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The McDaniel Road townhome case is one of the clearest examples this cycle of what Gwinnett growth looks like right now: established commercial and office land being repositioned for housing, a split vote at the Board level, and a project that moved forward even with visible neighborhood resistance.
Case REZ2025-00025 covers 20.87 acres at 2449 Duluth Highway and the 2800 block of McDaniel Road. The applicant, Walker Anderson Homes, sought to rezone the site from C-2 and O-I to R-TH for 170 townhouses. In plain English, a rezoning request is an ask to officially change what kind of development the property is allowed to hold. Here, that meant shifting from commercial and office categories to a residential townhouse category. Staff recommended approval with conditions, the Planning Commission recommended approval with conditions, and on February 17, 2026, the Board of Commissioners approved the request with change on a 3-2 vote.
That vote margin matters.
The Rest of this Article Covers:
Why Gwinnett’s approval of 170 townhomes on McDaniel Road may signal a much bigger shift for aging commercial land across the county
What this close, contested rezoning reveals about infill growth, neighborhood pushback, and where density may show up next
Why residents, agents, and investors should stop assuming commercial parcels will stay commercial in today’s Gwinnett
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