Business Park

Central to the City's business environment is the master-planned, mixed use 1,900-acre community of Technology Park/Johns Creek, home to leading businesses, including the southern regional headquarters of State Farm and world headquarters of Ciba Vision.

Established in 1981 as a second business campus for Technology Park/Atlanta (est. 1963), Technology Park/Johns Creek, like TPA, was envisioned and created by a group of Georgia Institute of Technology graduates who wanted to make Atlanta a center for high tech jobs, similar to Silicon Valley in California and Research Triangle in North Carolina.

"They wanted to keep talented Georgia Tech graduates in the area and they knew they had to attract companies to come here to provide those jobs," said Charlie Brown, former TPA president. "They wanted a planned community where working, living and playing could all take place in the same woodsy, pleasant environment, where workers would be happy."

In 1995, Technology Park/Johns Creek became the only southeastern property ever to win the prestigious FIABCI Prix d'Excellence award as "Best Office/Industrial Property Worldwide" from the Paris-based International Real Estate Federation, beating finalists from France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malaysia.

Today the businesses of Technology Park/Johns Creek employ more than 10,000 employees spread over 5.8 million square feet of developed office and industrial space. In addition, as its founders envisioned, the mixed-used, master-planned community is also home to a hospital, churches, single family homes, seniors housing, apartments, restaurants and retail businesses.