Amazon will split second headquarters between New York City and Virginia, according to a person familiar with the plans

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amazon will split second headquarters between New York City and Virginia, according to a person familiar with the plans. Instead, Amazon dubbed the area National Landing, “an urban community in Northern Virginia located less than 3 miles from downtown Washington, D.C.”

National Landing is several neighborhoods, which include “portions of Pentagon City and Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, and Potomac Yard in the City of Alexandria, Virginia,” according to a state of Virginia’s release. Crystal City and its surrounding areas (rebranded in Amazon’s press release as part of “National Landing”) and Long Island City in Queens will each ultimately get more than 25,000 Amazon employees as part of the deal. The second headquarters search began in September 2017 when Seattle-based Amazon announced it would start accepting proposals for what quickly became known as HQ2.
Amazon announces it will split their second headquarters in New York City and National Landing in northern Virginia (outside Washington D.C.) (CNN)