Maximum Build Out Potential for Amazon Campus: Square footages represent maximum allowable buildout
according to Buffalo's zoning code. It totals 12.3 M sq ft demonstrating ease of achieving HQ2's full build out
ase a,
Building sq. ft
A 896,000
(existing)
B 270,000
(existing)
c 220,000 is
(eatating)
Building sq. ft
D 500,000
E 500,000
F 600,000 2
G 2.3 Million
Building
I 1.5 Million
J 1.6 Million
(200,000 existing) bv)Appendix A.1.iv Current ownership of property
‘Our team hos secured agreements reflecting fair market valve lease and/or purchase of all privately-
held properties in the proposed Amazon HO2 Buffalo Campus.
jase
Building A (696,000 sq ft existing) Owner: Douglas Development - commitment in place to renovate-to-
suit and lease at market rate (State and local incentives will lower effective lease rate significantly)
Building B (170,000 sq ft existing} Owner: The Buffalo News [Berkshire Hathaway} - agreement in place
for sale to Amazon at market rate
Building C (220,000 sq ft existing) Owner: HS8C Bank — agreement in place forsale to Amazon at market
rate
ase
Building D [new construction) Parcel Owner: Douglas Development
Building E (new construction Parcel Owner: Douglas Development
Building F (new construction) Parcel Owner: New York State (Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp)
Building G (new construction) Parcel Owner: The Buffalo News [Berkshire Hathaway)
ase 3:
Building H (new construction) Parcel Owner: HS8C Bank (7.7 acres): private consortium (3.5 acres}
Building | (new construction) Parcel Owner: City of Buffalo [Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency)
Building J (200,000 sq ft existing and new construction) Owner: New York State (Niagara Frontier Transit
Authority)
Appendix A.1.v Zoning process description
Unified Development Ordinance
The Unified Development Ordinance, put into effect in 2017, is the city's first comprehensive zoning
rewrite since 1953 and codifies the smart growth vision of the Comprehensive Plan. It combines land
use, subdivision, and public realm standards into a single, user-friendly document.
The UDO implements the community's vision for the development of the city. Responding to
considerable input from residents and business owners, its a “form-based code,” ernphasizing
neighborhood character as its organizing principle. Ths approach was chosen because of its unique
capacity to help realize the community's vision for walkable, transit-supportive neighborhoods
When Mayor Byron Brown unveiled the Green Code project in 2010, he first and foremost characterized
the zoning rewrite as an economic development initiative, designed to provide more certainty and
predictability to investors and to remove barriers to walkable, mixed-use development.
The previous zoning ordinance, which hadn't been comprehensively rewritten in 64 years, was
principally designed to separate Uses, restrict density, and reshape the city to focus on the needs of the
car. This was in conflict with the walkable, mixed-use pattem of development that characterized
Buffalo's historic neighbothoods and had increasingly become a basis for their resurgence. By 2010, it
became clear that the old zoning ordinance had become a regulatory obstacle to further economic
growth and regeneration, something that could be fixed only with a total rewnte of the code.October 16, 2017
Mr. Jeffrey Bezos, CEO
Amazon Corporate Office
410 Terry Avenue, North
Seattle, WA 98109-5210
Dear Mr. Bezos:
‘The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (“ECIDA”) would like to propose a variety of tax
incentives to encourage Amazon to invest $2.5B over an 11-year period to construct and equip its new
headquarter facilities and create an estimated 50,000 new jobs.
The ECIDA is committed to collaborating with your entire team to provide Amazon with an ideal
location for your headquarters complex in our region.
‘The attached list of estimated incentives will provide Amazon with benefits associated with the
construction, renovation and buildout of facilities to house your headquarter operations in Buffalo, New
York. The total value of the incentives including real property and sales tax savings are based on
estimates provided to ECIDA:
Total Investment Estimated Incentive
Phase I: $ . 92,200,000 $21,943,000
Phase Il: $ 157,000,000 $48,426,000
Phase Il: $2,235,000,000 '$432,205,000
Total $502,574,000
Our incentives are in addition to incentives being provided to Amazon by other economic
development entities. Please review the enclosed incentive proposal and feel free to contact me with
any questions or if you need additional information.
