Peachtree Road hotel project moves forward on long-vacant lot

Josh Green

Thu, 05/22/2025 – 13:38

Days appear to be numbered for a void in the commercial landscape of Atlanta’s marquee street.

The design and development team for a planned Buckhead hotel concept at 1875 Peachtree Road filed for commercial land development permits this week as another step toward construction.

Plans call for the long-vacant lot to become a 174-key Home2 Suites by Hilton, an extended-stay chain, where other infill ideas have gone bust over the years.

Filings indicate the hotel will stand eight stories over its parking infrastructure, lobby, and valet area.

Looking north, the 1875 Peachtree Road site in the context of Piedmont Hospital’s main campus. Google Maps

The proposed Peachtree Road facade of the Home2 Suites by Hilton. HC Architecture; 1875 Peachtree St. LLC/submitted

Situated just north of Midtown, the site was cleared of a small retail building and SunTrust ATM in 2016 and served as a paid parking lot for several years thereafter. Longtime Atlantans might remember it as a Harry’s in a Hurry location—way back when.

Earlier this year, Hilton representatives also filed paperwork with Atlanta’s Department of City Planning for a Special Administrative Permit to move the hotel forward. Those plans were later approved.

A decade ago, the parcel in question was planned to be part of a much larger office and retail complex from Cornerstone Development Partners that never took off.

The site is situated today between Peachtree Laundry & Cleaners and a drive-thru Starbucks.

The 1875 Peachtree Road site (in red, at bottom) and nearby commercial and medical landmarks. Google Maps

According to the SAP application, the hotel “will be an integral part of the medical ecosystem in the immediate area” and “will help service patients and families of patients receiving care in the nearby medical facilities.”

The building’s single point of access along the busy thoroughfare would be a right-in, right-out arrangement along the hotel’s Peachtree Road frontage, earlier filings state. Surface parking would also be situated at the rear of the property, per filings.

The hotel would join a significant medical-use growth spurt in the immediate area, highlighted by the new 16-story Arthur M. Blank Family Residences and nearby Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation building.

The site, situated between Peachtree Laundry & Cleaners and a drive-thru Starbucks. Google Maps