The City of Alpharetta’s efforts to reimagine standard office hubs surrounded by moats of surfacing parking took a step forward this week. 

The Alpharetta City Council on Monday unanimously approved plans by Peachtree Corners-based McKinley Homes to transform part of a 15-acre “legacy” office park just west of Ga. Highway 400 into a mixed-use destination in the Windward District, according to city officials. 

Home to two office buildings totaling 212,000 square feet, the site near Windward Parkway along Morris Road is situated near Alpharetta’s border with the City of Milton.

McKinley Homes’ mixed-use plans call for bolstering the existing office buildings by adding 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. 

Next door, on surface parking lots, plans call for constructing a 110-unit building with for-sale condos. 

Totality of the 15-acre Alpharetta property in question, including existing office buildings, in relation to Ga. Highway 400 (right) and Windward Parkway. Google Maps

Site-plan breakdown for the westernmost portion of the site, next to an existing mid-rise office building. McKinley Homes; designs, Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates

City councilmembers green-lighted the project’s comprehensive land use plan, rezoning, and a variance request this week. No construction timeline was specified in a city announcement. 

Closer to Atlanta’s core, McKinley Homes is the developer behind the Seven88 West Midtown tower and forthcoming Array project south of East Atlanta Village. 

Alpharetta city officials call the Morris Road development another example of office parks being reimagined as more activated, modern land-use environments. 

Facades planned for a condo section of the Morris Road site. McKinley Homes; designs, Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates

Current office buildings onsite along Morris Road, as seen in February. Google Maps

Another, larger example is Portman Holdings’ 19-acre Brookside Village venture—planned to remake a 1980s office complex—that’s set to break ground this year. 

Elsewhere in the Windward area, Southwest Value Partners’ Continuum redevelopment is turning a traditional office park into an “amenity-rich, integrated hub that incorporates premium office, retail, restaurant, and residential components,” per city officials. 

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