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People stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York on Feb. 14, 2019. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo

Tech giant Amazon is expanding in New York after agreeing to take new office space in Manhattan.

The multinational company has signed a new lease for a 335,000 square-foot space on Manhattan’s west side in the new Hudson Yards neighbourhood, The Wall Street Journal reports. The new facilities will employ more than 1,500 people.