Amazon's New Headquarters - Page 14

LCIII · November 12th, 2011, 04:18 AM

Yah thanks for those links though I'd already looked there. It said pretty clearly 9th, not 8th. It definitely wasn't the UW Med project. I'll swing by on my run tomorrow if the weather isn't shitty.

Edit: went by and snagged all the pertinent information. Discussion moved to the SLU thread.

LCIII · November 12th, 2011, 04:18 AM

And sorry about asking in this thread- thought I was in the general SLU thread. <RickPerry>oops</RickPerry>

LCIII · November 17th, 2011, 11:16 PM

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Amazon.com HQ by LCCIII, on Flickr

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Amazon.com HQ by LCCIII, on Flickr

CityView Jim · November 17th, 2011, 11:36 PM

They're laying about two floors per week so this should top out by month end.

LCIII · November 17th, 2011, 11:51 PM

They're just moving right along! I imagine they want to get as far along as possible before winter weather hits.

Seasun · November 28th, 2011, 09:39 PM

Rogue will be relieved to know that Starbucks is going in at Terry and Republican.

mhays · November 28th, 2011, 10:39 PM

You need a few. If one has a line, you go to the next. Or if one gets too chatty and keeps demanding to know your life story, you can avoid that one.

Capitol Hill · November 28th, 2011, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhays

You need a few. If one has a line, you go to the next. Or if one gets too chatty and keeps demanding to know your life story, you can avoid that one.

And they said that Andy Rooney couldn't be replaced.

mhays · November 28th, 2011, 11:11 PM

Very different. He'd probably want to talk to everyone!

Most baristas will interpret my lack of chattiness and stop asking questions. But at the Belltown First Ave Starbucks they just didn't quit. The more they tried to draw me out the more I tried to avoid it, and stay with the basic "fine" and "thank you". I didn't want to tell them to stop, i.e. be the bad guy, so I just don't go to that location anymore.

Of course I don't tell them my name, because if I did they'd start using it every time I walked in, and it's nobody's business.

When I go to a place once only, I can be more chatty, because I'm not worried that it'll haunt me later.

LCIII · November 28th, 2011, 11:14 PM

Well theres always one in the bunch...

Anyways, is the last Amazon building topped out? As of this weekend I started to see it poking up over other buildings when I walked my dog in Belltown. Fills up some dead space quite nicely.

CityView Jim · November 28th, 2011, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCIII

Well theres always one in the bunch...

Anyways, is the last Amazon building topped out? As of this weekend I started to see it poking up over other buildings when I walked my dog in Belltown. Fills up some dead space quite nicely.

It has one more floor (+ rooftop equipment housing above that)to go, unless the design changed.

LCIII · November 29th, 2011, 01:20 AM

Ok great! Thanks!!

CityView Jim · December 1st, 2011, 12:31 AM

OK, NOW they have topped out as they started the 11th floor (top floor) this afternoon. So fast. In ten months, it's gone from vacant lot to 11 stories and several parking levels below. Should be move-in ready by next fall.

LCIII · December 1st, 2011, 02:14 AM

Im still surprised they haven't started buying property and begun developing their own buildings given how quickly they're growing and filling office towers. When you factor how now is the time to buy, again I'd expect them to have shelled out some money for the land. They must be getting some good deal from Vulcan.

flotown · December 1st, 2011, 03:48 AM

They are paying Vulcan cost + "x", but based on new construction costs and any reasonable return to Vulcan that's basically top dollar in the Seattle market, or close to it. If you research Amazon's financials and see how their rental costs have changed over the years relative to occupied space, you can get a sense for rates... I believe that a key reason why Amazon doesn't buy is large part because or corporate accounting - better return on assets to rent vs. own

CityView Jim · December 1st, 2011, 04:22 AM

There's some irony there. Amazon's business has always been to never own, that is, they sell other's products! LOL

Well, until the Kindle came out.

And that's what I've heard from my friend is one of the prime reasons for all this expansion. They don't look at the Kindle as a flash in the pan but rather the start of something big. Again, it all starts with books. But then, the writing is on the wall. The Kindle becomes your personal Amazon website from which you order everything from groceries to medication to (I'm not kidding) burial plots.

Seasun · December 6th, 2011, 10:11 PM

Lunchtime pic. Amazon in background. 202 Westlake buildings getting ready for demo in foreground.

mhays · December 6th, 2011, 10:29 PM

Wanna hillclimb there.

