Nothing Is Too Strange for Cities Wooing Amazon to Build There
- 7 years ago
Nothing Is Too Strange for Cities Wooing Amazon to Build There
“You’ve got Canada and the U. S. And people will come from all over.”
Mr. Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans, has also built an Amazon war room, where more than 40 people are trying to analyze what the online retailer “likes
and doesn’t like.” They are also trying to read Mr. Bezos’ psyche.
“Our city’s only about 60 percent built out, so we’ve got a lot of available land where we can build to suit,” Mr. Cheney said.
“There’s, you know, the immigration issue — we avoid that,” said Dan Gilbert, a local business leader
in Detroit who was asked by the city’s mayor, Mike Duggan, to lead the effort to land Amazon.
Our immigration policy is much more liberal,” said Mr. Watson, Ottawa’s mayor.
“The competition started that Thursday morning when he announced it,” Ms. Hitt said of Mr. Bezos.
The video opens on him holding an Amazon box and saying, “Amazon, you’re growing your business,
and we want to grow with you.” Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is seen talking about catching the “Frisco Flu,” which the mayor’s office said was a phrase Mr. Jones came up with.
“You’ve got Canada and the U. S. And people will come from all over.”
Mr. Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans, has also built an Amazon war room, where more than 40 people are trying to analyze what the online retailer “likes
and doesn’t like.” They are also trying to read Mr. Bezos’ psyche.
“Our city’s only about 60 percent built out, so we’ve got a lot of available land where we can build to suit,” Mr. Cheney said.
“There’s, you know, the immigration issue — we avoid that,” said Dan Gilbert, a local business leader
in Detroit who was asked by the city’s mayor, Mike Duggan, to lead the effort to land Amazon.
Our immigration policy is much more liberal,” said Mr. Watson, Ottawa’s mayor.
“The competition started that Thursday morning when he announced it,” Ms. Hitt said of Mr. Bezos.
The video opens on him holding an Amazon box and saying, “Amazon, you’re growing your business,
and we want to grow with you.” Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is seen talking about catching the “Frisco Flu,” which the mayor’s office said was a phrase Mr. Jones came up with.