Johns Creek Town Center: Plan, Boardwalk, Medley & What’s Open

BBDN DEVELOPMENT DOSSIER · JOHNS CREEK

Johns Creek Town Center

The permanent guide to the city’s 192-acre Town Center vision, The Boardwalk, Medley, public connections and what is actually open now.

Johns Creek Town Center at a glance

  • Broader Town Center: approximately 192 acres around the Johns Creek City Hall area.
  • The Boardwalk at Town Center: public park and trail amenity behind City Hall, now open.
  • Medley: 43-acre private mixed-use development inside the broader Town Center district.
  • Town Center role: a walkable civic, recreation, business, dining, retail and residential center for Johns Creek.

Johns Creek Town Center plan

Johns Creek Town Center plan showing Medley within the broader Town Center district
Johns Creek Town Center district plan showing Medley within the broader Town Center. Medley is not the entire Town Center.

What is Johns Creek Town Center?

Johns Creek Town Center is the city’s long-term plan to transform roughly 192 acres around City Hall and the former Technology Park area into a more connected central district. The vision combines public parks and trails, civic uses, business and innovation, health and wellness, mixed-use development, restaurants, retail and housing.

The most important distinction is that Town Center is the overall district. Medley is a 43-acre private mixed-use project within it, while The Boardwalk is a public Town Center amenity.

The Boardwalk at Town Center

The Boardwalk at Town Center is a public park and trail destination behind Johns Creek City Hall. The city describes the roughly 20-acre property as including trails, constructed wetlands, an amphitheater, pond overlooks and terraced seating. The Boardwalk is now open.

For events and navigation, the city lists The Boardwalk at Town Center at 11362 Lakefield Drive, Johns Creek, GA 30022.

Medley inside Johns Creek Town Center

Medley is the largest private retail, dining and residential component currently shaping the Town Center experience. Its 43-acre program includes restaurants, stores, rental housing, for-sale townhomes, public gathering areas and a future hotel.

That means searches for “Johns Creek Town Center stores” or “Johns Creek Town Center restaurants” often lead directly to Medley. The two names are related, but they should not be treated as interchangeable.

Johns Creek Town Center questions

Is there a downtown in Johns Creek?

Johns Creek does not have a traditional historic downtown in the way nearby Alpharetta or Roswell does. Instead, the city is developing Town Center as its central civic and mixed-use district around City Hall, The Boardwalk and Medley.

What is the Town Center in Johns Creek, Georgia?

Johns Creek Town Center is a roughly 192-acre district planned around City Hall and the former Technology Park area. It combines public-space investment with private mixed-use development, including The Boardwalk and Medley.

What is the purpose of Johns Creek Town Center?

The purpose is to create a more walkable and connected center for Johns Creek, bringing civic space, parks, trails, business, dining, retail, housing, recreation and community events into one district rather than scattering those uses across separate suburban sites.

Where is The Boardwalk at Town Center in Johns Creek?

The Boardwalk is behind Johns Creek City Hall in the Town Center district. The city lists 11362 Lakefield Drive, Johns Creek, GA 30022 as the event and navigation address.

Is The Boardwalk at Town Center open?

Yes. The City of Johns Creek currently identifies The Boardwalk at Town Center as open to the public.

Where can I see Johns Creek Town Center photos?

BBDN’s Town Center reporting includes current project and connection imagery, while the City of Johns Creek publishes official Boardwalk photos and project updates. See the completed pedestrian connection into Town Center and BBDN’s Town Center and Medley overview.

What stores are at Johns Creek Town Center?

The principal announced retail lineup is inside Medley. Current tenants include Trader Joe’s, Sephora, Warby Parker, High Country Outfitters and other specialty, wellness and service businesses. Because stores open on individual schedules, use the Medley development and opening tracker for the current list.

What restaurants are at Johns Creek Town Center?

Most of the major announced Town Center dining lineup is also within Medley. It includes concepts such as 26 Thai Kitchen & Bar, CT Cantina & Taqueria, Fadó Irish Pub, Fogón and Lions, Lily Sushi Bar, Rena’s Italian Fishery & Grill, Shake Shack, STIR and Tabla. Individual opening dates vary.

Where can I see the Johns Creek Town Center plan?

The plan image above shows the relationship between Medley and the broader Town Center district. The City of Johns Creek also maintains the official redevelopment overview and public project information.

Latest BBDN reporting

Official sources

What BBDN is watching next

  1. How residents use The Boardwalk as the public Town Center opens into regular daily use.
  2. Medley’s October 29 public opening and individual tenant openings.
  3. Traffic, parking, trail and pedestrian connections across the district.
  4. Residential delivery at Tableau, Prelude and later Medley phases.
  5. Future public and private development within the broader Town Center framework.

Thinking about living near Johns Creek Town Center?

Town Center changes the lifestyle equation for this part of Johns Creek. The useful buyer questions are walkability, access, new-construction options, traffic patterns and how close you actually want to be to the district.

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