Md. Officials Working To Land New FBI Headquarters
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The FBI needs a new headquarters, and officials in Maryland are hoping it will be located in the state.
The agency has been based for the past 37 years at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, and the building has presented myriad challenges in recent years.
The FBI estimates a new headquarters would cost $1.2 billion and would not be completed until 2020 at the earliest. But Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., tells The Baltimore Sun that site selection could begin as soon as next year.
Cardin says he's "very bullish" on the new headquarters being located in Maryland.
If successful, the effort by Cardin and other leaders would land nearly 12,000 jobs and a 2.1 million square-foot office complex in Prince George's County.
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