Some of the priciest state buildings

James H Sloppy Floyd Building, Atlanta

Completed: 1980

Cost: $48 million

Cost, inflation adjusted, today: $137.6 million

Regents University School of Dentistry, Augusta

Competed: 2011

Cost to state: $70 million

Total cost, with private contributions: $112 million

College of Law and Humanities building, Georgia State University

Competed: Under construction

Cost to state: $63 million

The State Capitol

Completed: 1889

Estimated replacement cost: $258.3 million*

*Insurance estimate from 2010

Source: Georgia Building Authority, universities

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