These federal buildings in Massachusetts are targeted for potential sale by the Trump administration

[Eugene]

Source: WWLP

These federal buildings in Massachusetts are targeted for potential sale by the Trump administration

by: Ashley Shook, Tony Fay
Posted: Mar 5, 2025 / 09:47 AM EST
Updated: Mar 5, 2025 / 12:37 PM EST

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WWLP/AP) – The federal agency that manages U.S. government real estate assets is considering selling off hundreds of federal buildings, including nine in Massachusetts.

The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 440 federal properties it has identified to close or sell, after deeming them “not core to government operations.” Hours later, however, the administration issued a revised list with only 320 entries. The property list has since been removed from the General Services Administration’s website.

Nine Massachusetts buildings were among the General Services Administration’s list, including the Silvio O. Conte Federal Building in Pittsfield. The Conte Federal Building located on Center Street was named after Silvio Ottavio Conte, a Republican member of the U.S House of Representatives from 1959 to 1999. It houses offices of the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

List of federal buildings in Massachusetts targeted for potential sale

• Frederick C. Murphy Building in Waltham
• IRS Center in Andover
• JFK Federal Building in Boston
• John A. Volpe Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge
• Phillip J. Philbin Federal Office Building in Fitchburg
• Silvio O. Conte Federal Building in Pittsfield
• Social Security Administration in Fall River
• Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building in Boston
• U.S. Customs House in New Bedford

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Read more: https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/these-federal-buildings-in-massachusetts-are-targeted-for-potential-sale-by-the-trump-administration/

[58Sunliner]

1. Horrible. Theft and fraud.

[mahina]

2. This feels like an opponent in a lease negotiation reaches over and rips out the other party's lungs.

This has got to be stopped. Who can stop this?

[IbogaProject]

3. Whew, office space is already in a quiet recession

This will be seriously bad for the economy as those landlords start to default.

[TommyT139]

4. Volpe and O'Neill

Those buildings are in some of the highest priced areas in one of the highest priced areas in the country.

There's no way that these sales don't line Trump's piss-soaked pockets.