Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

"National Landing is the newly defined interconnected and walkable neighborhood that encompasses Crystal City, the eastern portion of Pentagon City and the northern portion of Potomac Yard. "

https://nationallanding.com/

Re: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

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Post by dublinben » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #3

What the heck is “National Landing”? I’ve lived in this area for over a decade and that’s the first time I’ve heard the name.

It's not just you. Apparently they decided to create a new name for this announcement.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/13/did-amazon-just-ren...

Re: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

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Post by smcl » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 4:22 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #3

What the heck is “National Landing”? I’ve lived in this area for over a decade and that’s the first time I’ve heard the name.

Even my google autocomplete couldn’t figure out out after I had typed “National Landi”. It seems this is some made up term to encompass a couple of areas of different towns. More here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/...

Re: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

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Post by isaacdl » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

Wouldn't you call two new offices that are smaller than the headquarters "satellite offices"?

It really does feel like Amazon successfully played a lot of municipalities against each other to try and extract the biggest concessions, knowing all along that it didn't make sense to try and hire 50000 people in a decade in any one location.

I know that's how the game is played, but it's still feels a little disingenuous.

Re: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

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Post by kodablah » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

Tax kickbacks of $48k/job in NY and $22k/job in VA wth average salary of $150k/yr. Also $325mil in NY and $23mil in VA for just occupying the space. All well below the projected billions in direct investment and tax amounts.

Not sure whether worth it or not, but it's all around economic growth which I see as a good thing in general. We can argue about public funds and growing pains, but this problem is better than the opposite problem. If you are in the area and oppose along with the majority of your peers, say so at the polls. But I wouldn't be surprised to find that, outside of pro-tax/anti-big-corp circles, this is gleefully welcomed.

Re: Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters

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Post by mikeash » Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

6DM wrote: post #5

mikeash wrote: post #3

What the heck is “National Landing”? I’ve lived in this area for over a decade and that’s the first time I’ve heard the name.

"National Landing is the newly defined interconnected and walkable neighborhood that encompasses Crystal City, the eastern portion of Pentagon City and the northern portion of Potomac Yard. " https://nationallanding.com/

Ok, so Amazon is trying to declare these three areas to be one big neighborhood with a fancy new name. They certainly don’t think small! I don’t like the name but otherwise they make it sound pretty good.