Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service

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Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service
Zentrale des Bundesnachrichtendienstes
View of building entrance from Chausseestraße
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Architectural style	International Style
Address	Chausseestraße 96, Mitte, 10115
Town or city	Berlin
Country	Germany
Coordinates	52°32′02″N 13°22′36″E / 52.533889°N 13.376667°E / 52.533889; 13.376667
Current tenants	Federal Intelligence Service (BND)
Construction started	2006
Topped-out	March 2010
Completed	November 2016
Opened	2017
Cost	€1.086 billion
Client	Institute for Federal Real Estate
Owner	Germany
Technical details
Floor count	Nine stories above ground
Floor area	260,000 square metres (2,800,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Jan Kleihues
Architecture firm	Kleihues + Kleihues
Other information
Number of rooms	5,000+
Public transit access	Schwartzkopffstraße

The Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service or the BND Headquarters (German: Zentrale des Bundesnachrichtendienstes, colloquially the BND-Zentrale) is the headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) of Germany, and is located at the Chausseestraße in the Mitte district in the centre of Berlin. It is also known colloquially by the metonym Chausseestraße. The building that houses its headquarters is the world's largest intelligence building, somewhat larger than the CIA headquarters at Langley.^[1]