{"id":28314,"date":"2018-03-20T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=28314"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:51:18","slug":"amazon-hq2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago’s Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

When our benevolent overlords at Amazon.com announced<\/a>\u00a0that Chicago was one of 20 North American cities in contention to host their new headquarters (affectionately referred to as HQ2), there was only one question on our minds \u2013 where?<\/p>\n

And though many a location has been offered up as sacrifice to Amazon-owner Jeff Bezos and his 700 BILLION dollar kingdom \u2013 including the old McDonald’s Headquarters in Oak Brook\u00a0 \u2013 after seeing the unbelievable renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development, we’re gonna have a hard time taking any other potential properties seriously.<\/p>\n

\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 70 acre space that used to house the A. Finkl & Sons Steel Plant \u2013 now known as Lincoln Yards \u2013 is getting a complete makeover by owners Sterling Bay<\/a>, and it honestly looks sooooo cool.<\/p>\n

In addition to beautiful new parks and walkways on the Chicago River, future amenities include a sick looking skate park and climbing wall, a dog park with what I’m pretty sure is a pooch sized Crown Fountain, an extension of the 606 trail (finally), and a newly refurbished \u2013 and ultimately relocated \u2013 Clybourn Metra station.<\/p>\n

Seriously \u2013 when do we move in?<\/p>\n

\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013\u00a0Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, with a price tag estimated at as high as $10 billion and no current approval from 2nd Ward Alderman Brian Hopkins, the new Lincoln Yards certainly isn’t in development. Yet.<\/p>\n

But whether Amazon and Bezos decide to lock onto the space or not \u2013 rumor has it the selection team will be in Chicago this week to visit each proposed site \u2013 the Lincoln Park land is slated to be transformed in the next few years regardless.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Lincoln Yards development, head to the Sterling Bay Website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon
Photo Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit: Sterling Bay \u2013Skidmore, Owings & Merrill<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find what really matters in Chicago with the UrbanMatter app!<\/h3>\n

To download or see reviews from our users, head\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When our benevolent overlords at Amazon.com announced\u00a0that Chicago was one of 20 North American cities in contention to host their new headquarters (affectionately referred to as HQ2), there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2008,"featured_media":28348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554],"tags":[3134,4472,4477,159,4474,2591,1915,3135,4473,4478,1649,4475,4476,4479],"class_list":["post-28314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-news","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-hq2","tag-amazon-com","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-businesses","tag-fulton-market","tag-headquarters","tag-hq2","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-lincoln-yards","tag-mcdonalds","tag-oak-brook","tag-river-district","tag-sterling-bay"],"yoast_head":"\nChicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UrbanMatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jessica Hamrick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UMatterChicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Hamrick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jessica Hamrick\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/d629de13054480675aa4bfe6fd70ef2e\"},\"headline\":\"Chicago’s Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\"},\"wordCount\":416,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"amazon\",\"Amazon HQ2\",\"Amazon.com\",\"chicago\",\"Chicago Businesses\",\"fulton market\",\"headquarters\",\"hq2\",\"Jeff Bezos\",\"Lincoln Yards\",\"mcdonald's\",\"Oak Brook\",\"River District\",\"Sterling Bay\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\",\"name\":\"Chicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal | UrbanMatter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":563},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Chicago’s Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter\",\"description\":\"For What Really Matters\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png\",\"width\":371,\"height\":99,\"caption\":\"UrbanMatter Chicago\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/d629de13054480675aa4bfe6fd70ef2e\",\"name\":\"Jessica Hamrick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1017a289af80d70e07a7b7daf3856610?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1017a289af80d70e07a7b7daf3856610?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jessica Hamrick\"},\"description\":\"As an avid NPR listener and self-described Snapchat addict, Jessica Hamrick is excited to showcase her love for all things media as an Editor at UrbanMatter. Her short-yet-illustrious academic career was dedicated to finding the intersections between writing and marketing and she\u2019s definitely found it here. In her free time, Jessica can be found hanging out with her dog Indie, watching the Food Network or commiserating with fellow, unfortunate White Sox fans.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/jhamrick\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal | UrbanMatter","description":"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal","og_description":"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.","og_url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/","og_site_name":"UrbanMatter","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","article_published_time":"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":563,"url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jessica Hamrick","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_site":"@UMatterChicago","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jessica Hamrick","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/"},"author":{"name":"Jessica Hamrick","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/d629de13054480675aa4bfe6fd70ef2e"},"headline":"Chicago’s Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal","datePublished":"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/"},"wordCount":416,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg","keywords":["amazon","Amazon HQ2","Amazon.com","chicago","Chicago Businesses","fulton market","headquarters","hq2","Jeff Bezos","Lincoln Yards","mcdonald's","Oak Brook","River District","Sterling Bay"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/","name":"Chicago's Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal | UrbanMatter","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-20T17:28:56+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-04T15:51:18+00:00","description":"Renderings for the new Lincoln Yards development have finally been released and honestly, we're not sure how Amazon could say no.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Webp.net-resizeimage-14.jpg","width":1000,"height":563},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/amazon-hq2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/category-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Chicago’s Potential Amazon HQ2 Site Looks Unreal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","name":"UrbanMatter","description":"For What Really Matters","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#organization","name":"UrbanMatter Chicago","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/UM_Logo-1.png","width":371,"height":99,"caption":"UrbanMatter Chicago"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/Pluggchicago\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UMatterChicago"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/d629de13054480675aa4bfe6fd70ef2e","name":"Jessica Hamrick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1017a289af80d70e07a7b7daf3856610?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1017a289af80d70e07a7b7daf3856610?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jessica Hamrick"},"description":"As an avid NPR listener and self-described Snapchat addict, Jessica Hamrick is excited to showcase her love for all things media as an Editor at UrbanMatter. Her short-yet-illustrious academic career was dedicated to finding the intersections between writing and marketing and she\u2019s definitely found it here. In her free time, Jessica can be found hanging out with her dog Indie, watching the Food Network or commiserating with fellow, unfortunate White Sox fans.","url":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/author\/jhamrick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}