Amazon-funded HQ2 park approved by Arlington County

The Amazon.com Inc.-funded park at the base of its first HQ2 towers received final approval from the Arlington County Board Saturday.

The $14 million proposal would expand what was a planned 2-acre park to roughly 2.8 acres and revise what was once envisioned as a largely flat, grassy field into a sloping “forest walk.”

The park’s expansion would cut into what would have been roughly 15 on-street parking spaces on South Elm Street. Construction on the park, designed by New York’s James Corner…

Source: Arizona Business Journal