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As we speak, there are 3 projects under construction in midtown Atlanta within a couple of blocks from each other that, combined, will house over 10,000 technology workers. Atlanta can scale.
You have no transit outside the perimeter and the vast amount of families will want to live in the far north suburbs. Traffic, Traffic, Traffic!
That's not entirely true, and, regardless, it clearly didn't stop NCR, Anthem, and Georgia Tech from building major tech facilities in Midtown.
Did they require 50,000 employees? I used to get calls for jobs inside the perimeter all the time and my response was always, thanks but no thanks, my sanity is more important than a job.
Did they require 50,000 employees? I used to get calls for jobs inside the perimeter all the time and my response was always, thanks but no thanks, my sanity is more important than a job.
All combined it will be over 10,000, as I mentioned above. And they're all at Tech Square and they're all coming from 2018-2020. NCR opened this month. CODA (GA Tech's project) will open next year and Anthem in 2020. The Bisnow article posted on the last page said that it's hard for most cities to scale even 5,000 tech workers. Atlanta seems to be doing it (NCR alone is over 5,000). I think Philadelphia is probably capable of doing it as well. Neither city was credited in that article.
All combined it will be over 10,000, as I mentioned above. And they're all at Tech Square and they're all coming from 2018-2020. NCR opened this month. CODA (GA Tech's project) will open next year and Anthem in 2020. The Bisnow article posted on the last page said that it's hard for most cities to scale even 5,000 tech workers. Atlanta seems to be doing it (NCR alone is over 5,000). I think Philadelphia is probably capable of doing it as well. Neither city was credited in that article.
Comcast alone has probably added 5-10K tech jobs alone in the past few years
The new tallest building outside of NYC and Chicago is finishing to house more and talk of Comcast 3 announced soon
but point is most any city of size could scale and to mhays point not all would have to come from the area let alone even the US
adding 50K into any one area is a challenge and would push many cities infrastructure in a short run
lack of good transit (not only city but also from the burbs) makes it even harder.
but on this who really knows
only time will tell
I still feel like a wild card is the amount and splash that Amazon wants to make into pharma and pharma distribution. Probably 80% of that skill set (logistics, commercialization, and distribution/regulation) resides between Wilmington De and Southern CT
with the majority of these in the Philly/Central Jersey area (AmerisourceBergen being the largest in the space in the Philly burbs)
It's going to DC. No need for speculation anymore:
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I think the search for Amazon’s HQ2 has been a sham from the start and the other 17 locations on the shortlist might as well fold up, go home and realize they were conned.
The triumvirate of Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland, and Northern Virginia already have a lock on Amazon HQ2, and likely one of those spots has already been chosen, with the other two out there for competition and cover, and perhaps other Amazon future uses.
What makes these sites different from all other sites?
Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, who bought the Washington Post in 2013, is now building a second home in D.C. Montgomery County and Northern Virginia are connected to D.C. by the Metro system, and are closer to the District than Westchester is to Manhattan.
Let's also not forget Atlanta's strong film/TV industry--which is probably very appealing to Amazon as it continues to expand into this industry.
After LA and NY, Atlanta is really the #3 city for film/TV. I like to say that Atlanta is the "Milan of Film/TV" or the "Milan of U.S. Film/TV." To me, this is a wonderful distinction and something that Atlanta should be comfortable with.
They also have a large media presence (CNN) which Bezos could poach for the Washington Post.
I'm not saying they're right or wrong, but many people on C-D (from Day 1) bring up his new DC house and that he owns the WaPo a lot. He also owns homes in Seattle, NYC and Beverly Hills, that I know of. Jeffery is the wealthiest person in our solar system, he can easily afford to buy a multi-million dollar house in any of the top 20 places left he already doesn't have one.
Like every other Nostradamus pick about where HQ2 is going, if the DC metroplex is chosen, people will obviously come on here and say, "I told ya so!" he has a house there and owns the WaPo. And if the DC metroplex is not chosen, people will obviously come on here and say, "I told ya so!", it didn't matter that he owns a house there and owns the WaPo.
Hmmm... I think Montgomery County has the upper hand over NoVa and DC. Interesting.
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They also have a large media presence (CNN) which Bezos could poach for the Washington Post.
For years there's been speculation that CNN will be moving their HQ out of Atlanta to DC or NYC. Even though their HQ is down there, it's pretty much in name only at this point.
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