New FDA building

In December of this past year the Food and Drug Administration dedicated the newly refurbished Building One at the new FDA Campus in White Oak. This was a big step in the decade long transformation of this site from the old Naval Surface Warfare Institute into the FDA’s main campus. Presently about 3500 employees are located there and as the campus grows it is expected that over 8,000 FDA workers will be moved to the campus from outlying FDA locations. This is big news for the surrounding communities as it is hoped that the growth of FDA will help with home sales in a area that has been hit hard by the recent housing slump.

Building One is the cool old “decoish” main building that reminds me of some of the building I used to see on the old Superman TV show back when I was a kid. We can count ourselves fortunate that the FDA saw to preserve this old beauty.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01930.html