Two Art Deco sculptures adorn the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters at Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues, depicting muscular men wrestling rebellious stallions and symbolizing government’s role in controlling trade. But a contentious hearing on December 3rd…
Category: FTC
2012: Government Real Estate Year In Review
If you think the world of government real estate is a staid and boring place, think again. There is a lot going on: big transactions, important policy and outright scandal. 2012 was no exception. We published…
Constitution Center Update
GSA now has a plan to lease all of the remaining 358,000 square feet of space at Constitution Center and distribute it among the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National…
GSA Reports That FTC Should Not Vacate HQ
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica’s (R-Fla.) plan to transfer the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters building to the National Gallery of Art (NGA) suffered a blow this week, when GSA Acting Administrator Dan…
The Background on Mica vs FTC
Since 2005, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) has been attempting to transfer the historic Apex Building from the FTC—which has been headquartered there since the building opened in 1938 —to the National Gallery…
The Long Wait Continues
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.” Once you get a song in your head it’s hard to get it back out. These Stealers Wheel…
Spotlight: FTC
Which federal agency’s headquarters is housed in a structure whose cornerstone was laid with the same silver trowel that President George Washington used to lay the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in 1793? Since 1938, the…