Plans to relocate the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters from leased space to a government-owned building near L’Enfant Plaza have been put on hold.
The pivot comes as the General Services Administration canceled a solicitation to design and build a $188.8 million renovation of the federal office building at 301 Seventh St. SW, which was slated to house FEMA and other Department of Homeland Security agencies. FEMA officially announced its move to the building in December.
The agency is currently headquartered two blocks away at Federal Center Plaza, 500 and 400 C St. SW. Its lease at the building, owned by The Donohoe Cos. Inc., runs through 2027.
David Happ, president of Donohoe Commercial Real Estate, told me it’s now likely the agency will renew its lease at Federal Center Plaza.
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