Hogan says he talked to Amazon about HQ2
But e-commerce giant decided not to seek another site after scuttling NYC plan
Maryland
Amazon last year selected the New York borough of Queens and Northern Virginia for the two locations where the e-commerce giant would construct two offices with a total of 50,000 employees as part of its HQ2 project.
Maryland — like many other states — scrambled to snare what was being touted as one of the nation’s biggest economic development opportunities. Amazon’s list of finalist locations for HQ2 had included
Amazon publicly announced Thursday
Asked whether he would make another run at landing Amazon in Maryland, Hogan said: “We actually have had preliminary discussions with them already and we’re looking forward to meeting with them to discuss it further.”
Hogan didn’t elaborate on when state officials might meet with Amazon.
The developers of the Port Covington project in South Baltimore
Marc Weller, president of Weller Development Co., the developer of Port Covington, said last week that his team had reached out to Amazon.
“We continue to believe that Baltimore, with its exceptional regional tech-ready workforce and prime campus location of Port Covington, is a perfect fit for Amazon’s needs now, and in the future,” Weller said in a statement last week.
Port Covington is a 260-acre property that’s proposed for a mixed-use redevelopment that will become home to the new headquarters for Under Armour and cyber-security firms. The Baltimore Sun leases a building at Port Covington for its news, business and printing operations.