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Amazon’s massive HQ2 development outside Washington D.C. may be expanding. The e-commerce leviathan bought a Residence Inn by Marriott near the Arlington, Virginia site that’s earmarked for its second North American headquarters, the Washington Business Journal reported. Amazon plans to demolish the hotel. The seller is an affiliate of Blackstone Group, which let the property go for $148.5 million. Blackstone purchased the hotel for $99.1 million last July, eight months after Amazon chose the area

A Florida developer is planning to anchor a 200-acre mixed-use development with the nation’s largest artificial surf park. The $595 million “Willow Lakes” development would include 800 homes, 600 hotel rooms, 125,000 square feet of office space, 400,000 square feet of retail space and the massive surf park, according to TCPalm. The project would rise in Fort Pierce, about 70 miles north of West Palm Beach. “Surfworks Resorts” — designed by the company WaveGarden —

A modest condominium in Lake Worth, Florida, ended up in a bidding war after hitting the market in August. While the neighborhood and the property itself may have attracted some bidders, more people were likely lured in by its one-of-a-kind décor — and the promise of a lifetime supply of Budweiser. Its owner, Michael Amelotte, spent 16 years covering the 815-square-foot condo with thousands of Budweiser cans before his death earlier this year. Potential buyers