LCIII · December 6th, 2011, 10:49 PM

Huh?

haonanzhang · December 7th, 2011, 03:14 AM

Just wanted to add a tidbit: I just saw the USPS guy removing the mail box in front of the 202 Westlake building this afternoon.

November 12th, 2011, 04:18 AM	#261
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	Yah thanks for those links though I'd already looked there. It said pretty clearly 9th, not 8th. It definitely wasn't the UW Med project. I'll swing by on my run tomorrow if the weather isn't shitty. Edit: went by and snagged all the pertinent information. Discussion moved to the SLU thread. Last edited by LCIII; November 12th, 2011 at 07:30 AM.

November 17th, 2011, 11:16 PM	#263
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November 12th, 2011, 04:18 AM	#262
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	And sorry about asking in this thread- thought I was in the general SLU thread. <RickPerry>oops</RickPerry>

November 17th, 2011, 11:36 PM	#264
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,964 Likes (Received): 64	They're laying about two floors per week so this should top out by month end.

November 17th, 2011, 11:51 PM	#265
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	They're just moving right along! I imagine they want to get as far along as possible before winter weather hits.

November 28th, 2011, 09:39 PM	#266
Seasun Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,561 Likes (Received): 43	Rogue will be relieved to know that Starbucks is going in at Terry and Republican.

November 28th, 2011, 10:39 PM	#267
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,390 Likes (Received): 119	You need a few. If one has a line, you go to the next. Or if one gets too chatty and keeps demanding to know your life story, you can avoid that one.

November 28th, 2011, 11:11 PM	#269
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,390 Likes (Received): 119	Very different. He'd probably want to talk to everyone! Most baristas will interpret my lack of chattiness and stop asking questions. But at the Belltown First Ave Starbucks they just didn't quit. The more they tried to draw me out the more I tried to avoid it, and stay with the basic "fine" and "thank you". I didn't want to tell them to stop, i.e. be the bad guy, so I just don't go to that location anymore. Of course I don't tell them my name, because if I did they'd start using it every time I walked in, and it's nobody's business. When I go to a place once only, I can be more chatty, because I'm not worried that it'll haunt me later.

November 28th, 2011, 11:14 PM	#270
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	Well theres always one in the bunch... Anyways, is the last Amazon building topped out? As of this weekend I started to see it poking up over other buildings when I walked my dog in Belltown. Fills up some dead space quite nicely.

November 29th, 2011, 01:20 AM	#272
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	Ok great! Thanks!!

December 1st, 2011, 12:31 AM	#273
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,964 Likes (Received): 64	OK, NOW they have topped out as they started the 11th floor (top floor) this afternoon. So fast. In ten months, it's gone from vacant lot to 11 stories and several parking levels below. Should be move-in ready by next fall.

December 1st, 2011, 02:14 AM	#274
LCIII Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,871 Likes (Received): 64	Im still surprised they haven't started buying property and begun developing their own buildings given how quickly they're growing and filling office towers. When you factor how now is the time to buy, again I'd expect them to have shelled out some money for the land. They must be getting some good deal from Vulcan.

December 1st, 2011, 03:48 AM	#275
flotown Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 286 Likes (Received): 0	They are paying Vulcan cost + "x", but based on new construction costs and any reasonable return to Vulcan that's basically top dollar in the Seattle market, or close to it. If you research Amazon's financials and see how their rental costs have changed over the years relative to occupied space, you can get a sense for rates... I believe that a key reason why Amazon doesn't buy is large part because or corporate accounting - better return on assets to rent vs. own

December 1st, 2011, 04:22 AM	#276
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,964 Likes (Received): 64	There's some irony there. Amazon's business has always been to never own, that is, they sell other's products! LOL Well, until the Kindle came out. And that's what I've heard from my friend is one of the prime reasons for all this expansion. They don't look at the Kindle as a flash in the pan but rather the start of something big. Again, it all starts with books. But then, the writing is on the wall. The Kindle becomes your personal Amazon website from which you order everything from groceries to medication to (I'm not kidding) burial plots.

December 6th, 2011, 10:11 PM	#277
Seasun Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,561 Likes (Received): 43	Lunchtime pic. Amazon in background. 202 Westlake buildings getting ready for demo in foreground.

December 6th, 2011, 10:29 PM	#278
mhays Journeyman Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,390 Likes (Received): 119	Wanna hillclimb there.

December 7th, 2011, 03:14 AM	#280
haonanzhang Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 5 Likes (Received): 0	Just wanted to add a tidbit: I just saw the USPS guy removing the mail box in front of the 202 Westlake building this afternoon.