Amazon's HQ2 in Virginia opens with room for 14k employees.

Amazon has officially opened its second headquarters, called HQ2, in Arlington, Virginia. The new facility, called Metropolitan Park, features 2.1 million square feet of office space, a 2.5 acre park, and 50,000 square feet of retail space. The company is bringing 8,000 employees in total to HQ2, all of whom are locally hired from the areas surrounding Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Despite the pandemic and post-pandemic economic challenges, Amazon is committed to HQ2 as a way to improve workflow and efficiency.