Our proposal is subject to change based on updated investment, job creation or additional
information, the ECIDA review process, and final approval by the ECIDA Board of Directors.
patie asthe
‘Steve Weathers
President & CEO
Erie Couny Industria Development Agency + 95 Perry Street, Suite 403 + Bul New York 14203 + ph. 71685646525 + fx 7168564754 + www.ecidany.com
2 -ECIDA Incentive Estimate Amazon HQ Project
Calculations are based on the information supplied
Municipality Buffalo (City of)
School District Buffalo (City of) Schoo! District
‘Type of Project _ Renovation and New Construction
Construction Budget $1,290,800,000
Non Production Equipment Purchases $1,193,400,000
This incentive estimate is based on the project assumptions, investment and job creation data
provided to Invest Buffalo Niagara that have been shared with the Erie County Industrial
Development Agency. Actual incentive amounts are subject to final investment, job creation
commitments and the value of the final real property assessment values.
Project Assur;
ns:
Total Project investment over 11-year period : $2.5B
Total Investment Estimated Incentive
Phase | (Yr. 1) $ 92,200,000 $21,944,000
Phase I! (Yr. 6) $_ 157,000,000 $48,426,000
Phase Ill (Yr. 11) $2,235,000,000 $432,205,000
Total '$502,575,000
Total Project Employment: Up to 50,000 jobs over 11-year period
Prolect Cost Breakdow!
Total Investment Project Description
Phase | (Vr. 1) $ 92,200,000 Renovation and FFE
Phase It (Yr. 6) $ 157,000,000 New Construction
Phase ll (Yr. 11) '$2,235,000,000 New Construction, Buildout, FFEProperty Tax Incentive
Provides property tax abatement on the new assessed value attributed to the project.
Based on the impact of this project to the region, investment and employment projections provided to
Invest Buffalo Niagara, your project appears to meet the eligibility criteria for the ECIDA 10 year
Enhanced PILOT schedule. Below is the property tax abatement schedule for the 10 year Enhanced
PILOT:
Year 1 100 %
‘Year 2 100 %
Year 3 100 %
Year 4 100 %
Year 5 100 %
Year 6 100 %
Year 7 100 %
Year 8 90%
Year 9 80%
Year 10 70 %
Percentages listed show the percentage of new property tax value abated on the project. Estimates of
actual tax savings are based on an assessed value of 75% of the construction budget. This estimate is
based on a projection of the final assessed value which would be placed on the buildings. Actual PILOT
payments would be determined by the final assessed value of the improvements of each phase and the
associated tax rates for each year of the 10 year schedule,
Estimate of Property Tax Payments for all three phases with Enhanced PILOT:
Total PILOT (Property Tax) Payments $21,809,000
Total Property Tax Savings for 3 phases $341,680,000
**Full taxes would be paid on the land value of the project.
7Sales Tax Incentive
Equipment and Construction Sales Tax Savings are the amounts that would be paid in sales taxes without
CIDA assistance. Construction material costs are estimated at 50% of construction amount plus any
‘non-production equipment purchases. The estimate is based on the total construction & FFBE values
listed below:
Equipment Purchase ($1,193,400,000) Savings $104,422,500
Construction Materials Sales Tax ($1,290,800,000) Savings $ 56,472,500
Total Sales Tax Savings $60,895,000
Total Net Tax Sar Incentives
For 10 Year Property Tax Incentive Savings $34,680,000
Sales Tax Savings $10,895,000
Estimated Grand Total Net Tax $502,575,000
Incentives
*ECIDA incentives would be subject to investment and job creation goals for the term of the
Incentives and would be subject to certain recapture provisions if the job and investment goals are not
met and maintained.
* Projects receiving ECIDA incentives will be required to comply with the Agency's Local Labor
policy, pay equity and unpaid tax policy.
* Projects receiving ECIDA incentives are subject to administrative and counsel fees.