If you live in Camden Pond or Stoneridge — or you just drive Old Milton Parkway between GA 400 and Avalon — the office site across from your neighborhood is not staying an office site.
On August 17, 2026, Alpharetta City Council voted 6–1 to approve 195 for-sale townhomes on roughly 29.2 acres at 3842 Old Milton Parkway. The decision amends the Camden Pond Master Plan and redesignates the land from professional office to high-density residential.
195 for-sale townhomes on 29.2 acres at 3842 Old Milton Parkway. Empire builds 105 on the western portion, Toll Brothers builds 90 on the eastern side. Approved 6–1 with 25 conditions — including a cap of 10% rentals.
The facts, at a glance
- Address3842 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta
- CasesMP-26-05 (master plan), CLUP-26-03 (land use plan), Z-26-03 (rezoning), V-26-03 (variance)
- Size~29.2 acres · 195 for-sale townhomes
- BuildersEmpire — 105 units (west) · Toll Brothers — 90 units (east)
- Land use change‘Professional Business Office’ → ‘High Density Residential’
- RezoningCUP (Community Unit Plan) → R-10M
- Legal descriptionLand Lots 2, 3, 44, 45 & 49, 1st District, 1st Section, Fulton County
- ApprovedAugust 17, 2026 — City Council, 6–1 (Planning Commission recommended 7–0)
- Conditions25 total, including a 10% cap on rentals
The part nobody else reported: it got smaller five times
The final vote is the headline. The more useful story is the four months before it, which you can read straight out of the city's own agendas.
This project was deferred by the applicant five separate times between April and August. And each time it came back, it came back smaller.
- Apr 13City Council — deferred by applicant. Plan on the table: 207 townhomes
- May 7Planning Commission — deferred. Now 202 townhomes
- Jun 1City Council — deferred to June 22. Still 202
- Jun 4Planning Commission — deferred again
- Jun 22City Council — deferred again
- Aug 17City Council — approved 6–1 at 195 townhomes, with 25 conditions
A string of deferrals looks like a stalled project from the outside. It usually isn't. A deferral is what a developer requests when they'd rather renegotiate than risk a "no" — and every one of these bought the neighbors something.
Between April and August the unit count fell from 207 to 195. That's twelve units, about 6%. In exchange for staying at the table, Camden Pond and Stoneridge residents also got 25 written conditions covering architecture, open space, lighting, sidewalks, tree preservation and pedestrian connections.
The condition I'd pay the most attention to as a homeowner is the 10% rental cap. That's the one that determines whether this stays an owner-occupied community or slowly turns into a rental block — and it's the kind of thing that gets negotiated in exactly these deferral cycles.
It wasn't the only corridor decision that week
Eight days after approving these townhomes, on August 25, the same council voted 4–3 to rezone up to 100 acres at North Point Mall — about two miles up GA 400 — for a mixed-use district centered on a proposed 20,000-seat NHL-ready arena. That project is led by Jamestown (the developer behind Ponce City Market) with New York Life and The Machete Group, and carries more than 70 staff-written conditions.
An important caveat on that one: it is contingent. The entitlement hinges on the NHL committing a franchise to Alpharetta by August 2031, and no team has been awarded. Treat it as an approved option, not a certainty.
But read the two together and the pattern is the story. Inside nine days, Alpharetta converted an office parcel to 195 for-sale townhomes and entitled a 100-acre district on the same corridor. This is a city actively reshaping the GA 400 spine rather than absorbing growth at the edges.
Why it matters
If you own in Camden Pond or Stoneridge: your immediate neighbor changes from an office designation to 195 townhomes. Traffic, buffers, stormwater and tree loss were the concerns raised during review, and the 25 conditions are where the answers live. Those conditions are enforceable — worth reading the ones about buffers and pedestrian connections before construction starts.
If you're buying in Alpharetta: 195 new for-sale townhomes from two national builders is real inventory arriving in a submarket minutes from Avalon and GA 400. New-construction townhomes tend to set a price floor that resale product nearby gets measured against.
If you own commercial land nearby: this is the signal, and the North Point vote eight days later confirms it. Alpharetta converted a professional-office parcel to high-density residential 6–1, then entitled 100 acres up the road 4–3. Office-to-residential is not a one-off here — it reprices every underused office parcel on the corridor.
- Community names Empire and Toll Brothers will market these under
- Floor plans, square footage, or price points
- Sales release timing
- Land-disturbance permit issuance or a vertical construction start date
I'll update this story as those become verifiable public record.
FAQ
What is being built at 3842 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta?
195 for-sale townhomes on approximately 29.2 acres, split between Empire (105 units, western portion) and Toll Brothers (90 units, eastern portion).
Did Alpharetta approve the Camden Pond townhomes?
Yes. City Council approved cases MP-26-05, CLUP-26-03 and Z-26-03 on a 6–1 vote on August 17, 2026, following a 7–0 Planning Commission recommendation.
Can these townhomes be turned into rentals?
Not broadly. One of the 25 approval conditions limits rentals to no more than 10% of the homes, keeping it primarily owner-occupied.
Why did the project take so long to get approved?
The applicant deferred it five times between April and August 2026 while revising the plan and meeting with neighboring communities. The unit count dropped from 207 to 195 over that period.
I read the zoning agendas for Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, Woodstock, Acworth and Cumming every week — usually months before anything gets reported. Comment INTEL and I'll send you what's moving near you.