Thursday, January 18, 2018

Amazon HQ Finalists: New York City Makes The Cut



NEW YORK, NY — New York City is still in the running for what could be one of the biggest economic development prizes in the nation. Amazon on Thursday named the Big Apple one of 20 finalists in the online retail giant's nationwide search for the home of its second headquarters.

The city Economic Development Corporation submitted a proposal in October with four potential locations for Amazon's second home, known as "HQ2." The Seattle-based company says it would need 500,000 square feet of space by 2019 and 8 million square feet in the long term for a $5 billion facility that would create up to 50,000 high-paying jobs.

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Source: Patch.com (via Empire Report New York) 

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