Dannenberg Project Could Break Ground By Early Spring

The Dannenberg building in downtown Macon is one of many abandoned sites in the city’s landscape, but that’s all about to change. The grant money that was intended to redevelop the Atlantic Cotton Mill into loft housing, was re-assigned by the state to this historic downtown building.

“This time in the second round, the only project that came forward was the Dannenberg Project,” says Macon City Councilwoman, Lauren Benedict.

The building is owned by Dunwody/Beeland Architects. Architect, Gene Dunwody, Jr., says they made the purchase in 2006, and he was set to redevelop it back then. “We had lined up financial backers, and then the bottom fell out.”