Work To Start On Town Center In Peachtree Corners

PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA — Work on the much-anticipated Town Center development in downtown Peachtree Corners is about to get started.

On the eve of the city's fifth anniversary, a groundbreaking ceremony for the 21-acre, mixed-use development is set for Friday at 2 p.m.

The event will be held next to the traffic circle near the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Forum Drive.

The groundbreaking is a milestone for Peachtree Corners, which incorporated as Gwinnett County's 16th city just five years ago.

Town Center is a $103 million private-public partnership. Being built on one of the city's few sizable tracts of undeveloped land, the development will be anchored by Cinebistro, a high-end movie and dinner theater.

There will be restaurants, retail shops, office space, townhomes and a two-acre town green.

The property had been slated for a 270-apartment development before the city stepped in and bought the property in 2013.

"We thought that the best use for this property would be one that would serve as a place that the community could enjoy," said Mayor Mike Mason. "In our Livable Centers Initiative study, we asked our citizens what they would like to see on this centrally-located piece of property. An overwhelmingly majority said what the city needed was a place where they could come together as a community."

The development is expected to include more than 70 townhomes. The Town Green will include an interactive water feature, open air pavilion, cafe tables, a fire pit, a projection screen, an open lawn, interactive art and a community garden.

A 3,000 square-foot veterans monument will also be featured on the Town Green and include seven sculptures donated by sculptor,Chad Fisher.

"The Town Center and the 2-acre town green have been designed to be uniquely Peachtree Corners and are intended to become the heart of the city," said Community Development Director Diana Wheeler.

The developer, Atlanta-based Fuqua Development, expects to have Town Center open in the fall of 2018.

Image courtesy City of Peachtree Corners