Thecompany announcedTuesday it plans to locate its new "HQ2" headquarters in both areas, ending a year-long courtship by metropolitan areas across North America. Each location will receive $2.5 billion in economic investment and see 25,000 new jobs, Amazon said. The company selected the Long ...
“...with Amazon committing to expand its headquarters in Long Island City, New York can proudly say that we have attracted one of the largest, most competitive economic development investments in U.S. history.” This ends a 14-month hunt for Amazon’s perfect “HQ2,” which saw about ...
The two frontrunners, Crystal City of Virginia and Long Island City of New York, are Amazon's most favorite locations to set up its second headquarters HQ2, U.S. media reported on Monday. The establishment of HQ2 will bring to the local economy up to 50,000 high-paying jobs and a 5...
Amazon will split its second headquarters between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City in northern Virginia, the company announced on Tuesday following months of speculation.
New York-based tech startup executives say they are looking forward to Amazon HQ2's move to the city because they believe it will bring an influx of tech workers along with it. But some warn an economic downturn could make it more difficult for smaller c
In an on-stage interview in New York on Thursday with journalist and author Walter Isaacson, Bezos did not leave any hints about which of the cities on his shortlist he is leaning toward for HQ2. But he clarified that after Amazon has all the data to back up its options, in the end...
The Wall Street Journal says Amazon executives have revisited some locations on its shortlist for its much-anticipated second headquarters, or HQ2. Executives reportedly revisited Chicago, New York and Newark, New Jersey in recent months. Amazon is expected to make its decision on the location of...
In September of 2017, the e-commerce giant announced that it would becreating a second headquarters, as they were outgrowing their original one in Seattle. This “HQ2” would employ some 50,000 people, and Amazon would be investing $5 billion into the project. Long Island City was considere...
Amazon selected Arlington as the site of HQ2, in addition to the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York, as part of its well-publicized search for a second headquarters. The companyannounced in 2019it would halt plans to build its new headquarters in New York after it faced push...
Amazon created a media circus around its search for a second headquarters, or HQ2, which ultimately ended in it splitting the location between New York City and the greater Washington, D.C., area. Its tactics should come as no surprise. Amazon has a long history of manipulating governments...