Peachtree Corners Approves 7 Brew Drive-Through Coffee Stand

A vacant former McDonald’s site on Peachtree Parkway can move toward redevelopment as a 7 Brew coffee stand after Peachtree Corners approved the required zoning change.

The City Council adopted an ordinance allowing the drive-through coffee shop at 5025 Peachtree Parkway following an Oct. 27 public hearing. The approval removes an unusual restriction dating to 1996 that limited the outparcel to a McDonald’s restaurant.

The old restaurant has been demolished, leaving about 1.14 acres of commercial land in front of the surrounding shopping center. The approved ordinance permits a coffee shop in its place and requires the project to follow the submitted site plan.

The proposed 7 Brew would operate from a compact 510-square-foot building, accompanied by a 225-square-foot freestanding cooler and a canopy covering employees who serve customers outside. The development plan includes two drive-through lanes and 19 parking spaces.

Drivers would enter from the adjoining shopping-center property rather than directly from Peachtree Parkway. The city’s conditions preserve that internal access arrangement and require landscaping, sidewalks along Peachtree Parkway and screening around the dumpster.

The approval clears the project’s principal zoning obstacle, but it is not a construction permit or an opening announcement. A building schedule and target opening date have not been released.

7 Brew is built around fast drive-through service rather than a conventional sit-down café. Its drink menu includes espresso beverages, energy drinks, flavored sodas, teas, chai, matcha, lemonade, smoothies and shakes, with extensive customization options.

Peachtree Corners would join several nearby communities with a 7 Brew stand. The chain already operates in Johns Creek, Milton and Buford, including a Johns Creek location on State Bridge Road.

The new stand would also return daily activity to a prominent outparcel along one of Peachtree Corners’ busiest commercial corridors. Although the footprint is small, the project represents a visible reuse of land that had remained vacant because its earlier zoning conditions were tied to a restaurant that no longer existed.