Trump Seeks to Put 443 Federal Properties Up for Sale (2)

The US government is considering selling a sprawling portfolio of properties across 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the federal workforce — and the buildings it occupies.

An inventory of 443 “non-core” assets posted by the General Services Administration Tuesday included many of the prime commercial buildings that house local and regional offices for federal agencies and provide services for taxpayers, Social Security recipients, farmers and workers.

In total, the structures represent almost 80 million rentable square feet (7.4 million square meters) of usable space — 12 times ...