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Jul 11, 2017

Feds Cancel Five-Year Search For New FBI Headquarters

The project was too underfunded to move forward, the GSA said today.

Apr 21, 2016

Got Ideas For What To Do With The ‘Functionally Obsolete’ J. Edgar Hoover Building?

One senator says that Hoover’s name shouldn’t follow the headquarters to the ‘burbs.

Jul 01, 2013

Fewer Jobs But More Money for D.C. if FBI Relocates

According to a report released today by the office of D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi, the FBI moving to the suburbs could boost the city government’s tax revenue by $28 million.

Feb 05, 2013

Legislators Want D.C. to Put Up A Fight for FBI HQ

The FBI may be moving out of its Brutalist headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, but a pair of D.C. legislators don’t simply want to surrender the agency to a suburban campus altogether.

Dec 03, 2012

Feds Want to Move FBI Out of Brutalist Downtown HQ

Developers, prepare your bids: the feds want the FBI out of its brutalist headquarters along Pennsylvania Avenue, opening up a huge development opportunity.

Jun 25, 2012

Prince George’s County Fights for FBI Headquarters

Prince George’s County is vying for a new FBI headquarters; we just want someone to demolish the existing J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue as quickly as possible.

May 07, 2012

Brutal: J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building Declared World’s Ugliest Building Worth Visiting

We know the FBI’s downtown headquarters is an eye sore, but is it the world’s worst eye sore? Apparently so.

Jan 13, 2012

Take the FBI Building, Please

If Fairfax County wanted the FBI headquarters relocated to the Virginia suburbs, we certainly wouldn’t line up to stop them.

 
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