Where will Amazon HQ2 be located?
Speculation has been growing regarding the likely location for “Amazon HQ2”, the online giant’s second company headquarters in North America. In a statement issued last week, Amazon said that HQ2 will be “the full equal” to existing headquarters in Seattle.
The company expects to invest over $5bn in construction and to grow HQ2 to “include as many as 50,000 high-paying jobs”.
Amazon added that it was opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal (“RFP”) – and local and state government leaders interested in learning more about how they can bring Amazon to their community can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.
Amazon said that in choosing the location for HQ2, it has a “preference” for:
- Metropolitan areas with more than one million people
- A stable and business-friendly environment
- Urban or suburban locations with the potential to attract and retain strong technical talent
- Communities that think big and creatively when considering locations and real estate options.
A number of media outlets have sized up the relative merits of different US cities based on these criteria. But there has also been speculation that Amazon may consider a city in Canada or Mexico.
