Federal officials have reportedly chosen Greenbelt for the new FBI headquarters.

According to the Washington Post, officials decided to move ahead with the multi-billion dollar project on a 60-acre piece of land near the Greenbelt Metro station after years of debate that included alternative sites in Landover and Springfield, Va.

The project will bring thousands of white-collar government workers to Greenbelt everyday, boosting the local economy and providing a stable base of employment. It could lift the local real estate market as well as workers seek to move close to the office building.

The FBI is currently located in the J. Edgar Hoover building near the White House in downtown D.C., an aging, Brutalist building that they have long sought to leave behind.

But the process of choosing a new location got caught up in politics as elected officials from D.C., Maryland and Virginia fought over which would be best.

The political fighting may not be over, either, as Congress will still have to approve funding, finalize designs and hire a developer.

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