DC Makes The Shortlist For Amazon HQ2

The shortlist of locales in the running for Amazon’s second headquarters is out, and it looks as though the D.C. area is getting a serious look.

D.C. made the list of 20 locations that are finalists for HQ2, as well as Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Md. Amazon said it received a total of 238 proposals.

The District has showed up on many pundit shortlists for the headquarters, which Amazon has said would bring 50,000 jobs, for the area’s concentration of talent Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ recently-purchased home in Kalorama. The District proposed four separate sites for the second headquarters. These included areas along the Anacostia River, Capitol Hill East, NoMa/Union Station and the Shaw/Howard University area, Curbed reported. Amazon’s announcement only lists “Washington, D.C.,” as a finalist, so it’s unclear if it prefers one of the neighborhoods over another.

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