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Jan 23 2012

GSA launches courthouse project over lawmakers' objections

Federal Times - by Andy Medici

The General Services Administration is moving ahead with plans to build a new $322 million courthouse in Los Angeles despite objections from key lawmakers.

GSA issued a request for qualifications Jan. 20 for a 600,000-square-foot courthouse to be finished no later than March, 2016.

Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on public buildings, said in a statement there was already enough space in existing Los Angeles courthouses.

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