A long-empty Duluth office building is coming down to make room for a few hundred new neighbors near Gas South Arena.
Hanover Company has started demolishing the vacant structure at 1855 Satellite Boulevard, clearing about 7.8 acres for a Hanover-branded, garden-style rental community of roughly 300 apartments near the Gas South entertainment district. It is the latest example of suburban office land around metro Atlanta getting traded in for multifamily housing next to retail and arenas.
According to Hanover Company, the project, listed as Hanover Sugarloaf, is in pre-development and described as a garden-style multifamily property with 300 units at the Satellite Boulevard address. The company page confirms the address and unit count, but it does not offer any renderings or an estimated construction start. Hanover lists the site market as Georgia and shows the community as pre-development on its portfolio map.
Brokerage materials and a sale announcement indicate Hanover picked up the land earlier this summer. Per Ackerman & Co., along with Gable Land Co. and SSG Realty Partners, Hanover paid about $12.44 million for the roughly 7.86-acre parcel, and the brokers describe plans for a 305-unit community. In the brokerage release, John Speros framed the deal as a piece of the larger story around the arena, saying the project complements ongoing development of the Gas South District.
Permits and rezoning
On the local-government side, Gwinnett County records show the developer submitted a rezoning request under case number REZ2025-00024 to shift the property from office (O-I) to multifamily (MRR) for apartments on about 7.88 acres. County agenda documents outline the tax parcel and recommend approval with conditions, according to the publicly available files. The records indicate the case was heard in late 2025 and that the rezoning record is included in the county's meeting documents; the agenda for REZ2025-00024 is posted by Gwinnett County.
What replaces the office?
Brokerage materials and local coverage point to a mix of four- and five-story residential buildings with surface parking that will stand where a roughly 56,000-square-foot vacant office structure once sat. As reported by Urbanize Atlanta, the parcel is located across from the 118-acre Gas South District and shares access with the Kroger-anchored Sugarloaf Parkway Shopping Center. That puts potential renters within walking distance of groceries, restaurants and event venues, a combination that helped catch the attention of both developers and brokers.
Public documents flag a small discrepancy in the unit count. Hanover's listing shows 300 apartments, while brokerage announcements describe a 305-unit plan per Ackerman & Co.. Those minor swings are common at this stage, when designers and planners are still fine-tuning unit mixes and site layouts.
Neighbors and next steps
County permit records and current on-site activity indicate demolition and staging are expected to continue over the summer as Hanover works through permitting and site preparation. Updated plans and additional approvals should surface in county files, including the building-permits printout, as the project moves closer to vertical construction. The latest permit list is available through Gwinnett County.
