FIX 14TH
Midtown Atlanta Civic Action
Still stalled · 6+ years
⚠ NO ENTRY PERMITTED SITE ONLY

Stalled mid-renovation since 2020.

The Campanile at 14th & Peachtree has sat as a gutted high-rise skeleton since 2020, narrowing sidewalks along a heavily trafficked pedestrian corridor. The city just applied its first-ever blight tax. Now demand what comes next. It takes 30 seconds.

The Situation

  1. Nov 2019

    Dewberry Group begins a renovation of the Campanile's base, encircling the block in construction fencing.[3]

  2. Early 2020

    Construction halts, leaving a structural skeleton with a barrier that narrows the sidewalk along a heavily trafficked pedestrian corridor.[1, 3]

  3. Oct 2021

    The City of Atlanta's Office of Buildings files an "abandoned project" complaint against the site.[3]

  4. Oct 2025
    • Oct 2 — AJC reports the developer says work could soon restart.[8]
    • Building permits for the site expire the same month.[1, 4]
  5. May 2026
    • May 20 — The Department of City Planning formally declares the property unsafe and issues an official stop work order.[1, 4]
    • May 26 — Rough Draft Atlanta reports growing resident action: a petition over the unsecured crane quickly gains hundreds of signatures, residents email city officials, and Fix14th.org launches to help coordinate outreach to officials.[9]
  6. June 2026
    • Jun 2 — Council members Kelsea Bond and Matt Westmoreland sponsor a resolution to apply a blight tax to the property.[2]
    • Jun 16 · Milestone Atlanta City Council votes to approve the blight tax — the first-ever use of the 2024 provision — increasing the annual property tax on the site by 25 times, to as much as $2.1 million.[5]
    • Jun 19 — An AJC investigation finds Dewberry has followed a near-identical pattern in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a hotel shell he purchased in 2012 has sat unfinished for 14 years.[6]
  7. Jul 2026

    Jul 12 — Sidewalk scaffolding/protective barrier at the stalled construction site collapsed onto 14th Street; no injuries reported.[7]

  1. [1] Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Site of skeletal Midtown office tower hit with 'unsafe' warning (May 20, 2026)
  2. [2] Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Atlanta council members push blight tax for Dewberry's skeletal Midtown tower (June 2, 2026)
  3. [3] Urbanize Atlanta — Midtown's biggest 'eyesore' turns 4 years old. Now what? (Apr 12, 2024)
  4. [4] WSB-TV Channel 2 — 'Substantially gutted' tower deemed 'unsafe,' building permits expired (May 21, 2026)
  5. [5] WSB-TV Channel 2 — City council approves blight tax penalties for long-empty tower in downtown Atlanta (June 16, 2026)
  6. [6] Atlanta Journal-Constitution — In Charlottesville and Atlanta, John Dewberry is known for half-built towers (June 19, 2026)
  7. [7] WSB-TV Channel 2 — Scaffolding falls off contentious high-rise in downtown Atlanta, extent of damage unclear (July 12, 2026)
  8. [8] Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Developer of Midtown's naked tower says work could soon restart (Oct 2, 2025)
  9. [9] Rough Draft Atlanta — Residents demand action on stalled Midtown construction site (May 26, 2026)
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