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Amazon Makes Its Announcement, Adds Nashville To the Mix

Apparently it is also rebranding Crystal City as National Landing.

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As expected Amazon announced its decision to co-located its second headquarters in New York City and Northern Virginia this morning.

It also announced that in addition, it has selected Nashville for a new Center of Excellence for its Operations business, which is responsible for the company’s customer fulfillment, transportation, supply chain, and other similar activities. The center will create more than 5,000 jobs.

National Landing?

Amazon made the curious statement that in Northern Virginia it will be locating in National Landing, which is familiar to no one in the area. Wall Street Journal news desk chief Tim Hanrahan posits in a Tweet that Amazon is rebranding the Crystal City neighborhood because of its proximity to the Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.

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