Federal Gov’t Targets Bemidji IHS Building in Push to Terminate Leases Nationwide

The federal government is looking to terminate leases and/or sell hundreds of buildings it owns across the country, including the Indian Health Service office in Bemidji. That’s according to a report in the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The Bemidji IHS office is on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website as a lease being targeted for termination. The website says the government could save over $178,000 by terminating the lease.

The Trump administration is looking to sell buildings or terminate leases as part of an effort to slash spending. Buildings that are newly listed as “non-core” assets by the U.S. General Services Administration are included.

The Star Tribune obtained the GSA plans, which also list the Wellstone building in Minneapolis and a courthouse in Fergus Falls among the buildings expected to be put up for a sale over the next few years.