Amazon reveals the truth on why it nixed New York and chose Virginia for its HQ2. TopStates
— the state economic development agency that coordinated the pitch — decided to emphasize the state's many workforce advantages.
But Amazon was playing its cards close to the vest. Plus, it was evaluating 20 bids from across the country—and Toronto, Canada—with a small team. The result was that all the bidders had limited time to pitch the company. Crystal City and nearby Pentagon City—an area JBG Smith was already planning to rebrand as "National Landing"—seemed to tick a number of Amazon's boxes. Reagan National Airport is so close that the bid included a pedestrian walkway from Amazon's proposed headquarters directly to the terminal. There is also easy access to the DC Metro and the Virginia Rail Express commuter lines.
"As we were looking through all the locations, we realized it was going to be hard to hire 50,000 tech employees in one location," Huseman said. "This was an important decision, so many of the top leaders of the company were involved," Huseman said. "It was definitely a long, marathon meeting when we finally made the choice.""At Amazon, when we make a decision, we always go through the pros of a decision and we go through the cons. And so, we went through the pros and cons of all the 20 finalist locations," he said.
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