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Photo: Carolyn Valentine Blakley
Capitol Park
The master plan for consolidating state government offices into a 250-acre campus transformed downtown by transplanting thousands of state employees. The project also created a new demand for office space, from lobbying, legal and engineering firms who want to be near the agencies with which they work. New restaurants sprung up to accommodate the workers, and the next step—downtown housing—is getting ready to start.