A $75 million expansion of the Gwinnett Justice and Ad­ministration Center is set for completion by the end of the year. The courthouse expansion project includes a four-story, 180,000-square-foot courthouse addition and a 1,450-space parking deck, which opened in 2019 and provides almost double the number of spaces as the old deck. The new court­house facilities will provide space for a jury assembly room, holding cells, workspace for the District Attorney, mediation rooms, and up to 14 additional courtrooms, although not all the courtrooms will be needed immediately.

When GJAC was built in 1988, the Gwinnett court system had five superior court judges, three state court judges, a part-time magistrate judge, and a probate court judge. Now, the County has 10 superior court judges, six state court judges, a full-time magistrate plus six associate magistrates, a chief probate judge, and an associate probate judge. Gwinnett’s population was about 300,000 when GJAC opened. It is ex­pected to reach more than 1.5 million in 2040.

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