In downtown Hapeville, remodel brewing for proposed new brewery

Josh Green

Fri, 11/01/2024 – 08:59

From Grant Park to Old Fourth Ward and many suburbs beyond, it’s been a crushing year for metro Atlanta brewery fans who’ve seen one watering hole close after the next. But now, better news on the brewery front is bubbling up in Hapeville’s growing downtown.

Columbus-based Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse is moving forward with plans to open a second brewery location in Hapeville in a remodeled building colloquially known as “The Hangar” at 3361 Dogwood Drive.

That’s where Arches Brewing operated its taproom for eight years before uprooting recently to the Atlanta Utility Works complex in nearby East Point.

Chattabrewchee ownership brought plans this month to the Hapeville Design Review Committee for an update to the vacant one-story building, located about two blocks north of the city’s historic main drag, North Central Avenue.

Overview of remodel plans, with the main entry facing Dogwood Drive at left. Jonathan Joyner Designs/Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse

Jonathan Joyner Designs/Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse

Plans call for remodeling the Dogwood Drive façade from a low-gable to a parapet-style façade. Other changes will see the current metal façade replaced with new brick fascia and stucco, to include decorative brick columns.

According to filings, additional surface parking has been added to plans for the rear of the property to accommodate the city’s required parking minimums. Alterations are expected to cost $17,000, per paperwork submitted to the DRC.

Jonathan Joyner Designs/Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse

Chattabrewchee owner Beau Neal tells Urbanize Atlanta the Hapeville concept could open as early as mid to late December this year, pending alcohol licensing approval. Expect a soft opening followed by a more official ribbon-cutting, Neal says.

The Hangar building falls within Hapeville’s Arts District Overlay and the Urban Village zoning district, which is designed to encourage a more walkable and cohesive environment.

Jonathan Joyner Designs/Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse