Asian Village

From Peachtree Corners

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Water is an important element in Shanghai's Yuyuan Gardens.

This will be a cultural center built on more than 100 acres in the area around Governors Lake Business Park between Peachtree Industrial Blvd and Buford highway. It will be an upscale Asian culture and tour center with a garden, museum, hotel, and a variety of schools, apartments, shops and restaurants. Different Asian countries will each build villages to showcase their own culture. Planned villages will include Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Pakistani and more. It is expected to be a major tourist attraction and generate thousands of jobs.

Phase I elements of the Georgia-Suzhou Friendship Chinese Garden will include about 14 buildings such as pavilions and a Tea Garden. The Chinese designs will incorporate water, stone, art, and plants covering 2 acres of the 100 acre Asian Village. The plan to begin building the Chinese Garden was originally scheduled to begin around Thanksgiving 2006, but according to an January 2007 article in the Gwinnett Business Journal (http://www.gwinnettbizjournal.com/content.cfm?Action=story_detail&StoryID=1800&CFID=181131&CFTOKEN=19812545) "the groundbreaking had to be pushed back because legal paperwork is still being finalized with Gwinnett County."

On May 23, 2007 county commisioners tabled a vote on rezoning required for offices and townhouses. "The concept is intriguing, but it's always been a moving target," said Bert Nasuti, commisioner for the Peachtree Corners community. "It's been tabled and tabled and tabled, and the reason is we wanted them to come back with something more concrete."

Asian garden construction has been rescheduled, again, to begin Fall 2007. (updated 5/07)

Asian Gardens on the Internet

• Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, Canada (http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com/)
• The Seattle Chinese Garden, Seattle, WA, USA (http://seattlechinesegarden.org/)
• The Chinese Garden of the Montréal Botanical Garden, Montréal, Canada (http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/chine/chine.htm)
• The Master-of-Nets Garden (http://www.szwsy.com/english/intro.htm)

Details

Gwinnett County planning commission meeting minutes from August 1, 2006:

1. CASE NUMBER              :RZM-06-015 
   APPLICANT                :ASIAN VILLAGE ATLANTA 
   CONTACT                  :SUZY O'NEAL 
   PHONE NUMBER             :404.402.1573 
   ZONING CHANGE            :M-1 TO R-TH 
   LOCATION                 :6600 BLOCK OF GOVERNORS LAKE PARKWAY 
                            :2700-2800 BLOCK OF JONES MILL ROAD 
   MAP NUMBER               :R6251 002 
   ACREAGE                  :23.58 ACRES 
   PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT     :TOWNHOMES & VILLAS 
   UNITS                    :140 UNITS 
   COMMISSION DISTRICT      :(2) NASUTI 
   DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION: TABLE 

2. CASE NUMBER              :CIC-06-025 
   APPLICANT                :ASIAN VILLAGE ATLANTA 
   CONTACT                  :SUZY O'NEAL 
   PHONE NUMBER             :404.402.1573 
   ZONING                   :C-2 
   LOCATION                 :3000 BLOCK OF GOVERNORS LAKE DR. 
                            :6800 BLOCK OF PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. 
   MAP NUMBER               :R6276 057 
   ACREAGE                  :7.13 ACRES 
   PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT     :COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES 
   SQUARE FEET              :60,000 SQUARE FEET 
   COMMISSION DISTRICT      :(2) NASUTI 
   DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION: TABLE 

News articles

• June 30, 2006 Peachtree Corners proposal calls for Chinese architecture (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/0629gwxasian.html)
• November 2006 Asian Village Atlanta targets spring 2007 for groundbreaking (http://www.gwinnettbizjournal.com/content.cfm?Action=story_detail&StoryID=1800&CFID=181131&CFTOKEN=19812545)