The General Services Administration has signed a 15-year lease for a Newburgh warehouse that federal records indicate will be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agreement covers roughly 42,377 rentable square feet and is valued at about $35.5 million over the term. The building sits near Stewart International Airport and marks a significant expansion of federal space in the Hudson Valley.
How the award landed
According to Project Salt Box, the GSA signed the lease on June 24 under solicitation number 2NY0894 and posted an award notice the following day. The solicitation sought a 15-year agreement with 10 years firm and allowed up to 42,377 rentable square feet, and the award uses the full amount of space the government requested. A federal contracting index likewise lists a June award notice for the Newburgh lease, per MySetAside.
Who is Leverage Enterprises?
The lease was awarded to Leverage Enterprises Inc., a Houston-based company that registered as a federal contractor in 2023 and self-identifies as a minority- and service-disabled veteran-owned small business, per HigherGov. Federal contractor registries list commercial construction and real-estate leasing among its NAICS codes. Public award records indicate the firm has at least one prior contract supporting Customs and Border Protection in Arizona.
The building at 800 Corporate Blvd
The property is the Northeast Business Center warehouse at 800 Corporate Boulevard, a single-story industrial building marketed at about 60,143 square feet on roughly 9.5–10 acres. Broker listings show the structure has multiple loading docks, 24–30-foot clear height and was built around 2001, per LoopNet. Those commercial pages also identify National Realty & Development Corp. as the marketing owner of the site.
Security, fit-out and cost
The government’s RLP called for features that suggest law-enforcement or detention use, including 24/7 access, a dedicated sally port sized for detainee buses and vans, secured parking and small-arms storage under Level III security standards. Amendment documents to the solicitation warned that interior tenant improvements may exceed GSA’s standard allowance by about $282.58 per ABOA square foot, lifting estimated TI costs to roughly $343 per square foot and implying near $12 million in build-out for the minimum area sought. Those details appear in the RLP amendment and procurement filings available on the federal contracting portal, per GovTribe.
Hudson Valley pushback
ICE has already faced fierce opposition in the Hudson Valley this year after reports that the agency eyed a 400,000-square-foot former Pep Boys warehouse in Chester for a processing or detention facility. Local and federal officials, including Rep. Pat Ryan, mobilized petitions and demanded answers from DHS, with elected leaders calling for investigations into the Chester plan, according to the Times Union. Those fights, which drew thousands of petition signatures and bipartisan local opposition, highlighted how contentious new ICE sites have become in the region.
What it means for Newburgh
If the leased space is occupied by ICE, it would be a major expansion over the agency’s current Hudson Valley presence. ICE’s field-office directory lists a Principal Legal Advisor location at 15 Governor Drive in Newburgh, per ICE, while the new lease provides 42,377 rentable square feet suitable for large-vehicle access and secured operations. Project Salt Box reports the new lease would be more than four times the size of ICE’s existing Newburgh office, a change that is likely to draw scrutiny from neighbors and local officials. The award puts federal leasing and local planning officials on notice as the community watches for details about timing and use.
GSA’s public procurement trail, including the RLP and award notice, provides the clearest public record of the transaction for now, while property managers and federal officials have not yet outlined occupancy timelines or staffing plans. Local leaders who opposed the Chester proposal say they will press for answers about operations, community impacts and environmental effects in Newburgh, where detention and enforcement facilities are politically fraught. Procurement filings and amendment PDFs are available through federal contracting portals for anyone who wants to review the documents, per GovTribe.
