Trump administration puts several major Chicago federal buildings up for sale

In its drive to sharply cut spending and shrink government, the Trump administration put for sale signs effectively on some of the federal government’s most iconic and biggest buildings in downtown Chicago Tuesday.

The General Services Administration, which manages real estate for the federal government, released an online list of 443 “non-core” properties across the country. Included on it are two Loop high-rises: the Kluczynski and Metcalfe Federal Buildings.

Also on the list of Chicago properties that the administration is ready to unload are the U.S. Post Office’s Loop Station in Federal Plaza and the regional office for the Social Security Administration, according to the GSA website.

In all, the GSA says it’s willing to sell 11 properties in Chicago. The biggest of them is the Kluczynski Building, at 230 S. Dearborn St., which has more than 1.1 million square feet of office space. Kluczynski tenants include the Department of Labor, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the GSA and district offices of the two Democratic senators from Illinois, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.

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