Cities and states lining up to attract new Amazon HQ

September 8, 2017

Cities from New York to Vancouver, BC are all expressing interest to become Amazon.com’s second headquarters location. The e-tail giant announced it was looking to spend up to $5 billion to create a second headquarters location outside of its Seattle home. The company expects to employ up to 50,000 people at the new location.

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