This is exactly the plan. Last week the GSA put out a list of 400 federal buildings they wanted to sell, a list that included buildings like the FBI headquarters. They want to sell these building to private owners then make up any shortfalls in space with leases from them.
You’re looking at it backwards:
They’re going to give public lands to themselves and their friends with this mechanism.
This is exactly the plan. Last week the GSA put out a list of 400 federal buildings they wanted to sell, a list that included buildings like the FBI headquarters. They want to sell these building to private owners then make up any shortfalls in space with leases from them.