Amazon abandons plans to occupy huge downtown Seattle office building - The Seattle Times

Panzer stopped in at The Seattle Times newspaper today. With no digging at all our traveling kitty found a post about Amazon.

45,000 people? But not 1 cat.

According to Benjamin Romano and Mike Rosenberg, Amazon has cancelled plans to occupy a portion of a Seattle, Washington, office building the company had already signed a lease for. Amazon will instead look for another business(es) to sublease the 720,000 sq. ft. office space. While no specific reason was given, the company did say they are constantly re-evaluating decisions. The company employs 45,000 persons in Seattle and has another 9,000 job openings there as well. The post includes information about the city of Seattle's office space rental market too.

Panzer says, "45,000 jobs in Seattle? MeWOW!"

Note: This is a l-o-n-g, h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring two gallons of tea and three dozen muffins for today's reading peop. You'll also want to bring a sleeping bag for a nap in the middle.

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Trump wants to go after Amazon - Business Insider

Panzer was shaken out of his cat bed by all the booing and hissing coming from the Catosphere. Jumping into the Panzermobile our brave pilot headed into the Catosphere to find out what all the noise was about. Following the hullabaloo took him to the Business Insider site where he discovered a post about Amazon and President Trump's threat to attack the company.

According to the post by Bob Bryan who quotes from an Axios post,  President Trump is unhappy with Amazon and because of that is threatening repercussions for the company. He says Amazon is responsible for problems in the business real estate marketplace because small companies are closing. He also blames the company for problems with the U.S. Postal Service. The post does point out that President Trump has a long-standing antagonism toward Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Mr. Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post newspaper which has published articles unflattering of President Trump.

Now, back to the important stuff.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Maybe Amazon is responsible for that flat tire Mom got on the way to work today too."

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

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Amazon Sued By Durst Organization

Which is better 310,000 or 500,000?

Panzer is feeling much better today. So, when he got up from his morning nap, he hopped into the Panzermobile and headed straight out into the Catosphere.

My big black kitty went to visit one of his favorite sites for business news, Forbes. He found an interesting post by Ryan Mac about Amazon there. According to Mr. Mac, Amazon is being sued by the real estate company Durst Organization for $25 million dollars. The Durst Organization says they have a letter of intent from Amazon to lease 310,000 square feet of space in one of their New York office buildings. But, instead, Amazon leased 500,000 square feet of space in an office building from Vornado Realty.

Panzer says, "Hmmm ... 310,000 square feet compared to 500,000 square feet. Sounds like maybe your building didn't have enough space."

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