GSA unveils plans for DHS headquarters

Not like this is the end all be all or anything, but I think it's interesting to read about the developments that are set to take place in our neighborhood.  Apparently, the completion for the next chunk of the Homeland Security project is set for completion in 2017. You can read the whole Washington Business Journal article and see the pictures here.

GSA offers first look at Department of Homeland Security headquarters

                                                         

Courtesy General Services Administration

The General Services Administration is seeking contractors to renovate the historic Center Building at the St. Elizabeths campus for use by the Department of Homeland Security.

 

The General Services Administration has released its first renderings of the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters at the former St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast D.C. as it seeks contractors to renovate the historic Center Building there for the agency's use.

The GSA is proposing to renovate the Center Building, which dates to the late 1800s and is the highest building on the campus, for the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The GSA issued a request for qualifications earlier this month for the work, slated to cost between $100 million and $140 million, with completion expected in July 2017.

The project would be the second in a series of DHS consolidations at St. E's, following the Coast Guard's move from Buzzard Point to a new headquarters at the campus last year. The GSA plans to move other DHS agencies to the campus in the future, pending additional funding, an issue that has prompted the agency to explore alternatives including swapping federally owned buildings in exchange for additional renovations.