Petra Roth, the mayor, sees it as a "global city providing hub functions for the continent," a place that should be "as cosmopolitan as New York".
The house will provide a hub for students and foster long term resilience.
"Djibouti is uniquely placed to provide a hub for investment from Europe, the Middle East and Asia into Africa," Dickinson said.
Sony want their device to provide a hub for all this data, with a companion app for smartphones.
Nevertheless, David Cameron has included it among the options to be considered when the government decides how the UK can continue to provide a hub airport for Europe: pledges to the voters of west London having ruled out Heathrow's expansion.
The backers say it will also provide a hub for research and development in environmental technology and energy.
"But new capacity at Gatwick will not provide the hub capacity needed by network airlines to put on new long-haul routes".
The Hawaii Convention Center, with its open terraces and lanai (verandas), is within walking distance of Waikiki, the tourist heart of Honolulu where beach hotels and shopping provide a hub of entertainment.
The fact that Amazon is looking to provide the Hub not just for its own parcels but those of anyone also puts Amazon squarely into closer competition with erstwhile partners like FedEx, UPS and DHL.
Recently she has launched a website, wStartup.com to provide a hub for women entrepreneurs.
