GSA has announced 19 projects where it will work with other federal agencies to consolidate their offices into a federally owned space.
The effort is designed to eliminate multiple leases and scale back energy and water consumption, and could save agencies $17 million in annual rent payments while reducing the federal footprint by 507,000 rentable square feet, plus reduce the government’s leasing costs by more than $38 million.
“By consolidating these locations we are not just eliminating redundant rents and space, but also encouraging collaboration among government workers by creating open workspace,” said GSA administrator Dan Tangherlini.
Among the larger facilities to be affected are the Hubert Humphrey Building near Capitol Hill, which houses the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Mary Switzer Building, which also houses HHS employees.
