A new 300‑unit apartment community is moving forward in Dacula at a location planners have long expected to become a growth node in eastern Gwinnett County. The development—called The Lineage—sits at the Harbins Road and Highway 316 interchange, a corridor that is gradually drawing new housing and retail as the nearby Rowen knowledge community begins to take shape.¹

For Gwinnett County, the project signals the early stages of a broader shift along the Highway 316 corridor—one that local planners have been anticipating for years but is only now beginning to show up on the ground. For its developer, Indianapolis‑based Thompson Thrift, the project represents a milestone: The Lineage will be the company’s 100th multifamily community.²

The Lineage project combines 300 apartment units with 9,500 square feet of retail space, a format that has become increasingly common in suburban growth corridors where housing, neighborhood retail, and transportation access intersect.⁶

Its location places the development within a short drive of Rowen, the 2,000‑acre research and innovation district under development in eastern Gwinnett County that is expected to attract major research institutions, technology firms, and tens of thousands of jobs over time.⁵

Because of that projected employment growth, developers have begun positioning new housing within a few miles of the site—close enough to serve future workers while still taking advantage of existing infrastructure and available land.

Against that backdrop, The Lineage is one of the first significant multifamily projects emerging along the Harbins Road corridor, offering an early glimpse of how residential development may begin to cluster around Gwinnett’s next major economic hub.