WASHINGTON, DC -- Phase I of the most expensive federal building project is complete; the development of a headquarters for the freedom-stomping Department of Homeland Security.
The extravagant project includes the renovation of a former mental hospital, St. Elizabeth's, into an state of the art facility where unconstitutional federal agencies can plan their assaults on the constitution.
Eventually 20 agencies controlled under the umbrella of DHS will be housed in the campus; around 14,000 bureaucrats total. The first phase has allowed the Coast Guard to move in.
The building is dug into the side of a hillside, terraced, and has turf on the rooftops.
Scheduled to finish in fiscal 2026, the St. Elizabeths redevelopment of the 176-acre west campus and 8 to 10 acres on the east campus, owned by the city, will cost about $4.5 billion total.
This is the biggest federal building project in D.C. since the construction of the Pentagon ($83M between 1941-1943). It also dwarfs the cost of the NSA spy center being built in Utah to store troves of information on every American.
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The extravagant project includes the renovation of a former mental hospital, St. Elizabeth's, into an state of the art facility where unconstitutional federal agencies can plan their assaults on the constitution.
Eventually 20 agencies controlled under the umbrella of DHS will be housed in the campus; around 14,000 bureaucrats total. The first phase has allowed the Coast Guard to move in.
The building is dug into the side of a hillside, terraced, and has turf on the rooftops.
Scheduled to finish in fiscal 2026, the St. Elizabeths redevelopment of the 176-acre west campus and 8 to 10 acres on the east campus, owned by the city, will cost about $4.5 billion total.
This is the biggest federal building project in D.C. since the construction of the Pentagon ($83M between 1941-1943). It also dwarfs the cost of the NSA spy center being built in Utah to store troves of information on every American.
Coast Guard's striking new HQ set to open its doors
The new U.S. Coast Guard HQ: A sneak peek - Washington Business Journal