With more than 8.6 million square feet of downtown space pre-approved for fast-track development by a designated master developer, the City of New Rochelle is the perfect location for Amazon's second corporate headquarters. That's the message the City of New Rochelle has sent to Amazon in a campaign to win designation as home of a new, multi-phase, corporate center eventually expected to employ as many as 50,000 people and attract some $5 billion in capital investment.
An unused, former U.S. Army base in New Rochelle may soon be home to Amazon's second headquarters if city officials have their way. As cities throughout the country bid for the rights to house Seattle-based Amazon's second corporate headquarters, New Rochelle has offered up Davids Island, a 78-acre space located 3,000 feet off of New Rochelle's waterfront, which would be dubbed "Amazon Island" if chosen to serve as the company's recreational hub for employees.
Although he's busy preparing himself to serve his country in the United States Army upstate, Kevin Irving refuses to forget about the soldiers in New Rochelle that came before him. Since enlisting in the military three years ago, whenever Army Pfc.
... Army declared Fort Slocum and Davids Island to be "excess." The Army soon turned over the island to the City of New Rochelle, which took no interest in maintaining or preserving the site and allowed the buildings to decay. The cost to taxpayers is a ...
... Army declared Fort Slocum and Davids Island to be "excess." The Army soon turned over the island to the City of New Rochelle, which took no interest in maintaining or preserving the site and allowed the buildings to decay. The cost to taxpayers is a ...
