ADADThe 2-million-square-foot headquarters, at the parcel containing 1400 S. Eads St. and 501 15th St. South, will house about 12,500 employees — half the expected 25,000 Amazon employees who will eventually work in the area. Another Amazon headquarters building in the neighborhood is working its way through the planning process and is most likely to come up for approval next year. The $20 million commitment for affordable housing is the largest single infusion of money into Arlington’s housing fund. “This is absolutely not acceptable to us whatsoever,” he told the five-member County Board, which is composed of Democrats. That group said the Amazon development will result in more than 47,000 new direct and indirect jobs whose benefits will be felt across Virginia.

Source: Washington Post December 14, 2019 21:23 UTC