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Buckhead drive-thru Starbucks aims for sexy upgrades Josh Green Fri, 04/26/2024 - 15:11 A ho-hum standalone Starbucks could undergo a full aesthetic makeover along a prominent Buckhead corridor that’s experiencing a multitude of changes right now.

Atlanta-based architecture, engineering, and planning firm GDP Group has filed plans to renovate and expand an existing drive-thru Starbucks location at 3330 Piedmont Road with a hip, modernized new look.

The Starbucks is located at the entrance to what’s been rebranded Buckhead Landing—the former Piedmont Peachtree Crossing shopping long anchored by Disco Kroger. Regency Center, the developer and owner, unveiled a fresh roster of tenants for other buildings in the strip center last month.

How the Starbucks in question appeared in 2023 as the husk of Disco Kroger still stood behind it. Google Maps

Planned renovation of the Piedmont Road facade. GDP Group; via Buckhead SPI-9 Development Review Committee

GDP Group is scheduled to formally present its Starbucks plans Wednesday to the Buckhead SPI-9 Development Review Committee.

Designs call for expanding the building, relocating drive-thru equipment from being wall-mounted to freestanding, and updating furniture and fixtures. No ordinance variations are being requested.

In front of the Starbucks, work to create what’s being called a Complete Street project—or what Atlanta urbanists are calling anything but—is ongoing near the Buckhead Landing main entry.

Find more context and images in the gallery above.

GDP Group; via Buckhead SPI-9 Development Review Committee

How the Piedmont Peachtree Crossing/Buckhead Landing shopping center fits with denser development in central Buckhead. Starbucks is located at the Piedmont Road entry. Google Maps

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