Free bananas and dogs at the office — Amazon is officially open for business at its HQ2 in Arlington, Va. The Seattle-based tech giant cut the ribbon Thursday on Metropolitan… Read More
Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy admitted his company’s relationship with Seattle political leaders has become rocky over recent history, but added that he hopes it can improve in the… Read More
Amazon’s proposed design plans for its second headquarters campus in Arlington, Va., will have a familiar look for anyone who has ever set foot in Seattle as three tall office… Read More
When Amazon coined the term “HQ2” and announced plans to open a second North American headquarters, the company promised it would be the “full equal” to its Seattle home base,… Read More
A report from Bloomberg reveals new details about Amazon’s thinking throughout the HQ2 search process and how its secretive approach and push for tax incentives strained relationships with New York… Read More
One year ago today, Amazon named New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its search for a second headquarters, concluding its 14-month quest by pledging to build… Read More
Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person campus there over the next decade have already sparked a… Read More
The Washington D.C. official tasked with luring Amazon’s prized second headquarters project will join the tech giant’s public policy team. Brian Kenner is leaving his post as D.C.’s Deputy Mayor… Read More
The HQ2 housing rush has begun. With the first of 25,000 new Amazon employees set to arrive in just a few weeks, the housing market in Northern Virginia is heating… Read More
Amazon HQ2 is accepting applications. The Seattle tech company posted five job listings over the weekend for its new Arlington, Va. campus. The first openings at Amazon’s so-called second headquarters… Read More
Amazon is hiring 800 new tech workers in Austin and expanding into a new 145,000-square foot office in the Texas city. On Thursday, the company announced plans to grow its… Read More
Now that the New York deal is dead on arrival, Amazon’s only “HQ2” will be built in Northern Virginia, where the company faces a warmer reception than it did in… Read More
It’s only been a few weeks since Amazon canceled plans to build a New York headquarters amid growing opposition to the deal — and it looks like the project’s opponents… Read More
President Donald Trump said Amazon’s decision to pull out of a 25,000-person New York office was “a big loss” for the city. Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump appeared sympathetic to… Read More
For years, Amazon has gobbled up office space in Seattle at a breakneck pace, creating a red-hot commercial real estate market in the city’s urban core. But Amazon no longer… Read More
Shots are still being fired in the fight over Amazon’s canceled Queens campus. The battleground du jour? Times Square, where a billboard blaming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Amazon’s withdrawal from… Read More
Commentary: More than a year ago, when Amazon announced its intention to create a second headquarters somewhere in North America — equal in size and function and headcount to what… Read More
Amazon’s announcement that it was pulling out of a planned 25,000-person “HQ2” in New York City elicited a wave of shock and surprise from coast to coast on Thursday morning.… Read More
Amazon is canceling its plans to build a 25,000 person office in New York City in an extraordinary twist to the “HQ2” story that has dominated the news for more… Read More
Updated below with Amazon’s statement. Amazon is having second thoughts about plans to build a massive office in New York City, according to a new report from The Washington Post.… Read More
New York leaders who spent a year courting Amazon HQ2 are suddenly grappling with the possibility that the project they celebrated as a done deal could fall apart. On Monday,… Read More
The day after Amazon announced its intention to build a 25,000-person office in New York City, State Sen. Michael Gianaris convened a protest on the company’s proposed stomping grounds. It… Read More
Two New York labor unions are joining a growing opposition movement to Amazon’s planned 25,000-person office in Queens. Leaders of the Teamsters Joint Council 16 and Retail, Wholesale and Department… Read More
Over the weekend, the first job listings cropped up for Amazon HQ2, the now imprecise moniker for the 50,000-person second headquarters Amazon plans to establish across two cities: New York… Read More
Workers in Washington D.C. appear eager to jump ship for Amazon jobs, according to a new survey. Millennials and IT employees are particularly open to considering a gig with the… Read More
Two Seattle lawmakers traveled to New York to share war stories from their battles with Amazon to a group of concerned activists and officials Monday. They were invited by a… Read More
2018 was a year of acronyms. We witnessed an overhyped search for HQ2, a flurry of IPOs and the passing of Seattle tech pioneer PGA: Paul G. Allen. It was… Read More
It’s a lot to ask to expect praise from President Donald Trump on Twitter. But the president did manage to tweet out a very real “thank you” to Apple CEO… Read More
Amazon and Apple are planning new homes in new cities, each with room for thousands of employees. But the comparison between the two companies’ expansion plans ends there. While Amazon… Read More
An Amazon executive did little to quell suspicion that the company sells its facial recognition software to federal immigration authorities during a public hearing Wednesday. Amazon public policy lead Brian… Read More