If you walk around Long Island City on any given day, you'll see cranes everywhere and new apartment buildings popping up seemingly overnight. Improvements are being made to multiple subway stations. And new businesses are opening, including a liquid nitrogen ice cream shop and a dance studio for kids.
A year ago Friday, Amazon announced its quest to find a city for its second headquarters somewhere in North America.
Birmingham, Alabama's bid for Amazon's second headquarters wasn't enough to take first place, but it did earn the city its first fulfillment center. It's not the magnitude of HQ2, but it will create 1,500 jobs with healthcare and other benefits.
Amazon's search for a second headquarters is entering the next phase.
After promising to search North America for the perfect home for its next headquarters, Amazon has narrowed its list to 20 cities — 19 of which are in the United States. The one exception? Toronto.
Amazon has narrowed down its hunt for a second home to 20 locations. And the chosen city is likely to get an economic jolt -- particularly to its housing market.
An Irish gambling site now has Boston as the top contender to win Amazon's second headquarters.
Amazon has released a "short" list of cities it's considering for its second headquarters.
After months of waiting, Amazon revealed its not-so-short list of possible cities for its second headquarters.
