TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma Union Station is now officially a federal building. Officials from the City of Tacoma and Washington, D.C. held a ceremony to celebrate the transfer of ownership on Wednesday.

The city of Tacoma will sell ownership of the historic Union Station to the U.S. General Services Administration for $1 as part of a decades-long lease deal.

The 137,000-square-foot Union Station, which is assessed at $50.4 million, was transferred from the city of Tacoma to the federal government in 2022.

Union Station in Tacoma is set to get a $79 million upgrade thanks to a $1.2 trillion spending package signed by President Biden on March 23. Major building systems — including electrical, life ...