The old suburban office park is getting a big reboot

The aging office park is getting a face-lift.

Once a proud symbol of suburban working life now suffering from high vacancy rates in many parts of the country, corporate office parks are being reimagined as sports domes, upscale town houses, retail shops and green gathering spaces, among other possibilities.

“It’s an obsolete model for an office,” said Robert Youngentob of the Maryland-based developer EYA, which has begun constructing upscale town houses in sections of an office park in suburban Bethesda, Maryland, including some that are selling for about $1 million.

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