Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairwoman of the Department of Government Efficiency Caucus, touted the sale of a major federal office building in Washington, D.C., as part of her broader push to shrink the government’s real estate footprint and cut costs.

The General Services Administration announced Wednesday that it had completed the sale of the GSA Regional Office Building in southwest Washington near the National Mall, on a roughly 940,000-square-foot facility on more than 3.4 acres that has sat vacant since March 2025.