Remote work has made downtown DC a ghost town as federal office buildings sit mostly empty
But unlike many other US cities, much of DC's downtown office space is controlled by a single landlord: the federal government. While the government has a wide range of telework policies, all 24 federal agencies have reported that their in-person workforce hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels because of remote work. And it's having a major impact on DC's urban core.
David Marroni, the acting director of GAO's physical infrastructure team, told Insider that he expected building use rates to be low, but the numbers in the report"jump off the page." There are three major issues when it comes to empty federal building space, Marroni said. It costs taxpayers a lot of money to own and maintain the building space — the federal government spends about $7 billion a year operating and leasing space. It's also environmentally costly to heat, cool, and power the unused space.
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