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    • What will Amazon HQ2 mean for rents in Long Island City?

    by Marielle Segarra
    Nov 13, 2018
    Residents fear the area will become unaffordable.
    A view of the waterfront of Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York, along the East River.
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    Amazon's HQ2 may be “the best thing that didn't happen”

    by Erika Beras
    Nov 13, 2018
    What cities learn from competing can be a win.
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    What's in those Amazon HQ2 bids? It's not entirely clear

    by Renata Sago and Leila Goldstein
    Nov 6, 2018
    Chambers of commerce and public-private partnerships have led the way on bids with limited disclosure requirements.
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    Amazon wants tax incentives, Texas knows the drill

    by Mitchell Hartman
    May 3, 2018
    As Amazon considers locations for its second headquarters, incentives are on the table.
    Toyota was offered more than $50 million in financial incentives and tax abatements from the Texas Enterprise Fund and the city of Plano to move its North American headquarters to Plano, above.
    Courtesy of Amanda Roark/Toyota
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    New York's wealthy balk at the new tax law

    by Ryan Kailath
    Jan 9, 2018
    They pay half of the city's income tax revenue. Now that they can't deduct it, some may leave.
    At age 71, Diane Gilman finally got her dream penthouse on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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    Diners aren't showing up as expected near Amazon HQ1, causing some restaurants to close

    by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
    Jan 2, 2018
    Amazon's HQ1 neighborhood empties out at night, so some restaurant owners aren't finding the dining market they expected.
    Empty chairs in the recently closed bar, Cantine in Seattle's South Lake Union, look out at neighborhood workers with lunch takeout containers. The bar and several other restaurants closed this year because of lackluster dinner patronage.
    Anna Boiko-Weyrauch/ for Marketplace
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    How much are 50,000 Amazon HQ2 jobs worth?

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Oct 17, 2017
    Call it “enticing” or “incentivizing.” Call it “begging” or “groveling.” What’s clear is the bidding war between cities and states to host Amazon’s second national headquarters is racing to its deadline Thursday. The offers of tax incentives, subsidies, favorable zoning, job training and all the rest are piling in. A few billion here, a few […]
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    The view from Amazon's HQ1 in Seattle is cranes, construction and luxury apartments

    by Marketplace Contributor
    Oct 17, 2017
    The host of HQ2 should get ready for growth now.
    A construction site for Google's expansion in Seattle's South Lake Union. The neighborhood is home to Amazon's first headquarters and other major tech companies.
    Anna Boiko-Weyrauch/ for Marketplace
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    There are tough specs for Amazon's second headquarters

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Sep 7, 2017
    But with tax incentives and other perks, competition is expected to be stiff among cities.
    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the second headquarters will be "a full equal" to its Seattle office.
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