NEW YORK CITY—To say that Amazon has been making headlines in the real estate trades recently is a huge understatement. Today, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced it was leasing 360,000 square feet of space at Brookfield Property Partners' 5 Manhattan West office building and adding 2,000 new jobs to its New York workforce.

The new lease comes on the heels of Amazon's announcement on Sept. 7 of its national search for a second headquarters valued at $5 billion that has politicos and economic development officials scurrying to respond to the requirement. In the Empire State, Amazon announced the same day that it was building an 850,000-square-foot $100-million fulfillment center on Staten Island.

The announcement today for its 15-year lease at 5 Manhattan West will involve the creation of more than 2,000 new jobs in New York City over the next three years. The Staten Island fulfillment center is expected to employ 2,250 operations workers. Amazon officials say that the offices at 5 Manhattan West will serve as the primary New York location for Amazon Advertising. At that location, Amazon expects to hire software engineers, data analysts, economists as well as teams involved in marketing, product, design, and engineering to support Amazon Advertising, Amazon Fashion and Amazon Web Services operations.