On Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency has decided to shut down the J. Edgar Hoover Building and permanently relocate most headquarters personnel to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
The move comes after the bureau abandoned a nearly $5 billion proposal to build a new facility that would have opened in 2035. Instead, investigators will staff the Reagan building once its renovations are finished, and the remaining employees will continue to be deployed across the country.
Patel explained on X that the decision will save billions for the government. “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, modern facility,” he posted. “Working directly with President Trump and Congress, we accomplished what no one else could.”
He also highlighted the cost‑saving benefits and the safety upgrades already underway at the Reagan building. “Once complete, most of the HQ FBI workforce will move in, and the rest are continuing in our ongoing push to put more manpower in the field, where they will remain,” Patel said. “This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today’s FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost.”
Earlier this year Fox News Digital obtained a memo from Patel sent to FBI staff announcing the relocation and stressing that it is the “most cost-effective way” to serve the American people. In May, Patel hinted that agents would be reassigned from the Hoover building, which opened in 1975, to other locations nationwide.
For more than a decade, the FBI and the General Services Administration had evaluated options for a new headquarters, including sites in Maryland and Virginia, before settling on the Ronald Reagan Building as the most practical solution.
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