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Old 09-07-2017, 10:35 AM
 
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Amazon has announced that it's looking for a city to be a second headquarters. They insist that I will be for equal of the Seattle headquarters, bringing up to 50,000 jobs with it. Do your yinzer best to tell me why it should'tt be in Pittsburgh.
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Old 09-07-2017, 10:41 AM
 
Location: Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
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Amazon has announced that it's looking for a city to be a second headquarters. They insist that I will be for equal of the Seattle headquarters, bringing up to 50,000 jobs with it. Do your yinzer best to tell me why it should'tt be in Pittsburgh.
In reading the WaPo article, it seems like overall tax cost and the incentives are very high on the list, and they don't require an urban or downtown location. I think that puts Pittsburgh and PA low on the list, given the tax disadvantages we have against a place like North Carolina. I think the HQ might end up in the research triangle or even *gasp* Columbus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d6a805d2900a

That said, it would be nice to get them into Almono.
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Old 09-07-2017, 10:47 AM
 
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In reading the WaPo article, it seems like overall tax cost and the incentives are very high on the list, and they don't require an urban or downtown location. I think that puts Pittsburgh and PA low on the list, given the tax disadvantages we have against a place like North Carolina. I think the HQ might end up in the research triangle or even *gasp* Columbus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d6a805d2900a

That said, it would be nice to get them into Almono.
I considered the Triangle, but I'm not sure the area fits Amazon's corporate culture, politically speaking.

If I had to guess what their shortlist might look like, I'd go with:

Northern VA
Raleigh
Austin
Pittsburgh
Boston

One has to assume they're coming East, so I'd move Austin towards the bottom of that list.
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Old 09-07-2017, 10:50 AM
 
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It should be noted that it was an already has a presence here. They have a local office that works on optimizing Alexa.
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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They'll probably pass, too tight of a rental market.
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:01 AM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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In reading the WaPo article, it seems like overall tax cost and the incentives are very high on the list, and they don't require an urban or downtown location. I think that puts Pittsburgh and PA low on the list, given the tax disadvantages we have against a place like North Carolina. I think the HQ might end up in the research triangle or even *gasp* Columbus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d6a805d2900a

That said, it would be nice to get them into Almono.
Efforts recruiting would likely be a big effect when it comes to such a large office. It is possible to find maybe 1000 people willing to relocate to an area without a major city nearby, but 50000 is a lot. I don't think Columbus or Research Triangle to get that.

There are many people that work in tech that are more than a little annoyed that all the job centers tend to be in expensive areas, SF, Silicon Valley, Seattle, LA, NYC, Northern VA, Boston, etc. They should really look at cities that have room to expand. There are cities like Detroit, or Cleveland that were much higher population in the past and so have room to house more people without skyrocketing cost of living. I imagine with a decent set of nearby universities and small office for Apple, Uber and Google, and admittedly a significant amount of vacant formerly residential lots, Pittsburgh might be able to make the case that they could be a good recruiting location, without the backlash of skyrocketing cost of living like SF, further expansion in Seattle, LA, or NYC.
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Not glitzy enough. Too many Yinzers, LOL!
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:02 AM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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They'll probably pass, too tight of a rental market.
Really, what is the vacancy rate? You're talking residential I assume.
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh/Anchorage
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This is the first thing that popped into my mind when I read this news:

Confidential Project - AE7

Mod cut: Removed pictures - Please just post links.

Seems like that development on the Civic Arena site would be perfect for Amazon.



PC Magazine seems to think Pittsburgh would be a good match:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/356056/6-...-us-headquarte

Last edited by toobusytoday; 10-25-2018 at 11:13 AM..
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Old 09-07-2017, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Really, what is the vacancy rate? You're talking residential I assume.
Just kidding. That's all I hear from SCR on this forum.
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