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Not too familiar with that, but from what I read they took it pretty seriously and offered some nice tax benefits. They also offered a location in south loop, w
by tinyhouse 8y ago
Not too familiar with that, but from what I read they took it pretty seriously and offered some nice tax benefits. They also offered a location in south loop, which is a really nice area of downtown Chicago and still very affordable. It's also a short ride on the train to Midway airpot (not an international airpot like O'hare but much nicer to travel from and to). It's also very close to 3 universities.
- reaperducer 8y agoChicago's preferred Amazon location is Goose Island, part of the newly expanded downtown skyscraper district.[1] The city recently approved 18 new skyscrapers for downtown, including 12 for the proposed Amazon site, with an included professional soccer stadium.[2] [1] https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2018/03/26/river-district-revised-upsized-and-amazon-ized/ https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2018/03/26/river-distric... [2] https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2018/10/18/you-get-a-skyscraper-and-you-get-a-skyscraper/ https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2018/10/18/you-get-a-sky...
- tinyhouse 8y agoInteresting. I see it's near Lincoln Park, also a very nice location with easy access to O'hare via the blue line. Maybe even better than south loop. I assume it's a bit safer (unfortunately crime rates are still very high in many places across Chicago).