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arent a ton of people gonna move here when ali babba opens in that building downtown? (assuming the person telling me that wasnt full of shit) seems like 10k more tech workers could probably have a pretty big effect on the rental market

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Alibaba used to own a quite huge office in DT LA, but people in Alibaba I knew said that they never had more than ~40 full-timers and contractors in USA. They came to US for the talent, haven't found it, and mostly bailed the idea.

Alibaba isn’t going to employ 10k in Seattle, and probably not enough to move the needle on housing. They have about 40 (in Bellevue no less).

I thought the poster was saying "Alibaba" to make fun of Amazon.

Also I like calling those new buildings The Amazon Testicles.

Same. Bezos' Balls of fury.

OTOH, Baidu has a successful DL group.

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