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I agree besides DC and SF. I think DC is 4th.
Yeah to me NYC, LA, DC are top three actually. There's just simply the most dominant 3 in global media, relevance, culture, power, influence, etc. SF could overall still make top 4 though depending on the criteria. Economy is where SF makes a great argument for 3rd, and it's clear the overall Bay Area has surpassed Chicago there. Overall arguments for DC and SF 3/4 could be made on many levels.
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Boeing is moving its Headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, VA which would make them located right beside their key customer - the Pentagon. Just another example that the Federal Government is a yuge business…
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I wouldn't count Amazon even as HQ2 until they employ tens of thousands there. Maybe they'll eventually be a close #3 behind Bellevue.
No I wasn't sure that it did count towards the total yet. I see now the other two Fortune 500's in Arlington are AES, and Leidos. Boeing would make the third.
HQ2 is at 5,000 employees now, and will be at 12,500 by 2025. The full total of 25k won't be until end of decade, with a potential expansion to 38k after that.
How many current Amazon employees does Bellevue have?
Last year (?), Bellevue said they'd have 25,000 in Downtown Bellevue in five years. But I believe they've upped that to 30,000 in a similar timeframe. I don't know the current number. They're currently building in the 3,000,000 sf range including owned and leased space, and they have several buildings already.
No I wasn't sure that it did count towards the total yet. I see now the other two Fortune 500's in Arlington are AES, and Leidos. Boeing would make the third.
HQ2 is at 5,000 employees now, and will be at 12,500 by 2025. The full total of 25k won't be until end of decade, with a potential expansion to 38k after that.
How many current Amazon employees does Bellevue have?
Right, the other 2 in Arlington as you said are AES and Leidos. Boeing would be #3, not counting Amazon or Nestle.
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Last year (?), Bellevue said they'd have 25,000 in Downtown Bellevue in five years. But I believe they've upped that to 30,000 in a similar timeframe. I don't know the current number. They're currently building in the 3,000,000 sf range including owned and leased space, and they have several buildings already.
Interesting. So at about 6,000,000 sf planned for HQ2 which I believe would include a 3rd phase expansion, I wonder if that footprint would work out to be about double the employee projections than what's currently in Bellevue? How much does Seattle have like 40k plus? That's a ton of people for that area, which makes sense as to why they needed the 2nd HQ. Currently what's under construction in Arlington is 2.1 million sq ft.
Arlington County just approved the 2nd (and largest) phase "Pen Place" to begin construction this year. The first phase "Metropolitan Park" is topped out, and opening next year. How do you think the new "Helix" stacks up against "the Spheres", and Bellevue I assume doesn't have something comparable to either, just office buildings? The locals here have already been calling it a giant glass "poop emoji" . I kinda love it personally.
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. I kinda love it personally.
