ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Multiple St. Louis-area buildings are among the 443 buildings the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) originally deemed as'non-core' before the list was removed Wednesday morning.
In a list that was originally published on Tuesday before being removed, the list listed the Robert A. Young Federal Building on Spruce Street and Clyde S. Cahill Memorial Park in St. Louis, along with the East St. Louis Illinois Federal Building as among the buildings listed that the GSA has deemed for 'disposal'.
The list also included the federal building on Page in Overland that houses the VA and USDA.
The Robert A. Federal Building, which just a smidge under 1 million square feet, would be the largest building the GSA wants to dispose in the St. Louis-region.
Among it's primary tenants include the St. Louis District Office for the U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, and an Taxpayer Assistance Center for the IRS.
The East St. Louis Federal Building, which was built in 1966 and just under 32,000 square feet, is adjacent to the Melvin Price U.S. Courthouse in the central business district of East St. Louis, Illinois.
The building is primarily used for court-related agencies and the Social Security Administration.
Among the list of 443 buildings also includes the Senator Paul Simon Federal Building in Carbondale, Illinois.
The building, which was built in 1978, is just over 27,000 square feet and houses the office of the DEA, FAA, SSA, and Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.
According to a press release from the GSA, GSA will consider non-core assets for divestment from government ownership in an orderly fashion to ensure taxpayers no longer pay for empty and underutilized federal office space, or the significant maintenance costs associated with long-term building ownership.
The GSA claims this could potentially save more than $430 million in annual operating costs.
A timeline for disposal isn't clear, with the GSA saying the decision "to dispose of non-core assets leverages the private sector, drives improvements for our agency customers, and best serves local communities."