Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Year After HQ2 Pullout

Re:Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Yea... by hkmurakami on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:05PM (#21726924)

"Tech giant agrees to take 335,000 square feet in Hudson Yards neighborhood in deal without any financial incentives from city or state"

But Hudson Yards certainly gave them large incentives, as is customary for such anchor tenants.

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Re:Amazon Leases New Manhattan Office Space, Less Than a Yea... by llampx on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:09PM (#21726958)

I think the furore was about the government giving away taxpayer money to the biggest companies, who are not particularly good tenants and tend to change the face of existing neighborhoods.

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