Amazon’s proposal includes plans for retail space, a dog park, and a daycare center.

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This week, Amazon submitted a proposal for its new Arlington campus, which will contain two 22-story towers, retail space, and a new public park and recreation area.

The high-rise office buildings will be LEED gold-certified. At street level, 50,000 square feet will be used for shops, restaurants, and a daycare center, which Amazon says will be open to both Amazon employees and area residents.

“These buildings are the first step to creating an urban campus where our future 25,000 employees and the local community can live, work and play,” wrote Amazon VP of Global Real Estate and Facilities John Schoettler in a blog post.

Schoettler also emphasized more than an acre of planned green space, which will include a dog park, farmers markets, and recreation areas. The campus will be bike-friendly—the company plans to extend an existing bike path along South Eads St.—and accessible by multiple bus lines. It will be close to two Metro stations: the existing Crystal City station and a forthcoming Potomac Yard station.

The HQ2 campus is part of a larger development strategy in the area of Virginia being rebranded as National Landing (It encompasses three existing neighborhoods: Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard). JBG Smith, the developer Amazon is partnering with to create its new offices, has additional residential and retail projects planned for the area surrounding the new headquarters.

The Commonwealth of Virginia has promised to provide a maximum of $295 million in non-general fund money for transportation improvements to the area—and could offer more if Amazon brings more than the 25,000 jobs it has promised to the state. Arlington County and the city of Alexandria are also promising $570 million in joint funds for National Landing-related transportation projects.

A report last year from economists at George Mason University’s Stephen S. Fuller Institute said the effects of HQ2 on housing in the area would be “geographically dispersed and gradual.” But in response to Amazon’s arrival, the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance has asked Virginia officials to create more multifamily housing to address upward pressure on housing prices.

In February, Amazon announced it had canceled plans for an additional headquarters in New York, after protests by organizers, unions, and local politicians who objected to massive financial incentives the company had been offered.

According to the Washington Post, Amazon’s plans will need approval from the Arlington County Board. JBG Smith has said previously it expects to begin construction on the first HQ2 building in 2019.