Amazon.com Inc. has picked New York City and Northern Virginia as the two bases for the e-commerce giant's next headquarters, The Wall Street Journal reported early Nov. 13, citing people familiar with the matter.
The sources said government officials in both locations are preparing for announcement events expected to take place as soon as Nov. 13. They would mark the end of a search that Seattle-based Amazon started in September 2017 and drew more than 200 proposals from cities and municipalities across North America.
The final selections were previously reported as being among the top three locations along with Dallas for Amazon's new hub, which was dubbed HQ2. That was followed shortly after by news that the company planned to choose two host cities.
According to the latest report by the Journal, Amazon will split HQ2 between Long Island City in New York City's borough of Queens and Crystal City in Virginia's Arlington County. The company will employ up to 25,000 people at each of the two sites; in comparison, its home base in Seattle has more than 45,000 employees.
The company may also announce the selection of other cities to host Amazon sites, the report said, but it was not yet clear what such potential projects would entail. Cities short-listed earlier in the HQ2 search included Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Miami.
Amazon declined to comment to the Journal about the matter.
