Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents will be closer to an area that has been a hotbed for violent crime in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Associated Press reports. The agency is opening up a new $4.5 million regional office near the city of Newburgh, which has been the focus of FBI crackdowns on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The demolition of the Hoover Building would create $28 million in additional tax revenue for Washington D.C. and provide much needed aesthetic relief for people who have to see the hulking building every day, the Washington Post wrote in an editorial today. The move to another building also makes sense regionally, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington D.C. has a lot to lose – and gain – if the FBI moves its longtime headquarters to the suburbs. If the bureau moves from Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 4,800 jobs would go with it, the Washington Post reports. But redevelopment of the site could generate an additional $28 million, the Post reported,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has moved into a massive glass complex in Sorrento Valley, Calif. San Diego’s new headquarters opened among technology and biotech giants who have made that area popular. The $120 million complex was aimed at improving security and providing ample space for the 400 or so special agents and other staff…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The General Services Association soon will begin accepting proposals to relocate FBI headquarters beginning this summer, the Kingstowne-Rose Hill Patch reports. The FBI has received numerous preliminary proposals from surrounding cities to be home to the new FBI headquarters. The current headquarters in Washington D.C. is outdated and crumbling, the GSA has…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has received at least 35 proposals so far to relocate the FBI’s headquarters, and most are in the suburbs. But the Washingtonian reports that one plan would keep the headquarters in downtown Washington near the Union Station. The proposal by Republic Properties and renowned architect Arthur Cotton Moore calls for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The battle to land the new headquarters of the FBI has turned ugly, NBC 4 Washington reports. In one case, a Fairfax County official took a swipe at Prince George’s County, saying it’s the place where the FBI would be busy because of criminals. “I made that comment in the context of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A congressional subcommittee plans to launch an investigation into the FBI’s search for a new headquarters, a move that could delay or derail the project the Washington Business Journal reports. Some in Congress are questioning why the facility needs to be Metro accessible and how to maximize the value of the current…
