Billionaire makes ‘emotional decision’ to return to childhood home to be near parents and Blue Origin space business
said on Thursday he was moving to his childhood home of Miami from Seattle to be near his parents and his space firm Blue Origin’s Cape Canaveral operations.
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Private space company Blue Origin’s operations are increasingly shifting to Cape Canaveral, Bezos added. Amazon’s rapid growth transformed Seattle’s South Lake Union district, replacing warehouses and parking lots with office towers, highly paid tech workers and expensive eateries. The growth contributed to an economic boom and rising rents.