Amazon, which in recent weeks delayed the opening of several newly built warehouses for up to two years, now says it's pausing construction on five office towers in Bellevue, WA and another in Nashville in order to re-evaluate its office needs in both of those locations. 

The e-commerce giant announced it has adopted a hybrid work strategy for corporate and tech positions and says it needs the construction pause on the office-tower projects to determine whether to revise office floor plans before the new buildings are completed.

"The pandemic has significantly changed the way people work. For our corporate and tech roles, we've adopted a hybrid model that offers employees increased flexibility. Each team decides the balance between in-office and remote work that makes sense for them," said John Schoettler, Amazon's VP of global real estate and facilities, in a statement.