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Ebay joins tech explosion in Midtown South

Online auction company Ebay has joined the many technology companies inking leases in Midtown South, Crain’s reported. The company plans to open a “technology center” where workers will develop new programs “critical to the Ebay experience,” according to the company’s blog. They expect to have 200 employees in the center within two years.

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The new hub will be located at 625 Sixth Avenue, between 18th and 19th streets, Crain’s said.

Chris Dixon, the entrepreneur behind Hunch, a website used to track Internet users choices, which was acquired by eBay last year, will run the new center. [Crain’s]