The federal government has a monstrous appetite for real estate in the region, even if it's recently been on a diet.
The General Services Administration, the government’s civilian real estate landlord, counts 795 leases in D.C., Maryland and Virginia totaling 54.6 million square feet. That brings a bill of $1.967 billion in annual rent despite years of downsizing, according to an inventory of all of GSA's leases around the country as of June, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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