- Jeff Bezos’ Washington, DC, mansion renovation resulted in $16,800 in parking tickets on the block over the last three years, according to a report from CBS station WUSA9.
- Over 560 citations were issued in total, for violations like ignoring no-parking signs or blocking pedestrian pathways.
- Bezos purchased the home in 2016 for $23 million in cash. The property has undergone millions in renovations.
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Jeff Bezos’ mansion renovation in Washington, DC, has reportedly racked up thousands of dollars in parking tickets over the last three years.
From October 2016 to October 2019, the city handed out 564 parking citations on the block where Bezos’ home sits, according to a new investigation from CBS station WUSA9. The tickets totaled $16,840.
According to WUSA9, most of the citations were for blocking crosswalks, obstructing pedestrian pathways, ignoring no-parking signs, or parking in spaces reserved for residents of the block.
Neither the DC Department of Public Works nor Amazon immediately responded to Business Insider’s request for comment.
Bezos' property spans 27,000 square feet and is the site of the former Textile Museum. It's in DC's upscale Kalorama neighborhood, which is also home to the Obamas and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Bezos purchased the property in 2016 for $23 million in cash, according to The Washington Post, and embarked on a $12 million renovation. The property, which is two separate buildings, now includes 25 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, two workout rooms, a ballroom, and a whiskey cellar, according to blueprints published by Washingtonian.
Bezos' current net worth clocks in at $125 billion.
According to a source close to the construction project who spoke with WUSA9, "all the outstanding tickets in question have been paid."