Building boom for downtown Macon (Atlanta, Columbus: apartments, lofts, how much)

[NewtownMacon]

• Construction cranes will become part of the Macon skyline in coming months with major development projects on the horizon and more than 600 new lofts going up or opening in downtown.
  
  
• $25 million L-shaped, four-story building 95 loft apartments
  
  
• A new 146-unit loft building near the corner of Plum Street and D.T. Walton Way
  
  
• $130 million Central City Commons project that includes building 230 loft apartments and retail space in Crescent Corners at the corner of Plum and Second streets. Plans call for a new hotel fronting Poplar Street, renovation of the Newman Building at the corner of First Street, and a new parking deck in the middle of the block.
  
  
• The UDA has committed $18.5 million in bonds to build the deck that it will own and manage at the end of construction.
  
  
• Otis Redding Center for the Arts that is under construction on Cotton Avenue
  
  
• UDA Posted a Request for Proposals for adaptive reuse of the old hotel at the corner of Third and Cherry streets.
  
  
• Macon-Bibb County’s proposal to purchase the old Hilton high-rise hotel on First Street for a revitalization project.
  
  
• Leasing is expected begin on the 80-unit workforce housing project at Walnut and Seventh streets near Carolyn Crayton Park.
  
  
• An additional 57 loft apartments to be built in old warehouses at the corner of Seventh and Mulberry streets.
  
  
• Macon-Bibb County also plans a new entrance to the Macon Coliseum off Second Street and the mayor is hoping to lure a major residential, hotel and retail development to the other side of the Wilson Convention Center on the east bank off the Ocmulgee.
  
  
• Former Mercer President Kirby Godsey continues his quest to develop what has been called the “Renaissance on the River” project that is expected to bring a mixed-use development to the West Bank of the river along Riverside Drive near New Street.
  
  
• Although no plans have been announced yet, Mercer’s Medical School is looking to build a new location downtown with the help of a $5 million grant from the Knight Foundation. Mercer opened a new riverfront medical school in Columbus in 2021.

2024 is starting off to be a big year for development in Downtown Macon Development.

[Atlanta-Kid]

Great News
Time to Swing the Drone Out to Macon Again
This is Post Worthy

[NewtownMacon]

Recap: Here's how much Macon has grown in 2023 and what's next for the city

https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/...4-d7cc8d608031

[NewtownMacon]

Originally Posted by Atlanta-Kid

Great News
Time to Swing the Drone Out to Macon Again
This is Post Worthy

Macon is really on the up swing with growth and development. The mayor "Lester Miller" has really lite a fire on the revitalization of Macon. I can’t wait to see whats coming in 2024.

[NewtownMacon]

A new year may bring in new developments to downtown Macon; You can expect to see cranes in the sky around downtown Macon in 2024.

https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/...3-9c891f7205e8