Developers and local officials from Maryland to Virginia have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the General Services Administration to announce the site and developer for the FBI’s new $2B suburban campus, a decision that was pushed from late 2016 to March and then delayed indefinitely.
Developers and local officials from Maryland to Virginia have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the General Services Administration to announce the site and developer for the FBI’s new $2B suburban campus, a decision that was pushed from late 2016 to March and then delayed indefinitely.
Aside from filling its leadership positions, the main issue GSA has cited in delaying the FBI decision is getting Congress to approve funding for the project, something Peck expects will take months to solve. Congress had initially expected that swapping the suburban campus with the Pennsylvania Avenue site of the FBI’s Hoover building would cover the cost of the project, but that estimate fell far short, and the GSA still needs a $1.4B appropriation from Congress.
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