SEATTLE �� Amazon.com's economic development director isn't happy about a Washington Post report that the company is in advanced talks with a Washington suburb about being the location for its second headquarters.
In a Twitter post Saturday morning, Amazon's Mike Grella addressed "the genius leaking info." "You're not doing Crystal City, VA any favors. And stop treating the NDA (nondisclosure agreement) you signed like a used napkin." Grella didn't say who he thought leaked the information, nor did he address the story itself.
In another post about an hour earlier, Grella criticized an earlier story in the Post �� owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos �� for speculating about the possible second headquarters location based on flight patterns of Bezos' jet.
"The search team has earned his trust and the highest use of his time isn't looking at vacant buildings and land �� he has a company to run," Grella wrote.
Amazon in 2017 announced its plan to invest $5 billion and hire 50,000 people over the next 18 years. A decision is scheduled by year-end, with 20 cities in the U.S. and Canada in the running.
Many experts have named the Washington area as a front-runner given Bezos' ownership of the Post and the company's stepped-up government lobbying.
Crystal City is a neighborhood in Arlington, Va., just across Washington, that has a concentration of high rise offices, hotels and residential buildings.
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(Brody reported from Washington.)
