A federal office lease at 11000 Regency Parkway in Cary, North Carolina, has raised questions about which government agency will occupy the space, after a report by Wired suggested it could be a new office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.
Public records show the General Services Administration, or GSA, signed a lease for office use at that address effective Oct. 5, 2025, through 2030. However, the documents do not specify which federal agency will use the space or what its function will be.
The Wired article, which indicated that ICE could establish operations at the site, sparked concern among some area residents.
Property leased by GSA, no changes anticipated by local authorities
Mayor Harold Weinbrecht said the city has not received any requests or applications related to a possible ICE move into the building.
“Cary has not received any requests or permit applications for government offices or other potential tenants indicating that ICE plans to move into this space,” Weinbrecht told Enlace Latino NC.
The mayor explained that the property is located within Tract C-6 of the Regency Park Planned District. Permitted uses under that zoning include office, institutional, commercial, hotel and club uses.
Because of that zoning designation, a federal agency could operate in the building as an administrative office without requiring a change of use, as long as no significant structural modifications are made.
A representative of Bridge Investment Group, which owns the property, told Enlace Latino NC that so far there have been no requests for modifications, security installations or planned renovations in the office space leased by the GSA. The company did not provide information on whether ICE is the agency operating or planning to operate at the site.
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Laura Paye, a Durham physician and organizer with the group Durham Resistance, said she and other community members have mobilized to express their opposition to an expansion of ICE operations in the Triangle area.
Paye said her group has circulated a petition that has gathered more than 1,200 signatures. Residents plan to attend the Wake County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday, March 2, to share comments collected through the petition.
“Even if this office is only for attorneys, it seems to be part of a larger machinery that terrorizes our communities,” Paye told Enlace Latino NC. She said she decided to mobilize after seeing “the terror” in the community during a Border Patrol and ICE operation in North Carolina.
Some activists have also scheduled a demonstration outside Town Hall during Cary’s State of the Town address on March 5. Paye added that they plan to attend the next Cary Town Council meeting on March 12.
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