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Amazon 'to split its second headquarters between Queens, New York and Crystal City, Virginia'
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 5, 2018 | Ariel ZIlber

Posted on 11/06/2018 6:58:44 AM PST by C19fan

Amazon.com Inc is planning to split its second headquarters evenly between two locations - Long Island City in the New York borough of Queens and a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC.

The New York Times is reporting that the online retailer is in advanced stages of negotiations with local governments in both areas to conclude an agreement.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company decided to split its headquarters in two locations rather than just one.

The retailer previously announced a planned investment of $5 billion and 50,000 jobs for the second headquarters.

Under the new plan, the e-commerce giant will split the workforce with 25,000 employees in each city, the WSJ report.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: amazon
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When the parasites in New York start trying to suck the blood out of Amazon, Bezos has nobody to blame but himself.
1 posted on 11/06/2018 6:58:44 AM PST by C19fan
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Horrific.


2 posted on 11/06/2018 7:01:06 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: C19fan

So HQ2 turns out to be two big regional offices.


3 posted on 11/06/2018 7:02:01 AM PST by sphinx
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You work for Amazon. You get the choice, DC area or Queens. Lol


4 posted on 11/06/2018 7:02:31 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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My husband is from Queens, I don’t think Bezos is going to like trying to fly out of NYC on Friday nights.Just ask Sully.


5 posted on 11/06/2018 7:02:41 AM PST by cnsmom
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That was a really dumb and shortsighted move. Ouch.


6 posted on 11/06/2018 7:06:36 AM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: C19fan

So much for looking at areas with affordable housing for employees. I thought Dallas had the best business case, but this looks like a political decision.


7 posted on 11/06/2018 7:11:00 AM PST by StolarStorm
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Making Virginia even more blue. Boo!!!!!


8 posted on 11/06/2018 7:17:28 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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I lived in the Crystal City region for 3.5 years. With the Pentagon crowd, the drive into work was already a massive adventure. Maybe they will be smart enough to buy some parking garage near the Eisenhower METRO station and let the employees park there and ride the METRO the rest of the way into Crystal City.

Affordable housing? I just started laughing. You’d need $400k to get into a decent house. Salary-wise, if they don’t pay over $70k per year...I don’t see anyone taking a job for more than a year or two, and then moving on.

Same way with the Queen decision. So much bad logic. They could have easily picked Dallas or Nashville, and done so much better.


9 posted on 11/06/2018 7:22:59 AM PST by pepsionice
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The cost of living in those areas will drive away all but the execs and the independently wealthy.


10 posted on 11/06/2018 7:27:08 AM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: C19fan

Waiting to hear from the “it’ll be Austin, guaranteed” crowd...


11 posted on 11/06/2018 7:27:19 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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Maybe the real estate market will return to normal in the Raleigh area now. It’s been crazy ever since Raleigh was named as a potential HQ location. Now hopefully, they can screw up the Apple opportunity as well...


12 posted on 11/06/2018 7:30:02 AM PST by Hatteras
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13 posted on 11/06/2018 7:30:32 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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14 posted on 11/06/2018 7:33:30 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Oh joy, sarc/ Northern Virginia is already horribly expensive and congested. This will make an commute a day long experience unless you can afford congestion pricing which is just breathtaking.
15 posted on 11/06/2018 7:34:25 AM PST by Truth29
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16 posted on 11/06/2018 7:36:10 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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NYS is refusing to reveal how much the state government is offering Amazon in bribes...er, incentives to site in NYS.

Note to Amazon: Expect a court fight after taxpayers find out what Albany has done.


17 posted on 11/06/2018 7:36:14 AM PST by mewzilla (Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
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That area of Virginia (just across the river from DC) is hopelessly blue anyhow. Just what the DC Metro area needs, another 25,000 people. Traffic will look like Beijing...


18 posted on 11/06/2018 7:37:47 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: C19fan
Crystal City = Military Defense Work.

Pay very close attention on this.

19 posted on 11/06/2018 7:38:04 AM PST by blackdog
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