Thriving & Healthy Johns Creek Town Center Coming Soon!

Many cities in the greater Atlanta area have downtown and city centers that emerged over time with historical buildings or landmarks. Since the City of Johns Creek was incorporated in 2006 it did not have a historical geographic center or downtown with a central square or main street like many older Georgia cities.

Natural Resources

City leaders and community members knew that a city with the immense natural and cultural resources that Johns Creek possesses should showcase and leverage them in a way that exhibits a sense of identity and pride, uplifts the local economy, and improves quality of life. 

For that reason, the City undertook a comprehensive planning process that resulted in consensus around forming a vibrant Town Center that provides a place for residents, workers, and visitors to live, work, eat, play, and shop.

A Town Center for All

The Johns Creek Town Center involves the transformation of a 192-acre business park located along Medlock Bridge Road, McGinnis Ferry Road, and Johns Creek Parkway. Once complete, the project will establish a vibrant walkable town center that will feature a new 40-acre mixed-use retail district and Creekside Park: a new linear park that will feature pedestrian pathway systems, a lakefront amphitheater, a boardwalk, fountains, and a community playground.

Johns Creek Town Center aspires to be an iconic destination representing the city’s diversity, culture, and values. As both a gateway and a connector, the Town Center area will incorporate a series of experiences that appeal to a variety of audiences and age groups.

The Town Center further emphasizes the City of Johns Creek as a leader in health, wellness, and innovation.

The Town Center further emphasizes the City of Johns Creek as a leader in health, wellness, and innovation. This inclusive and remarkable place will include intentional neighborhoods connected via natural resources and greenways that is synonymous with wellness and sustainable living.

While a new trail network within the plan area provides internal connectivity, it also considers external bicycle and pedestrian connections that can be made to further integrate the Town Center as a multi-modal hub. Other upcoming regional connections, including 10-foot sidewalks along McGinnis Ferry Road to the Big Creek Greenway will also provide additional bicycle and pedestrian linkages. This equates to a vast number of opportunities to stay healthy and fit.

An Innovation Hub

Last December, the City announced its first win in the Town Center - landing Boston Scientific’s new research and development facility as an anchor to the Town Center Innovation Hub. With an anticipated $62.5 million of new capital investment, the City was excited to have such a big name as its first announced win.

Medley

On the heels of the Boston Scientific deal, the Toro Development Company stepped up to be part of the newly created Town Center Mixed Use District. Toro’s rezoning application, unanimously approved by City Council, proposed a $400 million mixed-use development called Medley including retail, restaurants and “entertainment” venues. Residents and community members are in store for big things to come from the Johns Creek Town Center.