Northern Virginia counties vying to host Amazon's second HQ

Washington

CAPITAL One, Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Northrop Grumman and other industry heavyweights have all established Tysons Corner in Virginia as a popular landing spot for top corporations,

Officials in Northern Virginia, however, have sidelined the area in their pursuit of Amazon.com as the online retailer seeks a second headquarters location with as many as 50,000 jobs.

Members of the Fairfax and Loudoun county boards of supervisors, with the blessing of governor Terry McAuliffe, have decided to propose another site for an 8 million sq ft campus for Amazon: the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), adjacent to Dulles International Airport.

According to officials from both counties, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plans were meant to remain private, the state would offer the CIT campus, valued at about US$30 million, to Amazon in conjunction with two privately …