Amazon Go Stores Planned For Willis Tower, Ogilvie

CHICAGO, IL — The waiting game to see which city Amazon will choose for its HQ2 campus continues, but for now the tech giant is leasing space in Chicago for some of its first Amazon Go stores. WGN reported Amazon chose space in the Willis Tower and in an office building next to Ogilvie Transportation Center.

As Patch recently reported, there is no checkout required at the new type of store.

"We created the world's most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line," a description in the store manager listing states. "With our Just Walk Out Shopping experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout."

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The store experience works by using sensors and cameras to track what customers buy before charging their accounts for the purchases.

Amazon opened its Seattle store in January, and the company recently said it had plans to open six more this year.

In January, Patch reported Chicago made it on Amazon's list of potential cities to be the site of the Seattle-based retailer's second headquarters. The city joined Indianapolis, New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and others as possible candidates for the $5 billion venture that could create 50,000 jobs.

An Amazon search committee visited the city in March as part the company's tour of potential candidates, during which Chicago leaders generated a William Shatner-voiced video to woo Amazon officials, particularly Bezos, an admitted "Star Trek" fan.

Seattle's original cashierless Amazon Go store. (Photo by Neal McNamara | Patch editor)