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Amazon will double its office staff and space in Chicago

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...ent-in-chicago

Just a year after opening a starter office here, Amazon is doubling down on Chicago, literally. The e-commerce giant plans to double in size, making room for up to 400 workers downtown. The company opened a corporate office a year ago with 35,000 square feet at 227 W. Monroe St. and has grown to more than 200 workers. It recently signed a new lease to double the space.

The corporate positions here mainly fall into three parts of Amazon's sprawling empire: Amazon Web Services, its cloud-computing business; advertising and media; and operations for the e-commerce business. Individual jobs range from sales to technology.

It plans to add another 2,000 workers in the next 18 months as it opens fulfillment centers Monee, Aurora and Waukegan, alongside those already underway in Joliet and Romeoville, as well as downstate Edwardsville. There's also an Amazon Prime distribution center on Goose Island.