TEXAS — Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s administration published a list of over 440 federal buildings that had been identified to potentially offload, including two dozen in the Lone Star State. Within a day, the entire list was deleted. 

What You Need To Know

  • The U.S. General Services Administration previously listed 440 federal buildings up for sale, but that list was later deleted. Now, there are eight buildings listed

  • The two Texas buildings for sale are located in San Antonio and Houston, with one housing multiple federal agencies including a congressman's office

  • The GSA said it plans to list additional assets for sale on a regular basis

Now, what was once 24 Texas buildings on the chopping block is now down to two, according to a newly released list from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). 

The administration said it is focused on “rightsizing the federal real estate portfolio to reduce the burden on the American taxpayer while also delivering space that enables its agency customers to achieve their missions.”

GSA then listed eight federal buildings across America that it was wanting to quickly sell, which included the two Texas buildings.

Those two buildings are in San Antonio and Houston.

The one in San Antonio is located at 727 East Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. It is currently home to multiple different federal agencies, including the San Antonio office of Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro–according to his website. Other building tenants include the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Social Security Administration.

According to the GSA’s website, the building has 163,060 square feet of rentable space.

The Houston office on the list is the La Branch Federal Building located at 2320 La Branch St. It was built in 1946 for the Veterans Administration, and it is currently used for office operations of uniformed federal police. It comprises 75,585 square feet.

The GSA said that it will continue to post “additional assets” up for sale regularly.