Major Development Alert: 300 New Homes Coming to Cumming City Center

Many people have been asking why so many trees are being cleared near the Cumming City Center. The site is under contract with Empire Communities and Toll Brothers for a major new residential development. The project will include 300 lots across 43.24 acres, with a planned density of 6.94 units per acre.

If you are a landowner near the City Center and would like to discuss how this project could impact your property’s value, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Crawford Lands.

For more on this, see our post on Overlook Apartments, also inside Cumming City Center.

We cover this in more detail in the full 2026 development picture.

For background, see our piece on what 6.94 units per acre means under the county’s zoning codes.