Breaking News, Largest US Home Builder To Feature Amazon Alexa In New Homes This is a BIG story. The Nations largest home builder Lennar has partnered with Seattle's own Amazon.com to feature fully automated smart homes. The announcement in the USA Today also featured some of my thoughts on the future of home automation. I spoke with Elizabeth Weise who covers Amazon, … [Read more...]
Amazon Adding 100,000 New, Full Time Jobs
Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months Did you guys catch this press release this week? Amazon, already one of the countries biggest employers, has plans to add 100,000 new, full time employees to its work-force over the next 18 months. This would increase their employment base from 180,000 to 280,000 … [Read more...]
Amazon Could Build Another 340 Foot Tower, Denny Triangle
New Amazon Tower Coming To Denny Triangle? According to the PSBJ, Amazon just exercised its option to purchase another site that could include a 340 foot tower (according to current zoning). The well known site is currently home to a former motel (Days Inn) and Pronto, Seattle's Bike Share Program. The site cost Amazon nearly $19.2 million. Here is a look at the … [Read more...]
Denny Triangle Has Risen, A Look at Seattle’s Skyline
Is anyone else blow away at how quickly Denny Triangle has changed in the last 2-3 years? According to the DSA, Denny Triangle has experienced a 27% increase in population over the last 5 years. Employment has increased by 18% and restaurants in the neighborhood have increased by 26%. The popular Seattle neighborhood with over 5,000 residents, in general, looks like … [Read more...]
The Amazon Impact on Downtown Seattle
Thanks to a loyal reader of ours, we just read a recent article published on CoStar.com. Joseph Sollazzo a real estate economist examined The Amazon Effect on our local economy. We've added some key excerpts from the article below. Seattle is experiencing a historic run in multi-family, retail and office expansion - much of which is directly credited to … [Read more...]
