Three months after the internet giant announced it would open a 25,000-job headquarters in New York City's Long Island City neighborhood, the company has changed course.

The headquarters had faced fierce public opposition over the planned $3B in tax incentives the city and state had agreed to give Amazon, despite polling showing support and the business community's pleas and efforts to hold the company to the deal.

Amazon is still planning on bringing a new headquarters project to Northern Virginia, where the state has already passed bills to approve its billion-dollar tax incentive package. When it made its initial announcement, Amazon promised to bring 25,000 jobs each to Long Island City and National Landing in Arlington, Virginia, along with a 5,000-job hub in Nashville.

The company said it will continue with those plans, and will not reopen the bidding process to the other cities that vied for HQ2 in the yearlong sweepstakes that captivated the country. It has not said if the 25,000 jobs that had been slated for New York might shift to the Northern Virginia campus.

The company's agreement there allows for expansion beyond the 25,000 jobs initially planned. Amazon planned to build 4M SF of new offices in Pentagon City, but has an option to double that requirement.