Why does a new courthouse in Springfield cost $2 billion?

Plan to build and lease a new justice center in Western Mass. has community in an uproar

via Catherine Carlock Samantha J. Gross Boston Globe Media

But everyone from Gentile and her colleagues in the Hampden County courthouse, to the mayor of Springfield, to the unhappy losing bidders, is railing against the state’s location for the courthouse and team they chose to build it — which includes a Northern Virginia firm specializing in government facilities and a pair of politically connected Boston developers.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/07/metro/springfield-courthouse-2-billion-liberty-junction/