Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s headquarters may be a crumbling eyesore, but it sits on prime real estate – midway between the White House and the U.S. Capitol. With tight budgets, the federal government is hoping it can land big bucks for the space underneath the J. Edgar Hoover building to help offset the costs of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Virginia and Maryland are stepping up competition to land the new headquarters of the FBI, the Washington Examiner reports. Drawn by the promise of 12,000 new jobs and an infusion of new tax revenue, the states and cities are lobbying hard to replace the current headquarters in Washington D.C., the four-decade-old J….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida investment firm purchased FBI regional field office in Knoxville, Tenn., for $31.7 million, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The four-story building was appealing because the FBI is a responsible landlord and it has environmentally friendly and energy efficient features, broker John Adams said. The building was originally scheduled to be…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Are sour grapes delaying construction of the FBI’s new $150 million regional headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts? Slated to begin construction late last year (never happened) bid-winning developer Emerald Corporate Center LLC, a division of ACS Development Corp. is facing a lawsuit from losing-bidder Boston Harbor Development Partners, an arm of Pappas Enterprises…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com New roomier digs are coming in 2013 for one of the FBI’s smallest divisions. WAVY.com reports that the FBI will move its Hampton Roads regional headquarters from Norfolk to Chesapeake, Virginia. Special Agent in Charge John Boles told WAVY.com the new three-story office building will be about twice the size of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA headquarters is housed in suburban Virginia. So is the Pentagon. So would it be that outlandish to move the legendary, but outdated FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, just down the street from the Capitol, to suburban Maryland? Maryland officials apparently think it’s not unreasonable. In fact, they think it’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legendary but outdated FBI headquarters building in in the nation’s capital moved a step closer to its demise. The Washington Post reports that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a resolution late last week authorizing the General Service Administration to find a consolidated headquarters. The Post reported…
Rex Tomb served in the FBI from 1968 until his retirement in 2006. For most of his career he served in the Office of Public Affairs, retiring as Chief of its Investigative Publicity and Public Affairs Unit. By Rex Tomb for ticklethewire.com About a year ago I received a telephone call from my former…
