New York developer Don Peebles, a longtime colleague of Donald Trump who met with the president-elect last month, said he thinks the multibillion-dollar FBI HQ decision will reach Trump’s desk.
Bisnow Peebles told Bisnow he and Trump discussed the GSA, the agency that controls the federal government’s real estate, during their meeting. The relocation of the FBI HQ — which has been narrowed down to three sites in Greenbelt and Landover, MD, and Springfield, VA — will be one of the biggest decisions the GSA has to make during Trump’s term. The selection announcement had been scheduled to come in late 2016 but was then pushed back to March.
The relocation of the FBI HQ — which has been narrowed down to three sites in Greenbelt and Landover, MD, and Springfield, VA — will be one of the biggest decisions the GSA has to make during Trump’s term. The selection announcement had been scheduled to come in late 2016 but was then pushed back to March. While Peebles expects Trump to generally take a hands-off approach to the agency’s activities, he thinks major decisions like the FBI HQ will reach the president’s desk.
The relocation will likely include a swap with a developer to build on the Hoover Building site on Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump still holds the majority interest in the Old Post Office building hotel he redeveloped across the street, which presents one of the developer’s most clear-cut conflicts of interest, but his ability to sway the FBI decision could present more problems.
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