These GA Federal Buildings Could Be 'Designated For Disposal'

GEORGIA — The General Services Administration on Tuesday released a list of more than 400 federal properties that could be sold or closed, including several Georgia buildings, because they have been deemed non-essential for government operations.

Hours later, however, the administration issued a revised list with only 320 entries. By Wednesday morning, the list was gone entirely. “Non-core property list (Coming soon)” the page read.

The General Services Administration, which published the lists, did not immediately respond to questions about the changes or why the properties that had been listed had been removed.

The initial list had included some of the country’s most recognizable buildings, along with courthouses, offices and even parking garage and spanned nearly every state.

In Washington, D.C., it included the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which serves as FBI headquarters, the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the Old Post Office building, where President Donald Trump once ran a hotel, and the American Red Cross headquarters. The headquarters of numerous agencies, including Department of Labor and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, were listed, as well.

Reducing federal office space has been one of the Trump administration's top priorities since assuming power in January. GSA regional managers last month were told by the agency's Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the approximately 7,500 federal offices nationwide.

"We are identifying buildings and facilities that are not core to government operations, or non-core properties for disposal," a message on the GSA website stated.

"Selling ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces. Disposing of these assets helps eliminate costly maintenance and allows us to reinvest in high-quality work environments that support agency missions."

These are the federal buildings in Georgia that the GSA said Tuesday are "designated for disposal:"

• Federal Building, Post Office, Courthouse, 401 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, 70,976 square feet
• Federal Regional Center, 404 Pinetree Blvd., Thomasville, 34,631 square feet
• FEMA Warehouse, Thomasville, 8,758 square feet
• Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 600 East First, Rome, 85,247 square feet
• IRS Annex, 2385 Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee, 387,539 square feet
• IRS Service Center, Atlanta, 344,100 square feet
• J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse, 100 N. Franklin St., Dublin, 23,891 square feet
• Juliette Gordon Low Federal Building, 100 West Oglethorpe, Savannah, 180,242 square feet
• Lawson General Hospital, Chamblee, square feet not available
• Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building, 77 Forsyth St., Atlanta, 318,359 square feet
• MERS MCove Site, Thomasville, square feet not available
• MERS Warehouse, Thomasville, 3,422 square feet
• PBS Warehouse, Thomasville, 8,642 square feet
• Pinetree Boulevard, Thomasville, 47,143 square feet
• Prince H Preston Federal Building, 52 Main St., Statesboro, 30,018 square feet
• Robert G. Stephens Jr. Federal Building, 355 Hancock Ave., Athens, 83,338 square feet
• Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 100 Alabama St., Atlanta, 1,576,259 square feet