Stories for Dec. 22, 2007

Seattle's 'Amazone' and why it went unreported so long

One of the curious aspects of the story about Amazon's move to a multi-block campus at South Lake Union is why the story, reported here on Oct. 1 and in the Daily Journal of Commerce just before, took so long to become public. One obvious reason is that three of the most secretive institutions in town (Amazon; Vulcan, the real estate developer; and Mayor Greg Nickels dealmaking shop) wanted it that way and are powerful enough to make that stick.

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