WASHINGTON, DC—The General ServicesAdministration is seeking a well-heeled developer to builda new 2.1-million-square-foot headquarters for theFBI and take the law enforcement agency's currentHoover headquarters as compensation.

The GSA is currently considering sites for the new FBIheadquarters at one of three sites, in Greenbelt, Landover orSpringfield. The GSA owns the Springfield property and has signeddeals that would allow it to purchase the Greenbelt or Landoverlocations between now and July 29, 2016.

“The J. Edgar Hoover building does not meet the FBI's needs inthe 21st century,” states Bill Dowd, projectexecutive for GSA's Public Building Service. “GSA is planning toexchange this building for the construction of a new headquartersthat would give the FBI a facility worthy of its mission; allow forvaluable redevelopment in the Penn Quarter community of downtownWashington; drive cost savings; and deliver on GSA's mission toshrink the federal footprint.”