San Diego County's bid to land Amazon's
second headquarters location fell short Thursday, as the Seattle e-commerce goliath trimmed the list of cities under consideration to 20 finalists.
South County officials have identified two sites that they believe hit all the targets for Amazon's HQ2 —
a second headquarters location for the Seattle e-commerce giant that could eventually employ 50,000 workers.
After a hyper - public start to its search for
a second headquarters location, Amazon now reportedly wants the 20 finalists to keep quiet about the second phase of the process.
New York City Tech Luminaries Petition Amazon's Jeff Bezos for
Its Second Headquarters Location
Not exact matches
But as creative as those attempts are to woo Amazon for its
second headquarters, it's far more likely that the big dollars that Amazon has asked for will be a major deciding factor in its
location.
After Amazon announced in September that it would build a
second headquarters in an undetermined
location, more than 50 North American cities concocted bids to persuade the company to choose it.
In Chicago, Emporium Arcade Bar doubled its space to 6,000 square feet, adding 20 arcade cabinets to its roster;
Headquarters Beercade also stepped up its game by opening a
second, larger
location last August in River North.
Jeff Bezos may have his hands full finding a
location for Amazon's
second headquarters, but he's also making time to work on a longer - term project.
Amazon on Thursday announced a list of 20
locations that are finalists for its
second headquarters, dubbed «HQ2.»
Matt Cabrey, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce's business - retention affiliate, Select Greater Philadelphia, said Amazon's presence would be felt widely if it chose the region for its
second headquarters, regardless of any particular
locations.
If one assumes that Amazon has already made a choice about the
location of its
second headquarters, this game looks rather grim for any place that chooses play.
A week after Amazon sent cities across North America scrambling to compete for the e-commerce giant's
second headquarters, Philadelphia government leaders are beginning to settle on three
locations to pitch most forcefully as the nucleus of a vast regional presence for the Seattle company: The Schuylkill Yards and uCity Square sites in West Philadelphia and South Philadelphia's Navy Yard.
The e-commerce giant has cut the field for its
second headquarters to 20 prime
locations including Dallas, Atlanta and New York.
Besides, various
locations across the US had already offered it tax breaks to become the site of its
second headquarters.
So last month, Amazon announced that you are looking for a
location for your
second headquarters (Amazon HQ2), and cities across North America jumped at a chance to submit proposals.
Amazon is uniquely capable of having a
second headquarters, and don't be surprised if politics influences the choice of
location.
Cities are sending people to Amazon's
headquarters in Seattle as they jockey to be the
location for the company's
second headquarters.
In each of the two metros, 52 percent of the residents said they strongly support Amazon creating its
second headquarters in the city, the highest among the 19 U.S.
locations.
Within the 19
locations in 16 U.S. metros competing to land the
second headquarters for retail and technology giant Amazon, there are varying degrees of enthusiasm and support, according to a new survey by the Elon University Poll conducted in partnership with The Business Journals.
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - Canarsie - Sheepshead Bay - Coney Island) is calling on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to abandon Georgia as a possible
location for Amazon's
second headquarters and come to Brooklyn instead.
Bezos is currently scouting out possible
locations to establish a
second headquarters for his giant company.
As Amazon nears a decision on the
location for its
second headquarters, it's weighing a number of factors about each city: access to transit systems, the size and makeup of the local workforce, available real estate and tax breaks.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — For a little more than a month, communities across the United States and Canada have been frantically putting together their best case as to why retail giant Amazon should chose them as the
location for the company's
second headquarters.
Manhattan's West Side is one of the neighborhoods that New York City is pushing as a possible
location for Amazon's
second headquarters.
Come to Westchester, Astorino tells Amazon Westchester County jumped into the frenzy around the
location of Amazon's
second North American
headquarters.
The company clearly thinks we are a viable
location for their business operations and building its
second headquarters here would be a great partnership,» said Majority Leader Lorigo.
«In addition to our new California
headquarters, we opened a
second location in Mesa, Arizona, in October 2017.
The
location of Amazon's
second headquarters will benefit in enormous ways from the influx of jobs and development that will come with HQ2 but cities vying for the position will... more
Amazon announced today it has narrowed the list of possible
locations for its
second headquarters, HQ2, down to 20.
When Amazon first announced in January its shortlist of 20
location candidates for a
second headquarters, the real estate... Read More
Nonetheless, outside of the United States, Canada ranked
second highest in number of activist targets by
location of company
headquarters, topped only by Australia with 53 targets in 2017.
The rumor that Amazon has set its sights on disrupting the pharmaceutical industry has gained greater currency recently, just months after the company set the grocery business on fire with its acquisition of Whole Foods, and in the midst of its widely publicized search for a
second U.S.
headquarters location.
Is there any irony in the fact that at the same time Amazon is searching for a
location to open a
second corporate
headquarters location where they will hire up to 50,000 people?
You might have heard that Amazon is looking for its
second US
headquarters and has selected the final 20 cities that might become the new
location.
Miami is one of the
location for Amazon's
second headquarters and we are positive we will win this.