All Parties Seek Voluntary Dismissal of Case Holding Up FCC Relocation
A court case holding up planning for the FCC’ s move to new headquarters may be close to being complete, as all parties involved asked (in Pacer) that the case be dismissed, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed in…
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the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday. FCC landlord Parcel 49C, the U.S. government and new headquarters developer Trammell Crow all “stipulate to voluntary dismissal of this appeal with prejudice,” the filing said. The parties are asking for the case’s dismissal because congressional funding has now been authorized that would allow another federal tenant -- the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. -- to replace the FCC in the Portals building, according to another filing in the case. The FCC’s lease in the Portals building expired in October, but its new home at Sentinel Square III in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood won’t be complete until 2019. Negotiations over an interim lease in the Portals had stalled while Parcel 49C waited for confirmation it would get a new tenant. Parcel 49C took the General Services Administration to court for awarding the contract for the FCC’s new home to Trammell Crow (see 1701120044), but the parties mutually agreed to a hold when the GSA began moving toward installing the PBGC in the Portals. The FCC didn’t comment on the status of the planned move.