On November 13, Amazon announced that it had selected two cities for its sought-after second headquarters: Long Island City, situated on the far west side of New York City’s borough of Queens; and three suburban districts just across the Potomac River from Washington. These locations beat 236 other entrants in an open competition the company launched with much fanfare in September 2017.
Amazon has promised to locate as many as 50,000 highly paid employees and invest $5 billion in buildings in the two cities. In both places, the company plans to occupy up to 4 million square feet of offices, with the possibility to grow to 8 million in each, which would double the space promised in the competition brief—a testament to just how rapidly Amazon sees itself growing. No architect or development team has yet been announced for either site.
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