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Updated 2 hours ago The centerpiece of Amazon's HQ2 project in Arlington County might not fly with the FAA. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) says the proposed height for the head-turning Helix building is about 13 feet taller than FAA regulations allow that close to Washington Reagan National Airport. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The plans for the next phase of Amazon's HQ2 include four buildings, providing 2.8 million square feet of office space, spread across 2.5 acres. The PenPlace location, as i...

Look at what happened in new york city. >> in the fall of 2017, amazon decided it wanted a new place to call home. a second north american headquarters. and in typical jeff bezos fashion, they weren't just going to pick a city like most companies. amazon would hold a year-long competition but the seemingly irresistible prize, amazon's hq2 and the potential for 50,000 new jobs. >> much like amazon, las vegas is truly unique. >> after a 14-month search and more than 200 bids from cities across the country -- >> new york and virginia were the big winners of the amazon hq2 hunger games. >> eye-pop...

For their new neighbor. >> we're new yorkers. you can't walk all over us. >> because of the noise from lawmakers, amazon kind of decided to turn the car around. that it wasn't worth this fight. >> three months later, amazon abruptly canceled its plans for new york's hq2. >> we got a call this morning saying we're taking our ball and we're going home. i've never seen anything like it. >> think it's incredible. i mean, it shows that everyday americans still have the power to organize and fight for their communities. >> i think it's a big loss for new york city. >> i think if anything, amazon cam...

Across the country that bid on the hq2, and they put together these big packages of all of this information. things like where are future infrastructure investments going to go, what's the distribution of our population that has different kinds of education degrees? so now amazon has this information about all of these different cities and it's going to put that to really prodigious use in the coming years as it thinks about where to put a new warehouse or new office or retail store. no one else has that. >> r. coming up -- >> i wish them luck. it's going to be a beauty. >> amazon, jeff bezo...

Days after the announcement, vocal residents, union and community leaders, led protests over the $3 billion tax break for their new neighbor. >> we're new yorkers. you can't walk all over us. >> because of the noise from lawmakers, amazon kind of decided to turn the car around. that it wasn't worth this fight. >> three months later, amazon abruptly canceled its plans for new york's hq2. >> we got a call this morning saying we're taking our ball and we're going home. i've never seen anything like it. >> think it's incredible. i mean, it shows that everyday americans still have the power to orga...