Amazon is reportedly looking to expand in NYC after ditching its HQ2 plans in the city just 5 months ago - and the tech giant may be considering a WeWork space

Amazon is looking to expand in New York City, just months after its controversial deal to build a second headquarters in the city fell through, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon has been in talks with the coworking space WeWork to lease a 12-story building it owns in midtown Manhattan. The building, which could fit "several thousand employees," was once home to retailer Lord & Taylor's department store.

Amazon's plans to build new headquarters in New York fell apart in February. The e-commerce giant canceled its plans to bring its HQ2 campus to New York's Queens borough following heavy criticism from local politicians, residents, and labor union representatives, who took issue with the terms of the deal in bringing Amazon to the city.

The proposed HQ2 campus would have brought 25,000 jobs to New York.

The New York Post reported in May that Amazon was eyeing 10,000 square feet of office space in Manhattan near Penn Station. WSJ reported Thursday that Amazon has been considering "multiple locations" through Manhattan.

The We Company, WeWork's parent company, declined to comment. Amazon did not immediately responded to Business Insider's request for comment.