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I spend a lot of time passing through in this neighborhood, and can mostly confirm this. In fact, about those luxury condos and housing projects… they're _very

I spend a lot of time passing through in this neighborhood, and can mostly confirm this. In fact, about those luxury condos and housing projects… they're _very_ new, popping up within the past two years and more coming all the time. I’ve been wondering for years what kind of people make the sort of money to afford these places and would also _want_ to live in that area… now I wonder if this decision wasn't made long ago, and word was carefully leaked to various developers to get the housing ready. It’s not enough to store 25,000 workers, but it’s a lot. Maybe I’m naive but I feel like the immediate area can contain this, with minimal spillover to Manhattan and Brooklyn. (Like, if the workers want to. The area is definitely not the kind of hipster chic or glamour chic or any chic that people come to New York for.)

zjaffee 8y ago
The development in LIC wasn't about Amazon in particular, but amazon is choosing that location for the same reason. People were given huge tax breaks to redevelop LIC.
gorkemyurt 8y ago
LIC is one of the few places New York NIMBYs allowed development
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crispyambulance 8y ago
> ... the immediate area can contain this, with minimal spillover to Manhattan and Brooklyn. I think if Amazon ends up building there (and that's still far from a given at such a scale) employees will end up residing all over the place. Just drop a pin and take a radius that is as large as humanely possible for a daily commute. People in high paying jobs are often willing to make huge sacrifices in commute-time to land a desirable job while keeping the housing situation that suits them. There are folks with absolutely insane commutes in the NYC area, will Amazon employees will be any different?
mswiss 8y ago
I highly doubt this was leaked to developers, I think this was developers realizing that long island city was within close proximity to Manhattan and people want luxury rentals without the price of paying for one in Manhattan.
- magic_beans 8y ago
  This is exactly why my partner and I live there. It's cheaper, cleaner, and generally calmer than Manhattan. Plus, we have an extraordinary view of the Manhattan skyline from a terrace we could NEVER afford in Manhattan.
felipemnoa 8y ago
>>now I wonder if this decision wasn't made long ago, and word was carefully leaked to various developers to get the housing ready I don't know about this but for years now (around ten years now) I've heard about developers trying to transform locations that used to be all factories into residential neighborhoods. Slowly but surely this has been happening all along Brooklyn's riverside, which used to be dominated by factories. [1] https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/brooklyn-skyline-changes-visualized/ https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/brooklyn-skyline... [2] https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/9/17667488/new-york-domino-park-hunters-point-south-photo-essay https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/9/17667488/new-york-domino-park... [3]https://www.wnyc.org/story/after-years-delays-sunset-park-residents-celebrate-new-waterfront-park/ https://www.wnyc.org/story/after-years-delays-sunset-park-re...
epc 8y ago
The groundwork for the redevelopment of LIC was laid in the City's failed bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. While the bid failed, Bloomberg continued to push for redevelopment and IIRC lead some rezoning. Would not surprise me if developers started buying up land or ground leases around 2004–2005 and held onto them for a few years. The Olympic Village was to be on Hunter's Point.

zjaffee 8y ago

The development in LIC wasn't about Amazon in particular, but amazon is choosing that location for the same reason. People were given huge tax breaks to redevelop LIC.

gorkemyurt 8y ago

LIC is one of the few places New York NIMBYs allowed development

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crispyambulance 8y ago

> ... the immediate area can contain this, with minimal spillover to Manhattan and Brooklyn. I think if Amazon ends up building there (and that's still far from a given at such a scale) employees will end up residing all over the place. Just drop a pin and take a radius that is as large as humanely possible for a daily commute. People in high paying jobs are often willing to make huge sacrifices in commute-time to land a desirable job while keeping the housing situation that suits them. There are folks with absolutely insane commutes in the NYC area, will Amazon employees will be any different?

mswiss 8y ago

I highly doubt this was leaked to developers, I think this was developers realizing that long island city was within close proximity to Manhattan and people want luxury rentals without the price of paying for one in Manhattan.

magic_beans 8y ago
This is exactly why my partner and I live there. It's cheaper, cleaner, and generally calmer than Manhattan. Plus, we have an extraordinary view of the Manhattan skyline from a terrace we could NEVER afford in Manhattan.

felipemnoa 8y ago

>>now I wonder if this decision wasn't made long ago, and word was carefully leaked to various developers to get the housing ready I don't know about this but for years now (around ten years now) I've heard about developers trying to transform locations that used to be all factories into residential neighborhoods. Slowly but surely this has been happening all along Brooklyn's riverside, which used to be dominated by factories. [1] https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/brooklyn-skyline-changes-visualized/ https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/brooklyn-skyline... [2] https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/9/17667488/new-york-domino-park-hunters-point-south-photo-essay https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/9/17667488/new-york-domino-park... [3]https://www.wnyc.org/story/after-years-delays-sunset-park-residents-celebrate-new-waterfront-park/ https://www.wnyc.org/story/after-years-delays-sunset-park-re...

epc 8y ago

The groundwork for the redevelopment of LIC was laid in the City's failed bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. While the bid failed, Bloomberg continued to push for redevelopment and IIRC lead some rezoning. Would not surprise me if developers started buying up land or ground leases around 2004–2005 and held onto them for a few years. The Olympic Village was to be on Hunter's Point.