Second Home Depot planned for Cumming after rezoning approval
A 21-acre site near Browns Bridge Road and Keith Bridge Road was rezoned for a second Home Depot, adding another big-box marker to north Forsyth’s retail corridor.
A second Home Depot is now planned for a 21-acre site in Cumming near the Browns Bridge Road and Keith Bridge Road intersection after Forsyth County commissioners rezoned the property from agricultural to commercial. The move puts another national retailer into north Forsyth’s growing shopping corridor and gives contractors and homeowners another major destination on the county’s Lake Lanier side.
No construction timetable has been announced yet, so the project is still in the early stages of site planning and permit review. Even so, the zoning change is a clear step forward for a parcel that had been treated as agricultural land and now sits in line for commercial development, a shift that typically brings new traffic, utility work and long-term pressure for more nearby retail.
Cumming already has one Home Depot at 1000 Market Pl Blvd, store #0134. The company’s store locator also shows other locations in Suwanee, Buford, Alpharetta, Flowery Branch and Duluth, but a second store in Cumming would give north Forsyth shoppers and builders a closer option for lumber, appliances, garden supplies and pro services without having to cross as much of the county for every trip.
The location matters because Browns Bridge Road and Keith Bridge Road are key connectors for residents coming from the Matt Highway corridor, Lake Lanier neighborhoods and routes feeding toward GA 400. A big-box retailer at that crossroads could reshape day-to-day driving patterns around one of the county’s most active growth areas, especially for larger purchases and contractor supply runs that create frequent traffic peaks.
The rezoning also fits Forsyth County’s broader growth numbers. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the county’s population at 280,096 on July 1, 2024 and 282,805 on July 1, 2025, up 11.5% and 12.5% from the April 1, 2020 census base. Housing units rose from 96,510 in July 2024 to 98,879 in July 2025, while the county issued 2,525 building permits in 2024 and 1,743 in 2025.
Forsyth County’s economic profile helps explain why retailers keep pushing north. The county’s median household income was $138,000 in 2019-2023, the median value of owner-occupied housing units was $493,800, and total retail sales reached $5.22 billion in 2022. For smaller hardware suppliers and building-material sellers nearby, the new Home Depot could intensify competition even as it deepens the retail base around Browns Bridge and Keith Bridge.
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