Employees at the General Services Management (GSA) was said to sell 500-plus Federal Government Buildings across the United States, sources say Wired.
Wired has obtained a complete list of GSA buildings, all of which are designated as “core” or “non-core” assets. Of the more than 1,500 assets identified on the list, more than 900 are designated as “core” and are thus protected, for now, by sale. The “core” naming applies to buildings such as federal courts, border inspection stations or offenses.
The GSA, according to sources that have received anonymity because they fear retaliation, plan to sell most of the remaining 500-plus buildings, some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators.
A note in the list of the buildings states that the agency’s intention is to later reduce the “size of the owned real estate footprint by 50 percent and the number of buildings at 70 percent. Reductions will focus on the non-core general office space of the A portfolio that can be replaced as needed in the private rented market.
Gsa, a Critical Government Agency That manages federal buildings and technology, has been cooperated Elon Musk associatesincluding X employment Nicole Hollander, who has high-level agency access and official government email address. Thomas Shedd, the newly installed director of the technology transformation services within GSA, has worked as a software engineer at Tesla for eight years. Wired also reported that some young engineers With links to Musk’s companies and little or no government experience has received access to a number of government agencies, including GSA.
According to the list, the buildings intended for the block include the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building In Chicago, who hosts satellite offices for the work department, drug administration, the internal revenue service, test office and offices for democratic Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin. The building also has a broader cultural significance – it was projected by renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and has an iconic sculpture by Alexander Calder.
John F. Kennedy’s federal building in Boston is also listed as a “non-core” asset. This building, in addition to living a number of government agenciesAlso occupy offices for Democratic Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey.
The Ed Jones Federal Building in Jackson, Tennessee, which occupies an office for Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, as well as Republican Congressman David Kustoff, is also listed as a “non-core” asset.
“Optimizing GSA’s immovable portfolio priority to reduce our delayed care passives, supporting the return to the office of federal employees and utilizing a stronger private/government partnership in managing the workforce of the future,” reads a GSA press release today.
GSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The intention of GSA and the entire federal government is to reduce the number of old buildings owned with high passives … in favor of newer rented buildings that can be more flexible and more modern, which have ways for teams to cooperate and have private spaces , “Shedd told TTS employees at a meeting on February 5, according to Audio acquired by Wired.
