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Amazon unveils 2.5-acre HQ2 design in Arlington that includes three 22-story office buildings with 2.8million square feet of space and a 350ft high Helix tower with two pathways lined with trees
Daily Mail ^ | 2 February 2021 | By ARIEL ZILBER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 02/02/2021 1:56:02 PM PST by Hojczyk

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled second phase of development of its new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia

Plans are to build three 22-story office buildings totaling 2.8 million square feet for some 13,000 employees

Centerpiece is a 350ft high glass tower called The Helix, with two walkways lined with trees and plants

Sprawling 2.5-acre campus includes outdoor amphitheater and green space for concerts, farmers' market

Area will also hold childcare center, dog run, food truck area and a 20,000sq ft community space

Amazon plans to break ground on second phase of project early next year;

First phase under construction

The first buildings of the second phase won’t be completed until 2025 at the earliest, online retailer said

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: amazon; architecture; arlington; boycott; poop; towerofbabel; virginia
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1 posted on 02/02/2021 1:56:02 PM PST by Hojczyk
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Based on COVID work-at-home studies over the last year, all I hear about is big corps not wanting office space going forward. Then again this is the Beltway so it’s connected to the DC oligarchy.


2 posted on 02/02/2021 1:57:51 PM PST by nascarnation
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3 posted on 02/02/2021 1:58:05 PM PST by Hojczyk ( )
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surprised they don’t have Chinese classrooms


4 posted on 02/02/2021 1:58:13 PM PST by magna carta (TX all you have to do is send an email to principal with a witness included on the communication.)
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To: Hojczyk

Looks like a giant screw. How appropriate.


5 posted on 02/02/2021 1:58:59 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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To: Hojczyk; dfwgator

[with two pathways lined with trees]

Ooh, the two-level effect. Have they demanded a shrubbery?


6 posted on 02/02/2021 2:00:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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[with two pathways lined with trees]

Ooh, the two-level effect. Have they demanded a shrubbery?


7 posted on 02/02/2021 2:00:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Fresh Wind

Yes, screwed up earth.


8 posted on 02/02/2021 2:00:41 PM PST by Irenic
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Will it have a gun range?


9 posted on 02/02/2021 2:01:05 PM PST by Jordo
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To: Fresh Wind

Tower of Babel


10 posted on 02/02/2021 2:01:46 PM PST by Karoo
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Is this the project AOC chased out of brooklyn?


11 posted on 02/02/2021 2:02:32 PM PST by joshua c (Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv, natl name brands)
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Im glad I do not have to do the layout on that building..


12 posted on 02/02/2021 2:02:53 PM PST by Hojczyk ( )
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Sprawling 2.5-acre campus includes outdoor amphitheater and green space for concerts, farmers’ market

All the local, small business and community stuff Amazon destroys.

fake news fake money fake elections fake politics fake corporations

13 posted on 02/02/2021 2:05:31 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Fresh Wind

Looks like a poop tower.


14 posted on 02/02/2021 2:05:31 PM PST by madison10
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To: Fresh Wind

Looks like a poop tower.


15 posted on 02/02/2021 2:05:37 PM PST by madison10
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Amazon is Hydra. (COBRA if you’re a GI Joe fan)


16 posted on 02/02/2021 2:06:47 PM PST by EEGator
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Built upon the ruins of moms, pops, and small business everywhere. F*ck Amazon!


17 posted on 02/02/2021 2:07:14 PM PST by blabs
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Amazon is now Deep State’s.


18 posted on 02/02/2021 2:07:57 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Fresh Wind
Looks like a giant screw. How appropriate.

Beat me to it! LOL

A location to be occupied to ensure Congress critters know where their campaign donations come from and to remind them on how to vote on anti-liberty and anti-monopoly legislation.

19 posted on 02/02/2021 2:09:09 PM PST by CedarDave (With lockdowns & mandatory business closures, New Mexico is to Texas as E. Germany was to W. Germany)
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To: nascarnation

What about global warming?


20 posted on 02/02/2021 2:09:24 PM PST by cp124 (Government is 98% corrupt. )
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