SBER will head up a team that will convert thetransportation-centered property--which is currently home to fivebuildings totaling 700,000 sf--in a multi-phased endeavor that willcost an estimated $800 million to complete. McCormack Baron Salazarand Doracon Development are also part of the SBER team.

Home to a handful of government agencies for the last 45 years,State Center sits about one mile from the city's Inner Harbor andis surrounded by Metro stations, bus lines and light rail access.Seeking to create a transit-oriented live-work-play atmosphere, theSBER team is planning a complex with an as yet undetermined amountof office and retail space, residential offerings and parking.

"The state had the big and bold thinking to not do the obviousand stay with just office space and surface parking," SBER's BillStruever tells GlobeSt.com. "This is a catalytic development thatwill crate a new mixed-income neighborhood linking downtown to WestBaltimore, making this area a part of the revitalization that hasbeen happening in other parts of the city."