Amazon buying former Lord & Taylor for NYC HQ - report
Mar. 12, 2020 6:12 PM ET (AMZN)By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor5 Comments
Mar. 12, 2020 6:12 PM ET (AMZN)By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor5 Comments
- Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is paying $1.15B cash to buy the former Lord & Taylor flagship store in Manhattan, the New York Post reports.
- That 660,000-square-foot building was set to be headquarters for WeWork (WE) before that company's scandal-plagued fall.
- Now, Amazon will pick up $750M in construction loans that had been taken out for remodeling, with some $350M in equity left for building owners. WeWork waives economic interest in the building in exchange for getting out of its lease.
- It will become Amazon's NYC headquarters, housing about 4,000 employees who will move in in about 18 months, according to the report.