[angkor]

There's a heck of a lot of unused office space out on the Dulles Toll Road from dot.bomb days.

And conveniently located near SAIC, DynCorp, Booz, CACI, and EDS, who will all prove beneficiaries of Homeland Security.

Crystal City, Rosslyn, and Ballston are all a bit crowded.

[Ligeia]

That's where I tend to think they'll end up. They said they want an office park setting and that's available along the Dulles corridor. The only other location would be in western Fairfax County out I-66 because the Metro runs out that way.

[Ligeia]

Northern Va. Likely to Be New Homeland Security Site
By Spencer S. Hsu and Neil Irwin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, January 8, 2003; Page A01

The Bush administration has narrowed its search for a Department of Homeland Security headquarters to three sites in Northern Virginia and is pressing Congress for immediate approval, congressional sources said yesterday.

The intense search process, conducted in secrecy over the past month, is on track for a selection to be announced in the next two weeks, federal officials said.

Real estate industry and congressional sources said the leading sites include a Chantilly office park on Route 28 near the headquarters of the high-security National Reconnaissance Office. [This sounds like the MCI/Worldcom site] Also in contention are two Tysons Corner sites near the Dulles Toll Road and the Capital Beltway. Continue