After giving up HQ plans in Queens, Amazon to lease office space in Midtown Manhattan
New York
AMAZON said on Friday that it would lease office space in Midtown Manhattan for more than 1,500 employees, increasing its presence in New York City less than a year after abandoning plans for a second headquarters in Queens in the face of stiff local opposition.
The retail giant said it had a signed a lease for 350,000 square feet in a 10th Avenue building near the Hudson Yards development. The offices will be occupied by workers in Amazon's consumer and advertising units, the company said.
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