Construction began in 1990 under the direction of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC), Pei Cobb Freed & Partners of New York – in association with Ellerbe Beckett, Architects and Engineers of Washington, DC. 1n 1995, Congress voted unanimously to name the building after President Ronald Reagan, who had signed the legislation authorizing the building’s construction.
