No Amazon, no problem: TF Cornerstone plans 1,400 apartments in LIC
Opponents kept Amazon out of Long Island City, fearing it would bring thousands of millennials to the area. They...
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Amazon grows HQ2 site near DC with hotel buy
Amazon’s massive HQ2 development outside Washington D.C. may be expanding. The e-commerce leviathan bought a Residence Inn by Marriott...
TF Cornerstone exec: How I got over Amazon dumping LIC
Developer TF Cornerstone was to play a major role in the Amazon HQ2 project that died on this day...
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One year later, Amazon Effect still felt in LIC, citywide
For a while, people thought Josh Schuster, the managing principal of Silverback Development, was a genius. Just a few...
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Amazon insiders: HQ2 campaign driven by Bezos’ ego, subsidy envy
Early in Amazon’s search for a second headquarters location, the company had a list of 25 cities that could...
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Northern Virginia’s housing market is booming after Amazon’s HQ2
The housing market in northern Virginia took off as soon as Amazon announced it would be bringing half of...
“Amazon killer” Gianaris wants to overhaul subsidy programs that could have net billions for HQ2
State lawmakers are looking to drastically scale back a pair of outer borough subsidy programs that became huge points of contention during Amazon’s attempted...
New York’s initial offer to Amazon included $2.5B of incentives
New York offered Amazon $800 million more than was previously known in incentives to get the e-commerce giant to...
Cuomo calls Amazon’s Hudson Yards lease “crumbs from the table”
Amazon’s new West Side office lease has renewed the debate over tax breaks offered during its effort to bring...
Plaxall joins planning group for post-Amazon development
Plaxall Inc. has joined the group of developers that are planning the future of the Long Island City waterfront...