09-07-2017, 07:46 PM
(09-07-2017, 11:42 AM)Markster Wrote:(09-07-2017, 09:48 AM)panamaniac Wrote: The only viable Canadian locations would be Toronto/GTA or Montreal. Too big for any other of our urban areas, istm. Although if the Province undertook to fast-track the HSR (so to speak!) ...
At first I was wondering why you left out Vancouver, but then I realized that they are currently located only a few hours from there!
The only way I could imagine KW having a chance would be if we had mature counter-peak train traffic from Toronto. Amazon wants access to a large pool of potential employees, and we are not big enough. Amazon is a rare breed, an urban tech mega-company. If they were to choose Toronto, I would expect to see them locate in a downtown skyscraper within the Union catchment.
Re Vancouver, I was thinking that the cost of housing and the high tech labour shortage there would hinder their prospects. It would seem odd to have two "headquarters" so close together, but it's not clear to me why they want two headquarters at all.