HQ2
The Latest Amazon HQ2 Odds: Toronto Rises, Atlanta Falls, D.C. Area Looks Like the Front-Runner
Oddsmakers have a new list of which cities are the favorites to land Amazon's second headquarters
It was the week after Labor Day when Amazon first announced its plans to build a second headquarters. Now, nine months, three seasons and several million online think pieces later (to make a rough estimate), weve reached Memorial Day weekend without a conclusion to the still Seattle-based e-commerce giants continent-wide search for HQ2. And while…
Amazon HQ2 Odds: Northern Virginia Tops New List
Betting site Bovada has a cluster of five cities with the best odds to land Amazon's second headquarters.
Its been 174 days since Amazon announced its plans for HQ2 on Sept. 7. The deadline for proposals came on Oct. 19, and four days later, the company announced that it had received a total of 238 proposals. About three months later, that list was narrowed down to 20 finalists. And now, 40 days later,…
12 HQ2 Numbers that Made Every North American City Hyperventilate
To the victor go these spoils in the competition for Amazon's second headquarters.
When Amazon announced in September that it would like to clone its Seattle headquarters complex in another North American city, creating what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls HQ2, every mayor and economic development director in metro areas with populations of at least 1 million started hyperventilating. Heres what Amazon says a new headquarters city could…
The 10 Amazon HQ2 Gimmicks and Pitches Worth Your Attention
Amazon's deadline for HQ2 proposals has come and gone. So which cities are making bids worthy of a closer look?
Time is officially up for every North American city that has put together a proposals to bring Amazons coveted, $5 billion, 50,000-employee HQ2. At this point, its anyones guess where the second headquarters might land. No, really; everyone is guessing. And now Amazon has more than 100 cities to choose from as it sorts through…
Why Amazon is a Good Neighbor to Seattle and Why HQ2 is a Problem
Amazons community impact isnt always salubrious, but consider the alternative.
Amazon sent shock waves through Seattle in September when it announced plans to spend $5 billion to build HQ2, a second Amazon headquarters, to house 50,000 employees in another probably distant city. Our prospects for becoming a global metropolis suddenly seemed much diminished. Like Boeings decision to move its corporate headquarters to Chicago and build…
New Jersey Offers $7 Billion Tax Break for Amazon’s HQ2
Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Cory Booker and other New Jersey politicians to pitch Newark as the destination for Amazon's second headquarters.
Amazons Oct. 19 deadline for HQ2 proposals is rapidly approaching, and this week is sure to see a flood of activity from cities and regions and states lining up their bids. We just saw Mayor Sly James of Kansas City, Missouri, review 1,000 products on Amazon as part of his citys effort to get into…
Kansas City Mayor Reviews 1,000 Amazon Products in Awesome HQ2 Pitch
Mayor Sly James is reviewing Amazon products and tweeting about it as part of the city's creative pitch to get in the mix for HQ2.
With the proposal deadline a mere week away, cities all over the continent are lining up their pitches to be the next home for Amazons HQ2. Weve already seen some ideas to get Amazons attention that have been pretty, um… creative. Tucson, Arizona, sent a 21-foot saguaro cactus. Georgia city Stonecrest is offering to change…
Analysis: What Does HQ2 Mean for Amazon and Seattle?
Breaking down what Amazon is doing, why they're doing it, and why moving beyond Seattle was inevitable. Plus: the four most likely cities for the company's "second home."
Amazons surprise HQ2 announcement last week has prompted many questions about what this means for the company and for Seattle. Seattle Business magazine contributor and former Microsoft executive Kevin Schofield has answers on what Amazon is doing, why theyre doing it, the most likely cities to host the companys second home, and what this means…