Construction recently began on improvements to the 3350 Peachtree skyscraper that will include a new publicly accessible park atop a parking garage.
Formerly called Capital City Plaza, the 30-year-old tower stands on Peachtree Road next to the Buckhead MARTA Station and Ga. 400 and is known as the home of the popular South City Kitchen restaurant. Owner Cousins Properties last fall announced the plan to expand the parking garage and cap it with green space.
The plan includes potential connections to two stalled projects: the HUB404 park that would cap Ga. 400 between Peachtree and Lenox roads, and a mixed-use skyscraper on an adjacent parking lot behind the tower numbered as 3354 Peachtree, though it sits well off that street. Improvements to the Peachtree Road driveway for both drivers and pedestrians is another part of the plan.
Cousins did not respond to questions about the construction timeline. At an Aug. 4 meeting of the Development Review Committee of Special Public Interest District 12, a specialized zoning district, project engineer Charles Zakem said work had begun, as is evident along the driveway and the rear of the parking garage.
“You may have noticed some activity around the site recently. They have started some of the construction work on the site in the last week or so,” said Zakem.
A Cousins Properties map showing the tower’s existing parking garage and its expansion. 
A “commons area” of the future park. In the rear is a seating area for a bistro in the lobby as well as restrooms. 
A conceptual illustration of paths in the park. 
A path, public art, and greenery-covered fencing along Ga. 400 are shown in a conceptual illustration.
Zakem was at the DRC to present minor changes to the plan, largely related to abandoning a shared loading dock with the still-theoretical new skyscraper in the rear. The changes, Zakem said, do not affect the plan for the privately owned, publicly accessible park.
“The public open space… [is] very much still part of the project,” said Zakem.
A rendering of changes to a current entrance on Peachtree Road as adapted for the new park use. 
An aerial view of the park. 
Another view inside the bistro seating area. 
An illustration of the view in the bistro area of the park.
As presented last fall, that open space includes paths, lawns, sculptures and greenery, plus a bistro with restrooms.
The park will sit atop the tower’s parking garage, which is being extended to the rear and expanding from roughly 660 to roughly 1,000 spaces. That expansion is a trade-off for Cousins giving up many spaces in the adjacent surface lot.
Improving the public spaces around office towers is a trend that Cousins is also leading elsewhere in the neighborhood with its renovations to the Buckhead Plaza complex at Peachtree and West Paces Ferry roads.
