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Amazon Splits Coveted ‘HQ2’ Between New York and Washington

Nashville wins a new operations center and 5,000-plus jobs
$5 billion investment captured North America’s attention

"We realized that dividing it into two made more sense," Amazon VP Jay Carney tells Bloomberg’s Emily Chang.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Spencer Soper

November 13, 2018 at 2:55 PM UTC

Updated on

November 13, 2018 at 5:53 PM UTC

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Amazon.com Inc. will build new offices in New York City and Arlington, Virginia, ending months of jockeying between potential locations across the country vying for a $5 billion investment that promises 50,000 high-paying jobs over almost two decades.

Amazon also said it will create more than 5,000 jobs in Nashville, Tennessee, at a new operations center that’s responsible for fulfillment, transportation, supply chain and other activities.