<P> Amazon HQ2 is a proposed new corporate headquarters for online retailer and tech company Amazon in North America, to supplement the existing Seattle headquarters . Amazon announced the initiative, along with a request for proposals from governments and economic development organizations, in September 2017, attracting attention from more than 200 cities in Canada, the United States and Mexico . Amazon intends to have 50,000 workers at HQ2 and is planning to invest $5 billion in new construction . A shortlist of 20 finalists was announced January 18, 2018 . </P> <P> Amazon.com was founded in 1994 in Bellevue, Washington, and moved to leased space in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle . As the company grew, it went through a series of office moves around Downtown Seattle, until announcing a move to a purpose - built headquarters campus in the South Lake Union neighborhood, then a light industrial enclave undergoing urban renewal . As of 2017, Amazon occupies 8.1 million square feet (750,000 m) of office space in 33 buildings, employing 40,000 white collar workers . </P>

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