As we reported yesterday, the federal government—the biggest property owner in the United States—is now in the process of disposing of billions of dollars worth of properties that it no longer needs. While the disposal process is well underway—GSA disposed of 88 vacant or underused properties in FY2010 and 2011—some 12,000 domestic federal properties remain on […]
U.S. Dept of Interior Headquarters (photo: GSA) When the new Department of the Interior (DOI) headquarters opened in 1936, employees enjoyed the latest in building amenities and technologies: a gymnasium, movable steel office partitions, a soda fountain, and the first air conditioning system in a large federal building. Construction of the 1,300,000 SF structure in […]
GSA delegated leasing process as provided in GAO’s report. The federal entity principally charged with leasing property for the use of government agencies is the U.S. General Services Administration. In keeping with decentralization efforts in many areas of government, however, GSA long ago created a real-estate exchange database called G-REX that in turn assists the […]
Near the end of his Administration, on December 16, 2016, President Barack Obama made a Republican politician very happy. Jeff Denham, first elected to Congress from California’s 19th District and reelected three times from the redrawn 10th District, had made it a central plank of his first run for the House of Representatives that the […]
Congressmen David McKinley (left) and Peter Welch (right). Reps. David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced bipartisan legislation on May 23 that would facilitate landlord and tenant cooperation toward improved energy efficiency in commercial buildings. H.R. 2126, known as the Better Buildings Act of 2013, was assigned to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. […]
The FBI’s search for a new headquarters—as well as GSA’s proposal to swap the dated J. Edgar Hoover (JEH) Building for a new FBI campus outside of downtown Washington, D.C.—could be complicated by the House committee that still must authorize GSA to proceed with the project. (The Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works already has […]
Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, sponsor of H.R. 4310 (AP photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 299-120 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310). The Act defies the President by adding $4 billion to the Administration’s requested budget and reversing planned cuts to certain weapons programs. However, […]
Ever wonder why each time you see a graph of GSA lease expirations, it seems like the expirations volume in the upcoming year is the largest ever? Well, there’s a logical, and unfortunate, reason for it:…
Colliers International has just released its 2014 Global Predictions Report providing key insights and trends impacting the world of commercial real estate in 2014 and beyond. 2014 promises to be an interesting year in the commercial property sector. For much of the world, even in many emerging economies, GDP growth this year is expected to be […]
The $302 million headquarters for the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM/USARC) and U.S. Army Reserve Command Occupying more than 251 square miles and covering parts of four counties (Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and Moore) in southeastern North Carolina, Fort Bragg is one of the largest military complexes in the world. Recent BRAC-related construction there includes a […]
US Census Bureau Headquarters (photo: Eduard Hueber/Arch Photo, Inc./Skidmore, Owings @ Merrill, LLP) As we noted in a recent post, AIA DC (the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects) gave the U.S. Bureau of the Census headquarters a 2012 Award of Excellence in Architecture. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) won the award for its […]
Earlier this month, the US General Services Administration (GSA) and Department of Energy (DOE) issued a joint request for information calling on vendors to propose innovative building technologies in support of federal guidelines and goals, or, as…
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, popularly known as BuRec, is not much heard of east of the Hundredth Meridian, but in the 16 mainland states to the west it plays a central role in managing water supplies. In fact, BuRec is the largest single wholesale supplier of water in the nation, supplying water to about […]
From Quincy, Florida, to Ketchikan, Alaska, field offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) are being shuttered. Since 2010, 64 field offices have closed around the country, the largest number in the agency’s 79-year history. In addition, 533 temporary mobile offices have been shut down, and, in 2013, office hours were reduced in remaining locations. […]
