State Farm Insurance Co.’s 2.2 million-square-foot campus is kicking off its second phase, further distancing Dunwoody from its suburban roots, with a new walkable district connected by transit and lined with street-level retail.
According to this week’s Atlanta Business Chronicle, over the next five years, the expansion of the State Farm campus — officially known as Park Center— promises to convert Hammond Drive from a morning and afternoon thoroughfare to a corridor that shares some of the urban feel of intown Atlanta.
“This could be more like parts of Buckhead, or even Midtown between 14th and 5th streets,” said Bill Halter, an architect with Cooper Carry and lead principal on the more than $1 billion project.
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