What Denver Learned During Its Failed 14-month Courtship Of Amazon

Joe Rubino, Aldo Svaldi, Andrew Kenney, Denver Post: Business
Tue, 11/13/2018 - 7:09pm

After 14 months, a 20-city shortlist and a pile of speculation and intrigue as high as the Rocky Mountains, Amazon’s HQ2 search ended thus: The most courted company in the world confirmed Tuesday its now-split second headquarters project will rise outside Washington, D.C., and in New York City. Denver, tabbed an early leader in the HQ2 race, was beaten out by East Coast big-timers. Some Front Range residents, among them many renters and commuters, may have breathed a big sigh of relief after Amazon’s reveal.

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