{"id":4319,"date":"2018-11-13T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/amazon-names-locations-for-new-us-hqs\/"},"modified":"2018-11-13T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:53:46","slug":"amazon-names-locations-for-new-us-hqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/amazon-names-locations-for-new-us-hqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon names locations for new US HQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amazon plans to build major new campuses in New York City and next to the Pentagon near Washington DC.<\/p>\n

The decision comes 14 months after the tech giant kicked off a continent-wide competition<\/a> by announcing a search for a “second headquarters” location.<\/p>\n

The contest drew 238 bids, as local officials leapt at the chance to land a potentially transformative investment.<\/p>\n

The two locations could create up to 50,000 jobs in the next two decades.<\/p>\n

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How did it make its decision?<\/h2>\n

Amazon had originally said it was looking to build a single “HQ2” in a large urban area, with proximity to a major airport and access to mass transit.<\/p>\n

The company said at the time that the new premises would create as many as 50,000 jobs and cost at least $5bn (\u00a33.9bn) to build and operate.<\/p>\n

However, it later emerged that Amazon planned to split the jobs and investment between two different locations.<\/p>\n

The firm is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars worth in tax benefits and other incentives. Officials have declined to release the details of those packages.<\/p>\n

What was the reaction?<\/h2>\n

Shares in property companies expected to benefit shot up.<\/p>\n

Others voiced worries that the influx of workers would drive up housing costs, crowd highways and otherwise strain local resources, as Amazon’s expansion has in its hometown of Seattle.<\/p>\n

As rumours swirled earlier in the week, New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who represents the area slated for the new offices, said any deal had “to work for Queens, not just Amazon”.<\/p>\n

“We must ask how such a complex would impact the people who live in the surrounding neighbourhoods,” he said. <\/p>\n

“This isn’t a done deal. The local community must be heard here.”<\/p>\n