- second headquarters,
- National Landing area of Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City, Queens.
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Everything we know about Amazon's HQ2 development in Long Island City, Queens
Amazon will build its second headquarters along the waterfront in Long Island City, Queens.
A rendering of a potential mixed-used neighborhood along the Anable Basin.
Amazon is headed to Queens. After more than year of silent negotiations, the company finally landed on the winners of its second North American headquarters. The new HQ2 will be divided into two sites:
According to Constantine Valhouli, the head of research for NeighborhoodX, the building is a "natural choice" for Amazon, given its dominance and height. Amazon's move, he said, could symbolize the growing takeover of West Coast technology companies in New York City, where major office towers have long been occupied by financial firms.
November: Amazon announces it will split up its much-anticipated HQ2 between New York and Virginia.
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But the move is only temporary. Over the next ten years, Amazon will build a 4 million-square-foot headquarters to house its 25,000 new employees. From there, the company will expand the project to around 8 million square feet, accommodating an additional 15,000 workers.
The entire development is set to be complete in 15 years, at which point Amazon will have spent $3.7 billion on the project.
That's a hefty price tag, given that the company's parallel development in Arlington. , known as National Landing,
Plaxall's plan for a waterfront site in Long Island City.
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Though Amazon hasn't revealed too many details about its
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space, community facilities, artist workspaces, technology accelerator space, and room for a public school.
To carry out this vision, Amazon will have to work with the owner of the land, Plaxall, which recently proposed its own ideas for a mixed-used district along the waterfront. Its 2017 proposal included flood resiliency measures and plans to preserve the neighborhood's industrial character.
Though Plaxall and Amazon could share a similar wish-list, there's plenty left to determine, including the project timeline, fate of existing businesses, and location of Jeff Bezos's controversial helipad.
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