New uses are bound for a significant portion of a sprawling, landmark office campus near the heart of Buckhead. 

CP Group, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based commercial real estate and management firm with a huge Atlanta portfolio, announced plans today for a new Class A medical office venture called “Buckhead Medical Center” at the 2.2-million-square-foot Piedmont Center. 

Buckhead Medical, located at 3495 Piedmont Road, will remake the campus’ four southernmost buildings (9 through 12) formerly known as The Fountains at Piedmont Center. 

With its proximity to Ga. Highway 400, the project will be “the most accessible medical office in Buckhead” as part of the broader Piedmont Center masterplan, according to CP Group’s predictions. 

Renovation plans are underway and will be rolled out in phases across the 14-building complex in coming years. 

Plans for BMC doctor's lounge. Courtesy of CP Group

Revisions planned for entries at the four-building Buckhead Medical Center, part of the 2.2-million-square-foot Piedmont Center complex. Courtesy of CP Group

Today, Piedmont Center counts 21 medical office users leasing more than 85,000 square feet. 

Buckhead Medical is planned as a more centralized experience for medical offices of all specialties and sizes, including new companies aiming to grow. Planned upgrades call for a new patient drop-off area, a dedicated pharmacy, an improved onsite café, sophisticated digital wayfinding, and new prominent building signage along Piedmont Road, per officials. 

Tenants will have access to a new onsite fitness center, physicians’ lounge, and dedicated parking. The infrastructure of the four buildings is already equipped to handle imaging and surgical uses, which would allow “providers to efficiently integrate specialized clinical operations without the complexity of retrofitting a traditional office building,” per CP Group’s announcement.  

“We’ve identified a market gap for large blocks of space for private practice groups and large health systems to expand their footprints,” said Chris Eachus, CP Group founding partner, in a statement. “When you pair this large medical office offering with the connectivity within a thoughtfully upgraded campus environment, we’re setting a new standard for how healthcare is delivered and experienced in Atlanta.”

CP Group’s plans call for delivering a full floor of spec medical office suites this year, ranging from 2,600 to 6,500 square feet, in hopes of luring in companies that don’t want to be saddled with the expense and hassle of buildouts. 

Other bait includes planned street-level retail and dinning, walking trails, and landscaped greenspace around the 46-acre Piedmont Center, allowing for “high-spec medical space in a true lifestyle setting,” according to leasing agent Garrett Benefiel of CBRE. 

View of the planned BMC lobby. Courtesy of CP Group

Overview of Piedmont Center's 14-building campus today. Courtesy of CP Group

CP Group acquired Piedmont Center in June and announced plans to immediately start reimagining the office park in phases. 

Across Atlanta’s three core submarkets, the company now controls more than 8 million square feet of space. Renovations at the company’s other trophy properties—Bank of America Plaza and The Center (formerly CNN Center)—are ongoing. 

Early changes at Piedmont Center have included the addition of LiveWire Coffee in Building 6 and food-truck programming on the property. 

The Ardent Companies, considered one of Buckhead’s largest office landlords, bought Piedmont Center five years ago and announced plans for a comprehensive remake called “Oxton” in early 2023. Those plans failed to materialize, and in June the Piedmont Center campus was sold in foreclosure for a $200 million credit bid on the Fulton County Courthouse steps. 

CP Group has hired Atlanta-based architecture and design firms Smallwood and ASD|SKY, along with placemaking strategists Of Place, to help realize their masterplan vision.  

The most visible changes at Piedmont Center—for the general public at least—will see a new street-level retail and dining corridor built along Piedmont Road with at least six eateries and numerous upscale retail offerings in a walkable setting, as CP Group announced in January. 

Other upgrades are set to include event space, a new gateway entrance with wayfinding, a centralized amenity center that connects parking decks to sports courts, and “reimagined arrival experiences” and lobbies at Buildings 14 and 15, among other additions. 

CP Group is also planning to refashion 42,000 square feet of offices as spec suites around the property. 

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