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A lot of internal internet traffic with regard to Arlington, Virginia.
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Originally Posted by The Telegraph
The location for Amazon's second mega-headquarters may have been revealed after thousands of curious employees flooded a shortlisted city's local news website with traffic.
The technology giant is on the hunt for its second home, where it will create 50,000 “high-paying” jobs and spend $5bn on designing a new building to rival its original post in Seattle.
Amazon has kept details under wraps but on Tuesday a local news website in Arlington, Virginia, hinted that it might be a front-runner after a two-month old news article describing the city's green credentials received an unprecedented amount of traffic from an internal webpage at Amazon.com.
Arlington currently has a lot of vacant commercial space, high rises in Rosslyn and Crystal City areas. Both are served by multiple Metro (subway) stations and within 10 minutes of Washington National airport.
The glut was caused by overbuilding and the sequestration.
Seems to me like the location should be opposite of Seattle... somewhere warm, sunny, slightly less urbanized, etc. to attract people with different preferences.
Austin or Phoenix would be perfect, but who am I to say...
Arlington currently has a lot of vacant commercial space, high rises in Rosslyn and Crystal City areas. Both are served by multiple Metro (subway) stations and within 10 minutes of Washington National airport.
The glut was caused by overbuilding and the sequestration.
My impression from reading the Amazon documents is they want to build an HQ, not use existing vacant space. Also they want it all consolidated onto one campus, not scattered around town. I cannot think of a single vacant commercial area that would accommodate Amazon's needs they outlined.
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