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Westchester County Says it's the 'Smart Choice' for Amazon

Somers Town Supervisor Rick Morrissey said that the former IBM facility in Somers could provide Amazon with 1 million square feet of space of move-in-ready space, while PepsiCo's former offices nearby could provide another 540,000 square feet of move-in-ready space.

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on September 27, 2017

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino at the press conference announcing the county's intent to bid for Amazon HQ2. Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino at the press conference announcing the county’s intent to bid for Amazon HQ2.

WHITE PLAINS—Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino announced on Tuesday that the county would be submitting a proposal to Amazon for the e-commerce giant’s second corporate headquarters, a deal that could bring 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in total investment to this New York City suburb.

Westchester County joins a long list of municipalities in the Northeast and across the country vying for Amazon’s second headquarters, dubbed Amazon HQ2, which would initially involve a 500,000 square-foot facility but in time would grow to 8 million square feet of space. Seattle-based Amazon released an RFP for the second headquarters earlier this month.

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