- Title: Amazon places split "HQ2" in New York, Northern Virginia
- Date: 13th November 2018
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS) SCHOOL BUS DRIVING ON STREET WITH NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND DOCKED BOAT CRANE AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SIGN IN LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, READING (English): 'LONG ISLAND' EAST RIVER WITH QUEENSBORO BRIDGE 'CRYSTAL CITY' ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF B
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- Keywords: Amazon New York City Northern Virginia Long Island City Crystal City Arlington
- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK/ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK/ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Company News Markets,Economic Events
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- Story Text: Amazon.com Inc. confirmed on Tuesday (November 13) it would invest $5 billion and create 50,000 new jobs in two new headquarters in New York and Northern Virginia, ending a frenzied year-long bidding war among cities across North America.
As reported by Reuters earlier, the company also announced an additional investment in Nashville, Tennessee that would include 5,000 new corporate jobs.
The new Washington, D.C. metro headquarters in Arlington will be located in National Landing, and the New York City headquarters will be located in the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens, Amazon said in a statement.
Hiring at both the new facilities will begin in 2019.
The world's largest online retailer started a bidding contest in September last year to attract proposals from cities to build a second headquarters, dubbed "HQ2" that would be an equal to its Seattle office, which spans 8.1 million square feet in 33 buildings.
Regions and cities in 43 U.S. states submitted bids, along with several provinces in Canada and from Puerto Rico.
The headquarter split will give Amazon more diversity for recruiting and could also help lessen congestion and cost-of-living increases that would have accompanied one bigger office. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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