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FBI HQ to Stay Put, GSA Recommends New $3.3B Facility at Current Site
After considering alternatives, the GSA has decided the best option is for the FBI headquarters should remain at its current site in downtown Washington, DC. The agency wants to build a new $3.3-billion, 2.6 million-square-foot facility on the site of the agency’s J. Edgar Hoover Building.
The costs of the proposed plan works out to $1.93 billion for design and construction, $923 million for space buildout, and $479 million for temporary space elsewhere, perhaps at St. Elizabeths West campus and Fort Belvoir, since the existing building would be demolished. The GSA envisions awarding the project in 2019, which would accommodate a 2025 new building delivery date.
Currently, the FBI houses 11,000 workers at its HQ. The new facility would be home to a smaller workforce of 8,300, since the agency plans to shift 2,300 staff out of Greater Washington to three facilities, in Alabama, West Virginia and Idaho.
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