GSA Awards Lease for New FBI Building in Kapolei
Penrose/Walsh to Construct New Modern Energy Efficient Facility

HONOLULU, HI—The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the award of a new lease for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The build-to-suit lease was awarded to Penrose/Walsh of La Jolla, California. The award was based on competitive best value lease procurement. It will provide FBI with approximately 150,000 square feet, which allows for some expansion and desired consolidation. The site for the 20-year lease is at Roosevelt Avenue and Enterprise Street (on the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station) in Kapolei, Hawaii.

GSA established this as a Design Excellence project, which ensures excellence in public architecture, engineering and construction. The Design Excellence Program ensures an efficient working environment that can accommodate ongoing technological innovation and allow for a technologically state-of-the-art work place throughout the project’s useful life. The new building will be designed and constructed to achieve a minimum of LEED Silver rating in the “New Construction” (LEED NC) category.

Penrose/Walsh will build a building that represents a contemporary design and yet is highly compatible with the surroundings of the Hawaiian culture. The building will feature innovative lighting and HVAC system. Additionally they will provide one full-time chief engineer/property manager and one full time assistant chief engineer/property manager housed in the main office building.

The FBI’s primary mission is criminal investigation and intelligence. The priorities of the FBI have shifted to reshaping intelligence operations, enhancing the workforce, and building stronger partnerships. An important component of the refocused priorities of the federal agency is the availability of efficient and cost effective facilities, with up-to-date infrastructure in support of the FBI’s mission. FBI also requires a facility that meets the Level 4 Interagency Security Committee (ISC) criteria, with sufficient space for the current and projected workforce.

The FBI is currently located in one federal building and one leased facility in Honolulu. The existing facilities are incapable of providing FBI the increased square footage necessary to support new functions and cannot meet enhanced IT infrastructure sufficient space to meet its current requirements and allow for full compliance with the ISC guidelines. This new build-to-suit lease project will meet the FBI’s long-term housing needs in Honolulu.

For more information, please contact Ms. Gene Gibson at 415-264-9401.