<Li> Up to 8 million square feet (740,000 m) of office space for future expansion </Li> <P> Optional preferences include airports with direct flights to Seattle, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., urban locations, and proximity to major universities . </P> <P> The deadline for Phase I bids was set at October 19, 2017 . A final site is planned to be selected and announced in 2018, from a shortlist of 20 cities released in January . </P> <P> As of October 23, 2017, 238 proposals were submitted and received by Amazon, representing cities and regions from 54 states, provinces, districts, and territories . The only U.S. states that did not have a locality that submitted a formal proposal were Arkansas, Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming . The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan also declined to bid, along with the Yukon Territory . </P>

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