CONCORD — Concord could become a major tech hub, if city leaders get their way.

The city announced Friday it is competing for Amazon’s second headquarters, as the Seattle-based e-commerce giant revealed earlier this week that it is seeking a second city to call home.

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“Concord is a logical choice for companies of all sizes, especially global brands looking for plentiful office options, often priced at a quarter of what is offered in nearby San Francisco and half the prices in Oakland,” said Concord Mayor Laura Hoffmeister in a news release issued by the city. “We look forward to making our case to Amazon, and working with the company to design the Headquarters 2 campus to meet its precise needs.”

The online retailer said Thursday it is soliciting bids from metropolitan areas in North America that are willing to offer incentives, exemptions and tax credits. It expects to choose a location next year that will be a “full equal” to its Seattle headquarters, with up to 50,000 jobs.

Guy Bjerke, director of community reuse planning for the city of Concord, said the requirements laid out in Amazon’s request for proposals — including 8 million square feet of building space and proximity to major roads, public transit and a metropolitan area with more than 1 million people — are in line with the Concord Reuse Project plan that calls for transforming the 5,000-acre Naval Weapons Station into a transit-oriented development with 6 million square feet of office and commercial space, 120 acres for a research or academic campus and 12,000 housing units.

Until that plan is approved and implemented, however, Bjerke said the city could offer Amazon about 3 million square feet of existing office space near its downtown BART station.

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Concord would face big competition. San Jose and Oakland are considering Amazon’s request for proposals, and according to media reports, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis and Pittsburgh have all expressed interest or said they plan to submit bids.

While Concord’s BART stations, general aviation airport and proximity to San Francisco and Silicon Valley make it competitive, Bjerke said, it could be a challenge to offer the types of tax and financial incentives that Amazon said it is seeking.

“Concord is at a disadvantage, as there is no more redevelopment (money) from the state,” Bjerke said. “(Whether it is) free land or some sort of situation in which taxes are deferred — all of that is under consideration from under the city’s control.” He added that the city would look into funding options from the state.

Amazon touts on its website that it has generated an additional 53,000 jobs (besides its 40,000 headquarters-based employees) in its hometown of Seattle as a result of its direct investments in the city. It expects to invest more than $5 billion in construction for its second headquarters.

The company expects to hire up to 50,000 new full-time workers with an average annual compensation “exceeding” $100,000 per employee over the next 10 to 15 years, according to the request for proposals.

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Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, was skeptical that winning Amazon’s bid would be all good for local economies.

A November 2016 report from the institute found that between 2005 and 2014, half of Amazon’s new fulfillment centers received public incentives totaling $613 million, and the company received another $147 million in subsidies connected to its data centers during these years.

“Over the last decade, as Amazon has mastered this strategy, it’s come to employ site-location experts and lobbyists in its efforts to pit local and state governments against each other for the largest subsidy package,” Mitchell said in a statement issued on the institute’s website. “Our analysis finds that as Amazon grows, it’s in fact destroying far more jobs than it’s creating. It’s also beginning to threaten the revenue streams on which local governments rely, as shuttered stores depress commercial property tax values. In response to Amazon’s (headquarters request), public officials would do well to invest in smart economic development for their communities instead of engaging in Amazon’s arms race.”