 Three years after the mall was closed, Amazon began a contest to select the location of its second headquarters.When the Washington, D.C., area became among the multitude of potential cities that were chosen as finalists for the headquarters' location, the mall's original site was chosen as one of multiple possible sites in the Washington metropolitan area where HQ2 could be built, should Amazon decide to station it in the D.C. area.Ultimately, the second headquarters was awarded to both New York's Long Island and nearby Crystal City,, allowing Lerner to continue its original redevelopment plans.