Denver Federal Center

Denver Federal Center
A visitors' entrance to the Denver Federal Center
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Former namesDenver Ordnance Plant
General information
ClassificationGovernment office campus
LocationWest 6th Avenue & Kipling Street
Town or cityLakewood, Colorado
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°43′11″N 105°07′16″W / 39.719632°N 105.12105°W / 39.719632; -105.12105
Current tenants
Construction startedMarch 1941
CompletedSeptember 1941
OwnerGeneral Services Administration
Technical details
Floor area4,000,000 square feet (400,000 m2)
Grounds670 acres (2.7 km2)
Known forLargest concentration of U.S. Federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C.
Other information
Public transit access  W  Federal Center
Website
gsa.gov/r8dfc

The Denver Federal Center, in Lakewood, Colorado, is part of the General Services Administration and is home to about 6,200 employees of agencies of the federal government of the United States. The Center encompasses an area of about 670 acres (2.7 km2) and has 90 buildings with over 4,000,000 square feet (400,000 m2) of office, warehouse, lab and special use space. There are 28 different Federal agencies on-site, making it the largest concentration of Federal agencies outside of Washington, D.C.

The major employers at the Center include the United States Department of the Interior (and its Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, and United States Geological Survey) and the General Services Administration. Special facilities at the Center include the National Ice Core Laboratory.