A mixed-use addition to Brookhaven’s version of main street is that rare, new ITP building with all of its street retail space quickly filled. 

After breaking ground in summer 2022, Atlanta-based real estate developer and investor Connolly has declared its $70-million Parkside on Dresden venture complete on Brookhaven’s Dresden Drive, with a ceremony planned late this month. 

Connolly reps tell Urbanize Atlanta that five more tenant signings mean all 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at the project’s main building is now 100-percent claimed. (A freestanding, two-story restaurant space tucked off the main section remains available, however.) 

How Woodley Plaza park came together at the 1350 Dresden Drive project. Connolly/Parkside on Dresden.com

The final tenant lineup now includes these businesses: 

Balanced Aesthetics Medspa

Brookhaven Dance

Stretch Lab

Greene’s Fine Foods 

Sugarcoat Beauty

To christen the multifaceted project, Connolly and City of Brookhaven officials have planned a park dedication event April 25 for Woodley Plaza, a city-owned greenspace with a stage and gathering areas adjacent to new buildings. The plaza is named in honor of Dan Woodley, considered the “pioneer of the Dresden Drive corridor,” per development officials. 

Spread across 4 acres, Parkside on Dresden includes a residential component called Solis Dresden Village, which features 176 luxury apartments and seven townhomes built by Terwilliger Pappas. A six-level parking deck for residents and visitors was also included. 

Overview of final retail leasing at Parkside on Dresden's main building, with townhomes and a jewel box space at top right. Connolly/Parkside on Dresden.com

Recent Parkside on Dresden revelry. Connolly/Parkside on Dresden.com

One perk of the 1350 Dresden Drive location is walkability to the Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA station, per officials. 

“This project was designed to support an all-day consumer—from morning fitness and coffee to evening dining and entertainment,” Timothy Connolly, the development firm’s CEO, said in an update provided exclusively to Urbanize Atlanta. “By integrating a public park into the development, we’ve created a built-in driver for foot traffic and community engagement.” 

Previously announced retail tenants (and descriptions) at Parkside on Dresden are as follows: 

  • Confab Kitchen and Bar (3,600 square feet with patio adjacent to the park)—inspired by the dining culture of Europe, Confab is a gathering place designed for people to eat, drink, and converse with friends around food, beer, wine, and spirits. It’s a new concept in metro Atlanta from local restaurant operator Doug Gross.
  • Honeysuckle Gelato (1,000 square feet facing the park)—a creamery serving gelato inspired by decadent flavors and desserts of the South. It’s the fourth metro Atlanta location serving up scoops, pints, gelato sandwiches, and milkshakes.
  • Café Vendôme (1,000 square feet facing the park)—an authentic artisanal French pastry bakery café that offers refined pastries, baguettes, and croissants along with coffee, sandwiches, salads, quiches, macaroons, and desserts in a traditional Parisian atmosphere. Both of the current locations are in Sandy Springs.
  • Clean Juice Brookhaven (1,100 square feet adjacent to the park)—the first and only USDA-certified organic juice and food bar franchise that serves the brand's popular all-organic, handmade smoothies; wraps; salads; acai bowls, and more.
  • El Valle (2,900 square feet with patio at the corner of Dresden Drive and the park)—offering Mexican cuisine that showcases unique ingredients and flavors prepared with contemporary techniques alongside a wide selection of Mexican and Latin American wines and craft cocktails. It’s the second metro Atlanta location.
  • F45 Training Brookhaven (3,000 square feet along Dresden Drive)—a global fitness community offering innovative, high-intensity functional group workouts. The training facility is owned by a local franchisee with two existing locations around Atlanta.
  • MIRAE (5,000 square feet with patio at the corner of Dresden and Parkside drives)—from an operator with a successful restaurant in Chamblee, MIRAE (meaning “future” in Korean) is a new modern Asian concept that fuses Korean, Japanese, and other Asian flavors alongside a craft bar.

Courtesy of Connolly

Set apart from the project's main building is this two-story, freestanding restaurant space (3,751 square feet, plus a rooftop patio) that remains available, per marketing materials. Connolly/Parkside on Dresden.com

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