This is a good first step, but I'll be much happier when they've fully departed South Lake Union! Amazon will have fun competing for office space with Microsoft and others that are relocating to Bellevue, prices are already astronomical for living & office space there, even compared to prices in Seattle.<p>Amazon owns Jenny Durkan (our current do nothing mayor) due to their campaign contributions (Centurylink & Comcast are minority shareholders of Jenny), and they successfully fought against reinstatement of the head tax we had up until the last recession. Their full departure would make room for other companies that are desperate to grow & invest in Seattle, but have been crowded out.<p>It'll be interesting to see if Microsoft goes into bidding wars with Amazon, as Microsoft is currently advocating for higher taxes for high revenue tech companies: <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-backing-major-tax-hike-amazon/" rel="nofollow">https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-backing-major-tax-hi...</a>