Amazon is constructing a new headquarters in Seattle, Washington, but the company’s impact there may be a lot bigger than putting in a few impressive buildings. According to The New York Times, Seattle’s South Lake Union is turning from a drab warehouse district into a thriving hub of workers and food carts, all converging on the location thanks to Amazon’s wealth of employees who are already in the area. “South Lake Union was a place that people drove through, not to,” John Schoettler, Amazon’s real estate director, tells the Times. “Once we started development there, everything started to spring up around us.”
Apartment complexes are shooting up nearby too, and other technology companies are trying to locate in the vicinity,…
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