WASHINGTON, DC-A top ranking district official says the General Services Administration's stringent requirements may eliminate the district's preferred site of Plum Point from the running for a new FBI headquarters.

Last month the GSA narrowed its criteria for a new FBI headquarters to 50-acre locations within two miles of a Metro station and two-and-a-half miles of the Capital Beltway. The district's Plum Point property does not conform to those standards.

D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Victor Hoskins says one of the failings of Plum Point is that of its 110 acres, has 110 acres, 70 acres are required by federal law to be preserved as open space, rendering the site too small under the GSA's guidelines, according to the Washington Post.

GSA spokesman Dan Cruz says that the agency encourages the District to submit the Plum Point proposal by its Dec. 17 deadline, noting, “The ad states that GSA anticipates approximately 50 acres would be needed to satisfy this project based on assumptions regarding building height, density, and security requirements. However, the language regarding the acreage is not a minimum nor a maximum requirement; it is a general ballpark figure. Smaller sites that satisfy all minimum requirements of square footage, security, access to public transit, and access to the Capital Beltway will be considered.” See story in the Washington Post.