The Brief The FBI is permanently closing the J. Edgar Hoover Building.
The FBI is permanently closing its headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, Director Kash Patel announced on Friday.
The J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) building in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, July 21, 2025.
That building, Patel said, also needs some safety and infrastructure upgrades, but the FBI will move in once those upgrades are completed.
While most of the FBI headquarters staff will move to the new building, Patel said that several others will be reassigned to the field.
Patel did not give any timeline for those upgrades, or for when the Hoover building will be permanently closed. »