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From restaurants to affordable housing: New projects in Middle Georgia

Stories by Macon Telegraph journalists, with AI summarization

Middle Georgia is undergoing significant change with new developments in housing, retail, and dining. Warner Robins and Perry will see several new restaurants and coffee shops in 2025, including Smalls Sliders, Dutch Bros Coffee, and Surcheros Fresh Mex. A BJ’s Wholesale Club under construction in Warner Robins will join a growing retail corridor that includes a large luxury apartment complex and new car wash.

In Pleasant Hill, the old Macon Charter Academy was demolished to make room for a 64-unit affordable housing development expected to be completed in the next year and a half. Meanwhile, Macon and Milledgeville are using federal grants to assess and clean up properties, paving the way for future community projects.

Tenmii Pork Chashu Bowl at Tenmii Japanese Eatery at 1625 Bass Road, Suite 330, in the North Macon Plaza. A second location of the popular restaurant is coming to Warner Robins. According to the menu, the pork for the Tenmii Pork Chashu Bowl is slow braised for 36 hours in shoyu, Japanese-style soy sauce.

NO. 1: NEW RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS COMING TO WARNER ROBINS, PERRY IN 2025. HERE’S A LIST

Several are new to the area. Some are expected to open in February. A few are in the early planning stages. | Published January 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becky Purser

A Smalls Sliders, known for its cheeseburger sliders and signature “smauce,” is coming to 2691 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins.

NO. 2: COMPANY BRINGING SMALLS SLIDERS, GUTHRIE’S TO WARNER ROBINS IS LOOKING AT MACON, PERRY, TOO

The restaurant brands are new to Middle Georgia. | Published January 6, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becky Purser

Construction of the first BJ’s Wholesale Club in Middle Georgia at 6201 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins is expected be completed by the end of June. By Becky Purser

NO. 3: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN MIDDLE GEORGIA’S FIRST BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB OPENS IN WARNER ROBINS

The club is part of a large-scale development that includes luxury apartment homes and a car wash. | Published February 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becky Purser

The Ocmulgee River flows underneath Gray Highway. Heavy rain from Sunday, April 6, 2025, caused the Ocmulgee River to flood. Conditions are expected to last until Friday, April 11, 2025. By Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

NO. 4: 2 MIDDLE GA CITIES RECEIVED $1.5M IN GRANT MONEY TO CLEAN UP PROPERTIES. WHAT’S THE PROGRESS?

Macon and Milledgeville received the EPA grant to assess and revitalize potentially contaminated sites and boost community development. | Published February 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Margaret Walker

Cubbies inside a classroom sit exposed after a bulldozer demolishes the former Macon Charter Academy on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood in Macon, Georgia. The former school sat abandoned after closing in 2016. Now, investors and city officials plan to use the land to build 64 affordable housing units. By Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

NO. 5: OLD MACON CHARTER ACADEMY DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PLEASANT HILL

City officials hope this project can fuel a revitalization of the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. | Published March 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Lucinda Warnke

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.