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Report: Amazon close to selecting Virginia for HQ2
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has held advanced discussions about establishing its second headquarters in Crystal City, according to The Washington Post.
The discussions have included how soon the e-commerce giant would be able to move its employees to the Arlington County neighborhood and which buildings it would occupy, according to the report, which cites anonymous sources close to the process. The bid also includes sites in the adjacent Potomac Yard neighborhood in Alexandria.
The talks…
Report: Amazon close to selecting Virginia site for HQ2
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has held advanced discussions about establishing its second headquarters in Crystal City, according to The Washington Post.
The discussions have included how soon the e-commerce giant would be able to move its employees to the Arlington County neighborhood and which buildings it would occupy, according to the report, which cites anonymous sources close to the process. The bid also includes sites in the adjacent Potomac Yard neighborhood in Alexandria.
The talks…
Amazon economic development director warns leaker after HQ2 report
Securities and Exchange Commission filings show how serious Amazon is about keeping negotiations out of the public eye.
North Texas boasts bounty of big corporate campus sites
If nothing else, the push to lure Amazon’s second headquarters shows there’s an abundance of real estate options in North Texas for the world’s biggest companies seeking to relocate or expand.
Report: Amazon close to selecting D.C. area for HQ2
Although Denver was on the list of 20 finalist cities, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has held advanced discussions about establishing its second headquarters in Crystal City, according to The Washington Post.
The discussions have included how soon the e-commerce giant would be able to move its employees to the Arlington County neighborhood and which buildings it would occupy, according to the report, which cites anonymous sources close to the process. The bid also includes sites in the adjacent…
Jeff Bezos going with his heart on HQ2
In its search for a second headquarters, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has spent the last 14 months or so crunching the numbers on office space, tax incentives, housing, tech jobs, transportation and institutions of higher learning, among myriad other metrics.
But the decision, it turns out, will come down to CEO Jeff Bezos’ gut, or maybe a little higher.
“Ultimately the decision will be made with intuition after gathering and studying a lot of data — for a decision like that, as far as I…
An exclusive look at Vivek Ranadivé’s luxury downtown condo (PHOTOS)
From the lobby of the 16-floor Kimpton Sawyer Hotel, a private elevator ascends to the building’s upper levels and 45 luxury condos branded The Residences.
Vivek Ranadivé, the owner and chairman of the Sacramento Kings, purchased a unit on the 14th floor this summer for $2.5 million, according to property records. (Kevin Nagle, another member of the Kings' ownership group, purchased a condo on the 16th floor for $2.17 million).
Ranadivé's two-bedroom, 2,118-square-foot condo is contemporary,…
‘Mistral Villa’, a 9-acre estate on Pine Lake, hits market at $4.9M: Open House
A near 9-acre estate along Pine Lake in Waukesha County recently hit the market for $4.9 million.
Mistral Villa, located at 31679 Muscovy Road in Chenequa, spans 8.62 acres of wooded land. The home, which was built in 1950, is 8,925 square feet featuring six oversized bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
The three-story home also includes two fireplaces, a three-season room overlooking the lake and an exposed lower level with a walk-out patio. The owners also recently installed a new septic system and…
The priciest house in Mass. is down the street from Tom and Gisele
With a list price of $69 million, Reebok founder Paul Fireman’s Brookline estate is the most-expensive residential listing in Massachusetts, according to real-estate blog PropertyShark — despite that fact that the manse’s price has dropped by $21 million since first hitting the market two years ago.
Fireman’s Woodland Manor sits on 14 acres adjacent to The Country Club in Brookline and Putterham Meadows Golf Course, and was first put on the market in 2016 for $90 million. The property’s…
Closing up the Dream Cabins: These were the most popular properties of 2018
We're packing away our weekly Dream Cabin feature for the winter; until next spring. Starting next week, we'll start a new series profiling luxury getaway homes in warm-weather locations. In the meantime, here are the most-popular Dream Cabin posts of 2018, based on visits.
7. Modern masterpiece near Hastings on the market for $4.75 million
This modern, geometric Charles Stinson home on the west bank of the St. Croix River went on the market earlier this fall. Ross Melby and Josh Neumann of…