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The FBI will centralize different operations of its Honolulu bureau by building a state-of-the-art facility on 10 acres of dusty brush that was part of the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station.

The FBI and fellow law enforcement agencies broke ground on the $65 million project Thursday morning. The four-story main office building, a one-story annex and a parking lot are expected to be completed at Roosevelt Avenue and Enterprise Street in August 2012.

Frank Montoya Jr., FBI's Honolulu special agent in charge since January, said the Hawaii office has grown from 15 agents in 1971 to 115 today. The office also consists of 120 staff people from analysts to clerks.

Penrose/Walsh FBI Honolulu LLC won a contract to build the field office and then lease the facility to the FBI for a minimum of 20 years at $8.2 million annually.

Several dignitaries applauded the decision — made years ago — to locate the facility in Kapolei.

Anthony Ching, executive director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, which guides development of Kalaeloa, said the field office will be the "gateway project to the Kalaeloa Development District." The Enterprise-Roosevelt intersection historically has been the western entrance to the air station.

The relocation from nearly two floors of the Federal Building on Ala Moana Boulevard to the Kapolei region has pluses and minuses, Montoya said. "The big plus is that we get a building," he said. It will also be "a little bit roomier," although how much so wasn't exactly clear.

"The downside is a lot of people live toward Honolulu, and now they're going to have to commute this way." But at least the parking will be free, he said.

Jeff Neely, acting Pacific region administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration, said the decision to move to Kalaeloa was based largely on space considerations.

Neely said the FBI's move also makes it easier for his agency to proceed with renovation of the downtown federal building.

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The FBI will become the first federal agency to be headquartered in the Kapolei area of Oahu and groundbreaking for the agency’s new $65 million home was held today.

Frank Montoya Jr., Special Agent In Charge of the FBI Honolulu field office, said the bureau has grown from 15 Honolulu agents in 1971 to 115 now. The office also includes another 120 support personnel, he said.

Agents will move from their present quarters in the downtown federal building to the new offices when construction is completed in August 2012.

The four-story, 152,000 square-foot structure will be leased by the FBI from the private developer, Penrose/Walsh FBI LLC, for $8.2 million per year over the life of a 20-year lease, said FBI Special Agent Tom Simon.

Chris Penrose, managing partner of the development firm, has built similar FBI buildings in several other cities around the country under contracts awarded by the U.S. General Services Administration.

GSA official Jeffrey Neely said the FBI’s departure from the federal building will free up space for new tenants and clear the way “much-needed renovations” in the downtown facility.


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FBI agents have been present in Hawaii since 1931 but the bureau became a very active law enforcement presence in the Islands in the early 1970’s, said Montoya, a foreign counterterrorism expert who was assigned here in January.

The jurisdiction of the Honolulu office includes Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa.

The new structure will include a 20,000 square foot annex for automotive and electronic repairs and a secure car parking structure and lot to accommodate 350 cars.

The site is at 91-1300 Enterprise Street on former Barber’s Point Naval Air Station property.

The building was designed by Architects Hawaii and Charles Pankow is the general contractor.

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