A rendering of the new Amazon HQ2 towers that will be built in Arlington’s Pentagon City neighborhood. In a blog post, Amazon vice president John Schoettler said the company is looking for “a sense of place . Amazon, which plans to eventually employ 25,000 people in the immediate area, also plans to purchase the nearby PenPlace from its development partner, JBG Smith. The Amazon headquarters is the driving force behind plans to remake the Pentagon City-Crystal City-Potomac Yard neighborhoods, which the retail giant has jointly dubbed National Landing. Read more:Amazon posts first jobs for Arlington County headquartersAmazon says it will avoid housing crunch with lessons from SeattleAmazon in Seattle: Economic godsend or self-centered behemoth?

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 19:39 UTC