March 5, 2025
Hartford’s Cotter federal building among those earmarked for sale by Trump admin.
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The William R. Cotter building in Hartford, at 135 High St.
The federal Government Services Administration Tuesday issued a list of federal buildings it intends to sell off, including two in Connecticut.
The most prominent is the William R. Cotter building in Hartford, at 135 High St. It’s on the list alongside the Social Security Administration building in Torrington.
The national list of more than 400 federal properties deemed “not core to government operations” include the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. After remaining up for several hours, the non-core list was removed and replaced by a note that said "coming soon."
The listing is in service of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's unprecedented effort to cut the size of the federal workforce and shrink government spending.
The decision to sell government-owned property also comes on top of an effort to eliminate federal leases, including several in Connecticut.
The 156,000-square-foot Cotter building, at 135 High St. in Hartford, currently houses offices of the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. General Services Administration.
Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was designed and built in the early 1930s as a post office, courthouse and federal office building.
The building is located across the street from a parking lot that has been under consideration for a new federal courthouse, but it’s not clear if a Trump administration will support funding that project.
The 5,600-square-foot Torrington Social Security Administration facility, at 147 Litchfield St. in the town, is one of 15 Social Security field offices in Connecticut.
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147 Litchfield St., Torrington
The GSA says it has identified the buildings as not core to government operations. It says selling them ensures that taxpayer dollars are no longer spent on vacant or underutilized federal spaces.
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