Chicago Street Journal -- September 30, 2017

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Amazon Opens Search for
Amazon HQ2 – A Second
Headquarters City in North
America
New headquarters will be a full equal to Amazon’s headquarters
in Seattle, and is expected to grow to 50,000 employees
as part of the company’s ongoing job creation
Amazon plans to invest over $5 million in construction and
operation of Amazon HQ2
In addition to Amazon’s direct hiring and investment, construction
and operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create
tens of thousands of jobs in construction and related
industries, and generate tens of billions of dollars in additional
investment in the city where HQ2 is located
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 7, 2017-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)
—Amazon today announced plans to open Amazon HQ2, a
second company headquarters in . expects to invest over in
construction and grow this second headquarters to include
as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs. In addition to Amazon’s
direct hiring and investment, construction and ongoing
operation of Amazon HQ2 is expected to create tens of
thousands of additional jobs and tens of billions of dollars
in additional investment in the surrounding community. is
opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal (“RFP”)
now, and local and state government leaders interested in
learning more about how they can bring to their community
can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.
Amazon estimates its investments in from 2010 through
2016 resulted in an additional to the city’s economy –
every dollar invested by in generated an additional for the
city’s economy overall.
Communities that think big and creatively when considering
locations and real estate options
HQ2 could be, but does not have to be:
An urban or downtown campus
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With more than 380,000 employees worldwide, Amazon
ranks #1 on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies,
#2 on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, #1 on
The Harris Poll’s Corporate Reputation survey, and #2 on
LinkedIn’s U.S. most desirable companies list. Amazon
was also recently included in the Military Times’ Best for
Vets list of companies committed to providing opportunities
for military veterans.
“We expect HQ2 to be a full equal to our headquarters,”
said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “Amazon HQ2
will bring billions of dollars in up-front and ongoing investments,
and tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. We’re
excited to find a second home.”
In choosing the location for HQ2, Amazon has a preference
for:
Metropolitan areas with more than one million people
A similar layout to Amazon’s campus
A development-prepped site. We want to encourage
states and communities to think creatively for viable
real estate options, while not negatively affecting
our preferred timeline.
Amazon HQ2 will be a complete headquarters for – not a
satellite office. expects to hire new teams and executives in
HQ2, and will also let existing senior leaders across the
company decide whether to locate their teams in HQ1,
HQ2 or both. The company expects that employees who
are currently working in HQ1 can choose to continue working
there, or they could have an opportunity to move if they
would prefer to be located in HQ2.
To learn more about Amazon’s current headquarters, plans
for Amazon HQ2, and to submit a proposal, visit
www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.
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