriously” looking at Two Manhattan West prior to choosing Long Island City in November, a second source said. “That interest has returned over the last few weeks,” the source added.

Brookfield, which owns the two Manhattan West towers (and another at 5 Manhattan West where Amazon is already a tenant), denied through a spokesman that it was leasing to the Seattle company. But multiple sources pointed to the company’s strict confidentiality agreements as a potential reason.

“We don’t comment on rumors or speculation,” an Amazon spokeswoman said.

At Two Manhattan West, Amazon is eyeing space at the top the tower, sources said. The only issue is the building, to be located on 31st Street and 9th Ave., won’t be ready for tenants until 2022.

One Manhattan West, by contrast, will be ready for tenants to move in this fall, including a 250,000-square-foot space in the middle of the 67-story tower. The 250,000-square-foot space won’t be available long-term, but could satisfy Amazon’s space needs until Two Manhattan is ready, sources said.

Amazon is also considering space in the US Post Office building across the street, known as the James A. Farley building — a Vornado development that will boast office space across five levels and will be ready for tenants next May, sources said.

Amazon’s renewed focus on Manhattan so soon after dropping its plans for Queens is an apparent rebuke to the politicians who helped scuttle Amazon’s plans to build its 4-million-square-foot campus in LIC, including US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sources said.

Queens residents overwhelmingly supported plans for 25,000 new jobs with an average wage of $150,000, despite protests from Ocasio-Cortez and other politicians over $3.2 billion in capital grants and tax incentives, polls have shown.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/27/amazon...ans-west-side/

[GoHuskies]

Good.

[Mr. Ryu]

Oh tiddays!!!

[louie0406]

Let’s hope AOC and those alike have learned their lesson and keeps their mouths shut this time around!

[ironlex]

So, they're still moving in to NYC but without the 3 yards of tax breaks?

[NYC4US]

the no pay tax company wants to come back.

[WhyRUMad]

More money for Manhattan. Big lose for Queens. Too bad so sad...

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by Mr. Ryu

Oh tiddays!!!

Where?

[BugsyPal]

This was bound to happen, and IIRC myself and others predicted things would roll along these lines.


New York City is just too important for any major tech (or other serious players in a host of areas) to ignore.


Amazon like FB, Google, Apple and others are scorching the earth world over looking for talent. City has become a major player in the tech market, and more to the point is an attractive place from which to recruit from not just across USA, but worldwide as well.


There are only a handful of places you're going to get talent from say Europe, Asia or Latin American to uproot themselves for, and NYC has long been at top of that list.


Amazon should have gone this route from get go and not messed about with Cuomo and his schemes.


So yes, in the end (as one predicted) Amazon will come to NYC but on their own terms and dimes. This means the AOC/SJW crowd can be told to go pound salt with their various demands. Included in that group are various local and state elected officials who seem intent on pushing their agenda down everyone's throats.

[fatsquirrel]

This will be great because I think most people in Queens work in tech due to a heavy presence of H1B employees (no stereotype).