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From Fox News: The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated the lease at the Obama Presidential Library site, although it is unlikely to impact operations there since it is due to shutter later this year and move to a new location.
The library is located in Hoffman Estates in the northwest of Chicago and is separate to the sprawling 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center near Jackson Park in the southside of Chicago which is under construction and is expected to be completed next year.
The site at Hoffman Estates is run by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), as are all presidential libraries, while the Obama Presidential Center is a private venture being overseen by the Obama Foundation.
DOGE this week updated its list of nearly 750 federal lease terminations, totaling around 9.6 million square feet in size, which included the Hoffman Estates site. The agency, which has been tasked by President Donald Trump to cut wasteful federal spending, said the terminations will save the taxpayer $468 million in lease savings.
DOGE says it’s closing Hoffman Estates’ Obama Presidential Library site, but federal officials had already announced lease endinghttps://t.co/ggLge3JtBN
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) March 3, 2025
Why are we paying over $1 million a year to store crap?
“Hoffman Estates Medical Development LLC bought the building in 2011, and NARA began to lease the property in 2016 at an annual cost of $1.4 million, according to information from the General Services Administration cited… https://t.co/FmKRWrXibC
— Donna (@IAmTheStorm__) March 6, 2025
Musk’s DOGE terminates lease at Obama Presidential Library site https://t.co/ynu1cMhCKP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 5, 2025
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