Picture 1601.pngAnyone need some office space? You are in luck. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is looking to lease out 34,000 square feet (at the price of $20/square foot) within its uptown office at at 530 East Trade Street a-sap. Besides unexpected pop-ins from Ben Bernanke, your money will get you:

Two-thirds of the space, about 26,000 square feet, is on the first floor, a cavernous area built for heavy processing with raised flooring. The available area includes unused teller banks in the lobby, relics from years ago when customers could visit the Fed to buy notes, bonds and U.S. Treasury bills, and an empty steel vault. The remaining 8,000 square feet is on the second floor and includes a corner office with a view of the Bobcats arena. Amenities include a cafeteria and new conference center that tenants could rent. The Fed can do some retrofitting, depending on a tenant’s need.

Since it’s the government, you will be subject to security precautions that include walking through metal detectors, putting your bags through an X-ray, and having your guests’ cars searched by guards using “mirrored poles and occasionally sniffed by a trained security dog.” They’re claiming they won’t rent the space to companies that would propose conflicts of interest, such as banks, or groups “that attract much media attention,” but let’s be serious– they’re gonna take whatever they can get. Make an offer today.

Comments (15)

  1. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    sounds pretty badass

  2. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    “mirrored poles and occasionally sniffed by a trained security dog.”
    Ohhh man that brought back lap dance club memories of an Eastern European “emerging markets” trip with the guys from….well…probably shouldn’t mention that name!

  3. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    what no lap pool?

  4. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    empty vault is exactly right.

  5. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    wow a view of bobcats arena. thats fuckin awesome.

  6. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    So this wouldn’t be a good place for a grow house?

  7. Posted by EvilBuzzard | June 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM

    They should use TALP funding and purchase their own non-performing asset!

  8. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Get me in that building and I’ll masturbate all over everything as I spin around in my homemade dress like Julie Andrews in the The Sound of Music.
    My balls are aliiiive
    Nestled in a brown baaaag
    Guest, I just finished going through Bess’s panties, one of them smells like Dakar. She’s been soiled by another. She even met his brother. That horrific image I must smother. You’re going down Dakar boy you mothertrucker. But I still love her like no other.
    SPODE

  9. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    i wud think that an asian massage parlor wud do great

  10. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    @8 – I’d correct you and tell you it is Drakkar….but in this case Dakar might actually work also.

  11. Posted by NAS Keflavik boi | June 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM

    they oughta set up a bondage club there — being they got a VAULT and all…

  12. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    You may want to clarify that this is in the Charlotte branch of the Richmond Fed, not actually in Richmond, VA.

  13. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    #12 who cares…this day is endless

  14. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    @12 why? she never said it was Virginia. If ppl thought that, it’s cause they’re idiots.

  15. Posted by guest | June 26, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    @4 ftw

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