Two weeks ago I drafted a post on local property values in response to the headlines announcing LIC’s first billion dollar condo building. It questioned the viability of attaining $1 bil in an increasingly softening market. The Amazon HQ2 … [Continue reading] about PREDICTIONS, RUMORS, THOUGHTS ON AMAZON HQ2 IN LIC
AMAZON CHOOSES LONG ISLAND CITY FOR HQ2!!!
Amazon has chosen Long Island City as one of the two locations for its second headquarters according to The New York Times. Crystal City, Virginia on the outskirts of DC will be the other. Each location is expected to add 25,000 workers over the … [Continue reading] about AMAZON CHOOSES LONG ISLAND CITY FOR HQ2!!!
JVB NO DINERO; CUOMO EL RIO AMAZON POR HQ2
LICtalk is having some technical difficulties this week, but rest assured that we have our 40-person programming team in Bangalore working 24/7 to fix it. As a hard-hitting (but non-partisan) news source, we get more than our fair share of hacking … [Continue reading] about JVB NO DINERO; CUOMO EL RIO AMAZON POR HQ2
$180 MILLION DEDICATED TO LIC BY NYC, WHY NO BRIDGE?
SO, the city made the announcement today that "Long Island City, New York City’s fastest-growing neighborhood, will get a $180 million infusion of capital to build and improve schools, streets and parks." Before you get too excited note that $95 … [Continue reading] about $180 MILLION DEDICATED TO LIC BY NYC, WHY NO BRIDGE?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH RETAIL IN LONG ISLAND CITY?
And if you say to me tomorrow, Oh what fun it all would be Then what's to stop us, pretty baby, But what is and what should never be Given all the empty storefronts, anyone walking along Vernon Boulevard might wonder how Long Island City is … [Continue reading] about WHAT’S WRONG WITH RETAIL IN LONG ISLAND CITY?