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Los Angeles Makes Amazon's HQ2 List

Los Angeles has made the short list for Amazon HQ2, Amazon's effort to create a new, second headquarters in North America for the firm, as its outgrows its presence in Seattle, according to an announcement from Amazon this morning. Amazon said that it has selected 20, candidate locations for its headquarters, including Los Angeles, which it says it will evalate per an RFP it issued last year. Los Angeles has a lot of competitors on the list: New YOrk City, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Austin, Dallas, and many others--however, Amazon already has an existing presence in Los Angeles via Amazon Studios and other business units.