HQ2: Amazon picks New York City and Washington, D.C., for its new headquarters

Amazon said it will hire more than 25,000 employees in each location and open an "Operations Center of Excellence" in Nashville that will include more than 5,000 jobs.

Jeff Bezos speaks at the WIRED25 Summit on Oct. 15, 2018 in San Francisco.Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images
 Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will be building new offices in New York City and outside Washington, D.C., splitting its highly anticipated second headquarters between the two locations.

The offices will be located in Long Island City, a neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City, and Crystal City, a section of Arlington, Virginia, just south of Washington. Amazon already had sizable offices in both cities.

Amazon said it will hire more than 25,000 employees in each location, and open an "Operations Center of Excellence" in Nashville that will include more than 5,000 jobs.
 ------------------
Sourced: NBC NEWS

Comments