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Amazon HQ2 Secures $51M Funding Vote In VA
Amazon // March 18, 2019

Amazon.com’s plans to open its HQ2 in Virginia got the support of local officials who approved a financial package valued at $51 million over the weekend. According to NBC News, the five-member Arlington County Board voted unanimously to approve the financial incentives despite some opposition to the package. The...

Amazon HQ2 Posts First Jobs
Amazon // January 16, 2019

Amazon posted two job openings mentioning its HQ2 office in New York City. Both positions — posted within the last few days — are for engineering jobs for Intelligent Cloud Control (ICC), which helps connect the company’s properties, including Kindle, Amazon Video and Alexa. There are plans to hire...

Facebook Opens New Boston Office
Facebook // January 11, 2019

Facebook, which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, opened a new office this week in Boston. The social media company invited some journalists along for a tour of the facilities, giving them a rare inside look at one of the world’s biggest companies and how...

Seattle Warns NY About Amazon Effect Of HQ2
Amazon // January 07, 2019

Two politicians traveled to New York to warn the city about the troubles Amazon’s headquarters brought to Seattle, according to a report in Bloomberg. Lisa Herbold and Teresa Mosqueda, members of the Seattle City Council, want to warn New York’s elected officials about the housing...

Interviews & Exclusives
What’s Next For Real Estate In Amazon’s HQ2 Cities?

November 14, 2018
Build it and they will come — in this case, times two. Apologies for the cliché (some of us miss baseball already), but that’s the story with Amazon and its split decision Tuesday (Nov. 13) on its new headquarters. The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an […]

Quick Reads
Amazon To Open Manhattan Office In 2021

December 08, 2019
Amazon has inked a deal to open its next headquarters in midtown Manhattan at Hudson Yards less than a year after withdrawing a plan to open a headquarters in Queens, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday (Dec. 6). The eCommerce giant has signed a lease for 335,000 square feet at 410 Tenth Ave. […]

Amazon HQ2 Secures $51M Funding Vote In VA

March 18, 2019
Amazon.com’s plans to open its HQ2 in Virginia got the support of local officials who approved a financial package valued at $51 million over the weekend. According to NBC News, the...

Amazon HQ2 Posts First Jobs

January 16, 2019
Amazon posted two job openings mentioning its HQ2 office in New York City. Both positions — posted within the last few days — are for engineering jobs for Intelligent Cloud Control (ICC), which...

Facebook Opens New Boston Office

January 11, 2019
Facebook, which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, opened a new office this week in Boston. The social media company invited some journalists along for a tour of the facilities,...