Empire Communities is seeking to build a mixed-use development with 407 residences. Rendering provided by Empire Communities.

A slew of new residential communities is on the horizon in Forsyth County, with at least six development proposals representing more than 1,300 new for-sale and rental homes wending their way through the approval process.  

Empire Communities has proposed a mixed-use development with 407 residences in Cumming. Courtesy of Google Maps.

Atlanta developer Empire Communities recently submitted notice of its intent to develop a mixed-use community with 60 single-family homes, 64 townhomes and 283 apartments on a 68-acre site at 2952 Keith Bridge Road, just off the Georgia 400 corridor in Cumming.  

The development would also feature 43,000 square feet of retail, office and restaurant space, Empire said. Further details about the plan were limited, but a Development of Regional Impact filing indicated the company expects the project to wrap up in 2025.  

Northpoint Capital Investment Holdings LLC has submitted a request to the Forsyth County Planning Commision to rezone 140 acres in Alpharetta for a master-planned community with 250 lots, 228 attached residential units and 63,650 square feet of commercial space. The property is bordered by Fowler Hill, Union Hill and Mullinax roads. 

National homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. submitted a request to rezone 115 acres in Cumming to allow 128 residential lots. The property is situated off of Matt Highway near the new Brookview by Ashton Woods subdivision. 

In January, Toll Brothers received approval with variances and conditions to build 35 homes on 34 acres at 7108 and 7240 Castleberry Road. 

Century Communities of Georgia has proposed 105 residential lots in Dawsonville. Courtesy of Google Maps.

Also in Cumming, the Planning Commission last month approved with conditions a rezoning request from Kelly Mill Consultants Corp. to construct 87 homes on 61 acres located along Kelly Mill Road.  

MKW Capital LLC has submitted a request to rezone 104 acres for 92 residential lots east of Bethelview Road near the intersection with Environmental Campus Drive in Cumming, while Century Communities of Georgia LLC is seeking the rezoning of 88 acres to allow for 105 residential lots off of A C Smith Road in nearby Dawsonville.