Bisnow, May 23, 2025 (behind paywall): This week’s Atlanta Deal Sheet: Feds May Put For-Sale Sign on Downtown Tower
Allwork Space News, May 23, 2025 (accessible): U.S. Federal Government Plans to Shed 11 Underused Offices to Save $5.4 Billion
Law360 Real Estate Authority, May 23, 2025 (behind paywall): Fed Board Recommends Dumping 11 Buildings to Save $5.4B
AllSides, May 22, 2025 (accessible): Peachtree summit Building’s potential sale could jolt downtown
The Business Journals, May 22, 2025 (behind paywall): Federal board recommends sale of Energy Department’s massive Independence Avenue HQ
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 22, 2025 (behind paywall): Potential sale of landmark Atlanta federal building could jolt downtown
The Business Journals- Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 22, 2025 (behind paywall): Federal workers could vacate Downtown’s Peachtree Summit building
The Boston Globe, May 22, 2025 (behind paywall): As US government looks to downsize, downtown Coast Guard building could go up for sale
The Tennessean, May 22, 2025 (accessible): Downtown Nashville’s Estes Kefauver Building on chapping block in federal closures. Here’s why.
CoStar, May 22, 2025 (accessible): US government considers shedding more offices around the country to save money
Federal News Network, May 22, 2025 (accessible): Energy Department headquarters among 11 properties board urges Trump administration to sell
Bisnow, May 22, 2025 (behind free paywall): Federal Buildings Board Calls for Disposing of 7M SF of Properties
Citybiz, May 22, 2025 (accessible): PBRB identifies 11 Federal Properties for Consolidation and Disposition
The Washington Times, May 22, 2025 (accessible): Watchdog recommends axing 11 government properties including several agencies’ headquarters in DC
Washington Business Journal, May 6, 2025 (behind paywall): D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveils ‘growth agenda’ tied to fiscal 2026 budget
Washington Business Journal, April 17, 2025 (behind paywall): GSA restarts search for private brokers to handle federal leasing deals
Federal News Network, April 17, 2025 (accessible): Agencies must be where the people are, Trump alters priorities in relocating federal buildings
Washington Business Journal, April 4, 2025 (behind paywall): Viewpoint: I chair the board tasked with divesting federal buildings. Here’s our mission.
Federal News Network, April 1, 2025 (accessible): Federal real estate disposition – Means and methods
Cleveland.com, March 27, 2025 (accessible): U.S. Rep Shontel Brown objects to feds’ plan to sell the Celebrezze building in Cleveland
Bisnow, March 24, 2025 (behind paywall): GSA Releases New List of Properties Slated for ‘Accelerated Disposition’
WFIT Public Radio, March 14, 2025 (accessible): Florida Sen. Moody: Move NASA’s headquarters from Washington D.C. to the Space Coast
NewsRadio, March 14, 2025 (accessible): Senator Pushes Bill to Relocate NASA Headquarters to Florida’s Space Coast
NBC Boston, March 14, 2025 (accessible): We got un-DOGE’d: Inaccurate info discovered in claimed taxpayer savings
Florida Today, March 13, 2025 (accessible): Florida Sen. Moody: Move NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to the Space Coast
The Art Newspaper, March 13, 2025 (accessible): Diplomacy museum and buildings designed by Breuer and Mies van der Rohe among hundreds of US federal properties briefly listed for sale
Bisnow, Washington D.C. National Real Estate News, March 5, 2025 (behind paywall): Trump Administration Identifies 80M SF Portfolio of Buildings It Could Sell
Bloomberg, March 4, 2025 (behind paywall): Trump Seeks to Put 443 Federal Properties Up for Sale
Washington Examiner, February 21, 2025 (accessible): Trump is remaking, not breaking, DC
Bisnow, February 21,2025 (behind paywall): REPORT: 2 San Francisco Office Buildings on DOGE Chopping Block
Atlanta News First, February 20, 2025 (accessible): Use it or lose it: Five Atlanta federal buildings at risk of being sold if workers don’t return
NBC Washington, February 5, 2025 (accessible): Feds look to unload office space as workers face pressure to resign or return
Washington Post, February 3, 2025 (behind paywall): D.C. sees neighborhood revival in Trump plan to downsize federal footprint
Bisnow, Washington, D.C. Real Estate News, January 28, 2025 (behind paywall): Federal Buildings Board Sees 250 Acres South of National Mall as Next Redevelopment Frontier
Washington Business Journal, January 28, 2025 (behind paywall):Public Buildings Reform Board eyes underused federal properties – Washington Business Journal
January 8, 2025 The Biden Administration Approves the Extension of the PBRB to Continue its Vital Work of Seeking Federal Real Estate Portfolio Optimization
S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 was signed into law
on Saturday January 4, 2025, and includes a key provision that will extend the work of the
Public Buildings Reform Board until December 2026. The House and Senate have also
included provisions in the legislation that set occupancy standards for Federal office space
directing the sale of under-utilized space. The bill also calls for a review by the Government
Accountability Office of General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service which
oversees the bulk of the Federal civilian real property portfolio. Finally, the bill calls for greater
transparency on public buildings project cost overruns and leases, along with the effect of crime
on Federal building usage.
The PBRB will continue to work diligently to identify underused Federal buildings that would
better be returned to private ownership, thereby reducing the cost of operations and
maintenance and capital liabilities to the American taxpayer. The PBRB will present its list of
recommended dispositions to the Office of Management and Budget, as required by law, and is
looking forward to working with Federal agencies to identify potential dispositions from their
portfolios.