By David McGlothlin | AZBigMedia
In September, e-commerce giant Amazon announced it was looking for a location to build its second North American Headquarters. Dubbed “HQ2,” the project would total eight-million square feet, employ 50,000 workers and cost $5 billion to build and operate.
Many are touting it as the economic development project of the decade, putting pressure on economic developers and city officials across the nation to submit Request for Proposals in hopes of a shot [sic] for the project, the state’s economic development groups and developers have plenty of other recent wins to be proud of, including the selling points that make the Arizona market so attractive for continued job creation and capital investment.
